Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] the [adj] man " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knelt beside the young man as he lay slumped against the wheel of Sybil 's car . |
| 2 | She referred to the bestial man who fathered her as ‘ him ’ and never ‘ father ’ . |
| 3 | She glanced at the sleeping man . |
| 4 | Reaching into her skirt pocket , she brought out a silver shilling which she placed into the older man 's hand . |
| 5 | She waved to the young man and called out something which he could not catch . |
| 6 | She looked to the young man as if for reassurance , and he smiled back and nodded for Ellie to go on in , which she did without , much to her surprise , suddenly finding herself sitting upright at home in bed , clutching her thin bedding around her and wondering how her mind could imagine such things . |
| 7 | Swinging round in surprise , she looked at the elderly man who had spoken . |
| 8 | She looked at the young man , Clive . |
| 9 | She looked at the old man . |
| 10 | She went to the dead man and laid her cheek against his ; it was already cold . |
| 11 | She glared at the older man , her grey eyes gleaming with determination , and saw him smile . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't want to ask you anything more now , Mrs Hatton , ’ he said to the widow as he left her weeping among the dead man 's ill-gotten glories . |