Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] her [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She liked Peter 's smooth , clean skin , and his childhood-smelling hair , and the way he gazed at her with huge eyes without his glasses . |
| 2 | It was a foolish thing to do , she knew that a fraction of a second too late ; he cannoned into her with such force that she fell heavily to the ground . |
| 3 | He peered at her with little beady eyes , as though trying to guess from her expression how much she and her companion had heard . |
| 4 | Why had he looked at her like that ? |
| 5 | He appealed to her in several languages , including German . |
| 6 | He came towards her with outstretched hand . |
| 7 | Why was he looking at her like that , with that little smile that suggested he knew something she did not ? |
| 8 | How dared he look at her like that ? |
| 9 | He called to her from one crowded floor to the other , ‘ Any luck ? ’ |
| 10 | He began to think that he had perhaps been unfair to Tess , and he thought about her with growing affection . |
| 11 | His memories of Sarah were as strong as ever , but he thought of her with mixed emotions . |
| 12 | He thought of her with shocked tenderness and a kind of sad humility . |
| 13 | Miss Groundwater — he found that he thought of her in this way again , as a fillip to rage — was seated at her mirror , already in her nightgown , brushing out her hair . |
| 14 | He looked at her through narrowed eyes , then he stood up . |
| 15 | He looked at her for several interminable seconds . |
| 16 | He looked at her with sardonic amusement which deepened when she quickly looked away . |
| 17 | He looked at her with new respect , the way they always did when she said something like that . |
| 18 | He looked at her with such incredulity that she turned away . |
| 19 | The man at her side wore sea boots and a thick white sweater , and he looked at her with one eyebrow raised , a small , teasing smile lifting the corners of his mouth . |
| 20 | He looked at her with hard eyes that seemed to see every thought she had ever had . |
| 21 | He looked at her with big , brown , sad eyes . |
| 22 | He looked at her with hunted eyes . |
| 23 | He looked at her with troubled eyes , but she could not know how much his answer was going to hurt . |
| 24 | He looked at her with slow deliberation , and she felt her breathing deepen . |
| 25 | He looked at her with those sensual eyes and she knew how Ma must have felt when she first met Pa . |
| 26 | He looked at her with those bleak eyes . |
| 27 | He looked at her at that , his eyes almost silvery in the semi-darkness . |
| 28 | Then he brought his blazing eyes unhurriedly to her face and for a long moment she found herself wishing time would stand still ; when he looked at her like that … she swallowed , felt her pulse beating wildly ; his eyes were devouring hers . |
| 29 | Robyn was suddenly finding breathing quite a problem ; she was n't sure if she was anywhere near able to reply — not when he looked at her like that , not when his body was so close to hers . |
| 30 | She found it impossible to collect her thoughts when he looked at her like that . |