Example sentences of "she [verb] [vb pp] him [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is merely expressing a suspicion , and in a sense a hope ( ‘ when she has given him the clap , then he 'll come back to me ’ , to modernize it somewhat ) . |
| 2 | Sherie intends to take Neil on holiday after Christmas to help him over his ordeal — after she has bought him the mountain bike he has set his heart on . |
| 3 | She 'd given him no encouragement — their encounters had been on a light , friendly basis only — but she knew that he 'd long since stopped seeing Louise , and there 'd been only a couple of short-term girlfriends since . |
| 4 | She had been right when she 'd called him the devil , because he was — but oh , how she wished she did n't find him so incredibly attractive . |
| 5 | ‘ Little things , ’ he 'd said when , just before he fell asleep , she 'd asked him the question once more . |
| 6 | Then she 'd shown him the book : a very rare volume indeed . |
| 7 | The day she 'd shown him the photograph … |
| 8 | She 'd told him the nurse was coming to see her lawyers and make a statement at the end of that week . |
| 9 | Travis could n't have looked more sceptical if she 'd told him the world was flat after all . |
| 10 | Would she have allowed him the use of it in any outside circumstance , anywhere that open sexual contact would be anything other than common and unremarkable , and was he being honest in trying to tap some dry spring of old feelings to further his own ends now ? |
| 11 | Gabriel had collected Steve from school and brought him home , where she had cooked him a meal . |
| 12 | She had given him no opportunity to indicate that there was an old friend with him — not that there was , at that point , but there might have been , and if there had been , it was hardly his fault if Alexandra had chosen to come knocking on the door without giving him a chance to explain — and then getting stroppy when she found someone had got there before her . |
| 13 | She had given him no answer but had stared at him and he had come back quickly , saying , ‘ That was a daft thing to say ; you always manage . ’ |
| 14 | She left Philip to his labours , thinking that this time she had given him the money for the materials but none for his labour . |
| 15 | At this point the GP had felt that she could no longer help him , and she had given him the number of a marital counsellor . |
| 16 | His hand toyed mercilessly with her breasts , as if he had the right ; perhaps she had given him the right ; as if he owned her and she existed solely for his capricious use . |
| 17 | Once again she had given him an order . |
| 18 | She had given him an ideal ; she had given him what appears to have been unfailing and uncritical support : he was never as an adult to be easy without one woman on whom he could totally rely . |
| 19 | She had run away with him to London where she had borne him a daughter , naming her Topaz after a jewel her lover had given her . |
| 20 | It did not seem to matter that she had borne him a son . |
| 21 | For the first time she had met him a flush darkened the back of his neck . |
| 22 | When Coffin got back to his own flat , all he found there in the way of post was an enigmatic postcard from his sister Laetitia : she had sent him a view of Edinburgh from the air , with a message scribbled on the back : I am going to the law . |
| 23 | All the same , if it happened that David made her with child , she would bear the child proudly , and be glad that she had brought him a degree of happiness . |
| 24 | She had found him a bit too inclined to enthuse , like a tourist visiting some primitive culture , while Polly was ‘ tense ’ . |
| 25 | Nigel had invited his teacher 's attention and in turn she had offered him a chance to try to tell her what he meant by ‘ balance ’ . |
| 26 | Acting as his agent , she had got him a commission to score a 15-minute TV documentary about autumn leaves . |
| 27 | She had told him a lie about Auntie Lou going for a walk up the mountain and Auntie Lou did n't know what she 'd said . |
| 28 | She had told him a tale , looking slyly at him while she played with his left hand . |
| 29 | She had told him the truth , she discovered , staring at the polished beauty of his shoulder . |
| 30 | But she had left him no alternative . |