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 .
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