Example sentences of "[verb] him [prep] the room " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
| 2 | She stood up to walk stiffly around the desk , glaring at him as he stepped politely to one side and let her precede him from the room . |
| 3 | ‘ It sounds as if you enjoyed it , ’ she said , leading him across the room . |
| 4 | She saw his eyes become unnaturally bright and his lips begin to tremble , but as she faced him across the room , she felt neither pity nor tenderness . |
| 5 | A bolt was drawn back from inside then the door opened fractionally before a hand reached out and hauled him into the room . |
| 6 | Kafy slipped her hand under his kilt and closed it round his penis , smiling , pulling him into the room by it . |
| 7 | Molly followed him into the room , struck a match and lit the oil lamp . |
| 8 | Pascoe walked up behind Singer as he opened the door and then simply followed him into the room . |
| 9 | A white dog with torn ears followed him into the room . |
| 10 | She felt very vulnerable and awkward as she followed him into the room . |
| 11 | Juliet smiled at Donna and followed him from the room . |
| 12 | She followed him from the room , along the gallery and down the stairs to the library , where Nicolo turned to her abruptly . |
| 13 | The President called him into the room . |
| 14 | She could hear him in the room , yet he did n't answer . |
| 15 | She caught hold of him by the hand and half ran , half pulled him across the room to the door . |
| 16 | He almost pulled him into the room , closing the door behind them . |
| 17 | Sometimes he fancied him in the room , and said , ‘ I must just speak to John Bunyan ; he 's over there … |
| 18 | She kept hold of his hand and guided him from the room . |
| 19 | Now suffering is a vast and many-sided fact of Crime and Punishment , as of all mature Dostoevsky — larger than the ‘ loose end ’ idea of The Drunks which produced Marmeladov the marmeladey wallower in abasement and humiliation , the man who seeks suffering and finds it ( and so finds satisfaction too ) at the bottom of his vodka jug , who screams ‘ I 'm loving this ! ’ when his wife pulls him across the room by his hair ; and larger than the ‘ out of the practical swim ’ idea of ‘ A Confession ’ from which emerges the murderer , the man with something to confess , who does n't seek suffering but learns , though only in the Epilogue , to accept it . |
| 20 | The ‘ chair ’ slammed the lid of her desk and , grasping Sir Ralph by the arm , propelled him from the room . |
| 21 | I was so frightened by the blind man 's violence that I obeyed him without question , and took him into the room where the sick captain was sitting . |
| 22 | ‘ I expect you would be a good judge of that , ’ she snapped , hating the fact that she felt less annoyed at finding him in the room than at the thought of all the other women he was comparing her to . |
| 23 | I wanted to ask him about the room , if anyone has cancelled . |
| 24 | So while Gilbert tried to entice Bissell to talk further , and Bissell kept silent , still watching him across the room , Rohmer saw the promise in those night-black eyes … and he began to lay his own plans . |
| 25 | But I started labour and just had him in the room . |
| 26 | Or how they had inflicted cuts with a small sharp knife , then sprinkled salt into the wounds and kicked him round the room so he had to twist sharply and feel the pain of the salt crystals in the raw open flesh . |
| 27 | For weeks now she 'd been recognizing him , her eyes following him round the room , and she tried to pull herself up in the cradle to see him better . |
| 28 | Indeed he seemed to have to keep rushing off to have a word with this person and that ; Helen found herself on her own a good deal of the time , glimpsing him across the room in spirited conversation . |
| 29 | Señor Gracias come in and talk to eem very quietly , then he heet him across the room . |