Example sentences of "[prep] he [verb] she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had n't seen her , but the closeness of him moved her to flight . |
| 2 | She was hardly aware of him stripping her of her clothes before his tongue started its own journey of exploration . |
| 3 | She had been surprised to find that he did n't feel it beneath him to help her in the house . |
| 4 | Only his strong arms holding her tight against him saved her from falling , her bones turning to liquid within her as his lips nuzzled relentlessly towards her ear . |
| 5 | She was standing straight , looking in his direction but seemingly through him , and the strange look on her face brought him around fully , and he was about to speak , not with the intention of giving her the true version of why he wanted to volunteer , for it was n't in him to hurt her to that extent , but she turned from him and , quietly opening the door , went out . |
| 6 | She 'd never been the crying sort — but it just took a few well-chosen words from him to reduce her to a jelly . |
| 7 | They were still close enough to shore for him to return her to the police if she admitted she was not an experienced ocean sailor . |
| 8 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 9 | It had indeed been , as it happened , impossible for him to see her at the times she suggested . |
| 10 | She claims she has been forced to wait for him to call her from phone boxes . |
| 11 | She waited for him to invite her into the car and out for the day . |
| 12 | Parliament was thus taking the marital exemption into realms uncontemplated even by Hale , who believed that it was one thing for a man to have sexual intercourse with his wife without her consent , quite another for him to force her into sexual intercourse with others . |
| 13 | This time there was no need for him to force her up the dark steps of the barn ; she walked in front of him determinedly . |
| 14 | For him to endorse her as a ‘ major literary figure ’ sticks in his gullet . |
| 15 | Forced on to what she really meant to say , Kate fumbles for words , absurdly feeling she has to simplify , patronise in order for him to understand her in a language foreign to him , that she must not hurt his feelings , he is part of the oppressed majority , colonised daily by the people she has come to work for . |
| 16 | Consequently it is necessary for him to provide her with feedback so that she is aware that her opinion is duly considered . |
| 17 | She rested her head against Seb 's back as , arms clasped tightly about his waist , she listened to him telling her of what the future held for them and for their family . |
| 18 | Though crippled , he managed to give any woman in his presence the conviction that she was delicate , helpless , and ultra-decorative , and could rely on him to shelter her from life 's cruel blows . |
| 19 | To look at him filled her with too many confusing feelings . |