Example sentences of "she [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | While it 's true that nobody does any work in The Possessed except delivering babies , and true also that Stepan Verkhovensky flowers into a veritable presiding genius of sloth in the guise of footling bustle , nevertheless the reader 's heart is not with Mrs Stavrogin , Stepan 's patroness , when she hisses at him on his deathbed ‘ you futile , futile , ignoble , chickenhearted , always , always futile man ’ . |
| 2 | He had then suggested she come with him to his house to help unload . |
| 3 | ‘ Naylor , ’ she turned to him with his name on her lips , oddly , his pain her pain at that moment . |
| 4 | She walked with him to his carriage , the reckless high-perch phaeton she had seen often enough outside the Fleece , his horse held now by a wizened little urchin quite blue with cold , to whom he tossed a coin . |
| 5 | She glanced from him to his wife . |
| 6 | Of course Alison was not ‘ living in ’ the house , but was often there visiting Patrick ( her help as a nurse was no longer required ) , joining Jack in his studio ( where she talked with him about his work ) , or chatting with him and Franca in the drawing room or kitchen before departing with Jack to a restaurant and taking him on to her flat for the night . |
| 7 | He had liked the way she laughed at him in his old man 's vice . |
| 8 | ‘ Not a lady to keep a man waiting , ’ he murmured approvingly , and , basking in his appreciation of her promptitude , she went with him to his car and , as he set the Mercedes in motion , had time to realise that she was n't shy , for goodness ' sake . |
| 9 | She sat opposite him in his office with the door firmly closed . |