Example sentences of "he [was/were] [verb] she [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paused , and Juliet felt he was watching her in the darkness . |
| 2 | He was swinging her into the sailboat , then , with a broad grin , leaping in beside her . |
| 3 | He gave her a long , slow look as if he was seeing her for the first time . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He was telling her about the Ayatollah , and she was telling him about her convent days . |
| 6 | It was then she realised that he was lambasting her with the tennis racquet . |
| 7 | Yet now he was praising her to the skies . |
| 8 | He was leading her to the edge of the dance-floor . |
| 9 | On long strides he was leading her towards the door , oblivious to her inner anguish . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | When she came to , she saw that he was carrying her across the field , past the cottage and up the track towards his Jaguar . |
| 12 | With horror she realized he was carrying her to the top of the stairs . |