Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | She must call him in the morning , give him all the names she had found , and let the police handle any investigation . |
2 | But now , with only a little while to go before she must join him in the sitting-room , she was starting to have second thoughts about the wisdom of accepting . |
3 | Atrimonides gestured with his gun , indicating that she should precede him from the gallery . |
4 | She might despise him for the methods he used in business , but the fact remained that she loved him , and if there was anything she could do to protect him she would do it . |
5 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
6 | She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park . |
7 | He was openly laughing at her , and she wished she could push him into the sea . |
8 | Lisa pulled herself up to her full five feet three inches , wishing for an extra foot or so so that she could look him in the eye . |
9 | She trusted him to look after the Post 's interests before he sold the story to any other outlets , but she did not know whether she could trust him with the story . |
10 | She could see him through the shutters — a big man , a Berber , a kind-looking man with bright blue eyes and tattoos . |
11 | She could hear him in the room , yet he did n't answer . |
12 | She could put him into the scale alongside Joseph and Tarquin Poulteney-Crosse whom she believed culpable of murder , or she could give him the benefit of the doubt . |
13 | She 'd beat him in the kitchen ! |
14 | At first , he 'd worried that Amber Epipheny would be jealous of him , and wondered whether she 'd confront him about the matter . |
15 | Tomorrow or the next day he 'd call in again and she 'd hand him over the money and the suit . |
16 | If he made a joke and she realized it was one , she used to butt him in the chest — she was much shorter — and say ‘ You 're silly ! ’ |
17 | And hearing him Minch was pleased , for she saw that he was learning to understand others and would be ready for the harder lessons she would give him in the coming year . |
18 | She slipped under the bedclothes and switched on the reading lamp , adamant that she would shove him to the furthest corner of her mind , but the minute she opened her book her brain started working again , throwing up images of him , the way he smiled , that confident knowing look in his eyes when he addressed her . |
19 | Whereas it used to be assumed that she would follow him around the country and around the world , it is now not uncommon for wives to decide to stay put in order to further their own careers , or so that they do not disrupt their children 's education . |
20 | One day soon she would see him for the last time . |
21 | She would ring him in the week . |
22 | She was watching him so intently as he bit into it that he began to wonder if Smallfry was right to fear she would poison him at the slightest opportunity . |
23 | If the female is ready to spawn she will follow him to the nest . |
24 | She can keep him for the moment . |