Example sentences of "he [to-vb] she [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It never was when she invited him to meet her at the flat ; she was keeping him and Stock out of each other 's way .
2 However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use .
3 Rachel 's pulses thundered as she allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor beneath the flashing lights .
4 Rachel allowed him to lead her to the dance-floor , but his callous dismissal of the unfortunate Domino was symptomatic of the kind of man he was .
5 Numbly Rory allowed him to lead her to the dance floor , moving automatically into his arms as though she 'd always belonged there .
6 But still less did she want to make a scene or create any kind of curiosity amongst the people she had just left , so she allowed him to lead her from the room , saying , ‘ Yes , we needed to discuss those — er — charts , did n't we , Dr Russell ? ’ in case anyone was still listening .
7 She had expected him to lead her around the side of the house towards the gravelled front courtyard ; instead he headed in the opposite direction , down through the wide grass path into the garden itself .
8 She allowed him to corner her in the pantry .
9 She had been surprised to find that he did n't feel it beneath him to help her in the house .
10 Mr Sunderland himself had driven her home in his car , and she had begged him to leave her at the gate so as not to alarm her family .
11 The most upsetting thing was that it made her realise just how much she had been allowing him to guide her in the decision , putting her desire to leave the nurses ' home and her pleasure at Dr Entwistle 's recommendation very much in second place .
12 She forbade him to accompany her beyond the door and walked alone over the golden sand past the flower-beds to the gate .
13 Miserably she allowed him to settle her in the taxi .
14 She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day .
15 But she would have preferred him to admire her from the beginning , without the encouragement of her valentine .
16 For two years after they married , she put up with his violent temper which once led him to throw her across the lawn and punch her , breaking bones in her hand and finger .
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