Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] her [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 When she looked back at Petion , she saw that he was watching her with a sympathetic expression .
2 He was watching her with a glint of amusement in those remarkable eyes .
3 His voice was low , and she glanced up and saw that he was watching her with a strange kind of intensity .
4 With a puzzled lift of her head she found he was watching her with a faraway expression in his eyes .
5 He was watching her with a strange look on his face , half amusement , half something else , and she felt herself bristle .
6 That curious flicker was in his eyes again ; he was watching her with an intensity that was unnerving .
7 He was watching her like a cat with a mouse .
8 He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness .
9 He was swinging her into the sailboat , then , with a broad grin , leaping in beside her .
10 If he was to save her from a lifetime 's retreat from life and love he had to move her along the right road as quickly as he dared and as quickly as she would let him .
11 He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time .
12 And then he was dragging her by the hands , racing across the lawn , nearly pulling her arm from its socket , crashing through the kitchen door , crying aloud so that it sounded like a whoop of triumph .
13 He was draining her from every angle , mentally , physically and … and sexually .
14 She understood that he was imagining her in a swimsuit with sleek hair at the local pool or in a short , white dress on a tennis court .
15 He was telling her about a holiday in Greece instead .
16 He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days .
17 It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet .
18 As the abrasive words poured into her ears , he was moving her against an ornamental lacquerwork cabinet of hip height and bending her backwards , a hand dealing with the intricacies of her bustier with a sure skill that bore witness to a wealth of experience with even the most esoteric of feminine garments .
19 And then , almost at once , his iron control seemed to snap , and he was kissing her with a frenzied , pent-up , impatient longing that was totally beyond anything she 'd ever experienced before .
20 Yet now he was praising her to the skies .
21 She felt she had learned nothing about him as a man , that in some secret way he was keeping her at a distance .
22 Ginny could only suppose that Ralph thought he was protecting her from a possible nuisance .
23 He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor .
24 On long strides he was leading her towards the door , oblivious to her inner anguish .
25 Then he was leading her across the terrace and through the open doors of the villa , across the drawing-room and out into the hall .
26 Looking impossibly handsome in his formal wedding clothes , he was surveying her with a fierce intensity that not only made her blush furiously , but caused her pulses to race almost out of control .
27 Now he was turning her into a stammering schoolgirl !
28 He was playing her like an angler with a fish and knew that she would soon be netted .
29 as if he was treating her like a child …
30 He was treating her like a cheap pick-up .
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