Example sentences of "she [vb past] he [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She flung him into the Grand Canal . |
| 2 | Phyl would have stayed in show business without the help of Littler but she was fortunate in that she met him at the right time , when he was building up his pantomime empire . |
| 3 | She led him to the dismal apartment rented to her by Louis . |
| 4 | She led him into the comfortable drawing-room at the front of the house , and disappeared . |
| 5 | She led him into the semicircular hall with its high vaulted ceiling from which a chandelier threw its bright light over the pale lemon and white walls . |
| 6 | Then gradually , imperceptibly , she led him into the trickier terrain of the past . |
| 7 | She led him through the main tannery to where a pile of raw sheep skins lay , and still with her light eyes on him lay down . |
| 8 | When they were settled down with their drinks she asked him about the learned society . |
| 9 | Hubert James Bainbridge , tenth earl of Donnington , called out to his daughter as she passed him on the opposite side of the street , but she did not hear him . |
| 10 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 11 | She told him about the new high-tensile fencing they were putting up , and the ten acres of daffodil bulbs they were planting as an experiment rather than consigning the field to set-aside . |
| 12 | She told him about the secretarial course at the technical college and her plans eventually to go to London , perhaps to model . |
| 13 | She told him about the latest developments from Zurich while dressing the wound , filling him in on the backgrounds of Hendrique and Milchan as well as relaying Philpott 's instructions . |
| 14 | ‘ I heard that , ’ she told him in the same language . |
| 15 | I 've burnt half the food waiting for you , ’ Stephen snapped impatiently as she joined him by the smoking barbecue . |
| 16 | She followed him into the other room and sat down on the sofa to pour out while Penry put a match to the kindling in the stove . |
| 17 | She followed him to the third floor , then along the gallery to a closed door . |
| 18 | She hustled him to the far side of the street . |
| 19 | She watched him through the open door , saw him click on the gallery light — tall , virile , handsome , strong … |
| 20 | He turned back again to the pill-box and , as he began to run towards it , she shoved him into the empty channel on the seaward side of the Lock . |
| 21 | A blast of warm smoky air struck Meredith 's face as she preceded him into the one large room inside . |
| 22 | Then one day she rang him with the triumphant news that she had finished . |
| 23 | She took him to the far aisle and showed him the salt tablets . |
| 24 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |
| 25 | He saved too the note she sent requesting ‘ Big choc. cake , ginger biscuits , Twiglets ’ just as he has kept the clipping she sent him from the Daily Telegraph about academic failures who become gifted and successful later in life . |
| 26 | A 19-year-old brunette who worked in ‘ Back and Sides ’ , an Arden hairdresser 's , she reminded him of the young Alma Cogan . |
| 27 | She had hold of his hand , she marched him to the front door . |
| 28 | With a shrill yelp she nipped him in the hind leg and he shot away in alarm . |
| 29 | She sat him in the biggest chair , the one he always hid behind , and looked deep into his eyes . |
| 30 | She pushed him into the right positions . |