Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] she [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | She was not there and after running frantically around the garden he eventually found her beside the old hanging tree at the bottom of the path . |
2 | ‘ What happened , Fabia ? ’ he relentlessly pursued her for an answer . |
3 | She had vowed to fight for Roman 's love , but how could she when he only wanted her for a stopgap while Dana was away ? |
4 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
5 | He suddenly seized her under the armpits and swung her round and round , until she was breathless . |
6 | To her astonishment , he suddenly prodded her in the ribs . |
7 | When he finally got her on the phone , she only asked him how he was then said she had to rush , and put the receiver down before he had time to tell her . |
8 | And then , so gently that she was hardly aware of what was happening — as if she was merely swaying with the tide — he gradually pulled her towards the shore , slowly drawing her up against the bare , damp skin of his broad chest . |
9 | She did n't come , which was surprising ; she was a docile creature and particularly devoted to him because he always took her for a walk when he was at the stables . |
10 | Then a long-shot from behind Sir Rupert Cartland 's shoulder as he forced open the dining-room door , saw the scene of Tick advancing menacingly on his beloved ( or ‘ that silly bitch ’ , as he always called her off the set ) , raised his pistol , cried , ‘ No , you monster ’ and shot the deformed coachman . |
11 | In her eyes the marriage was good , life with Robert was still exciting , he was ambitious and popular at court , and he also kept her in a high degree of affluence . |
12 | He often visited her in the early months , talking as if the passive figure in the background was n't there . |
13 | He fairly hauled her along the street afterwards , giving her no time for nerves as they reached a white-painted door with a large brass dragon for a knocker . |
14 | But claims that he sexually harassed her on a trip to Cannes were rejected . |
15 | She waited for him to continue speaking , but he simply studied her with a detached speculation that did nothing to soothe her ragged nerves . |
16 | Overcome with emotion , he led her out to meet some of the other prisoners in Algox' gilded cage : first , he mistily introduced her to a tall , thin nervy man with black brows knitted in a permanent frown . |
17 | Most of all she had admired him because he was afraid of nothing , and because he invariably treated her like a princess . |
18 | She complained bitterly when he virtually ignored her during a ball to celebrate the Queen Mother 's 80th birthday at Windsor Castle . |
19 | When she went upstairs he dragged her to the ground and after sitting on her stomach , he twice stabbed her in the cheek with a knife . |
20 | He then drove her to a house in the near by village of Olney where she was raped again . |
21 | he bound her hands and raped her … he then drove her to the nearby village of Olney … where she was raped again … |
22 | He then kissed her on the cheek and said goodbye . |
23 | He obediently followed her into the back kitchen , and gave a delighted whoop when he saw the big pot of homemade faggots and mushy peas simmering on the polished black range . |
24 | She clung to him as he charged up the stairs and into her bedroom where he unceremoniously dumped her on the bed . |
25 | Jason tells me you 've often made careless mistakes in your work , and that you 've always resented him correcting you , ’ Mike enquired , and Kate knew from the way he spoke that he too blamed her for the trouble . |
26 | He never contacted her during the times they were apart , so perhaps he was able to divorce his professional life from his sex life , compartmentalising them in a way she could n't . |
27 | But there again , he never sent her to the really big houses because , as he said , if there was anything going , the servants would have had the first pick . |
28 | Her eyes are mud-coloured ; her eyes changed hue according to the contact lenses she wore ; he never looked her in the eye . |