Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he swallowed her small cries , but in the end it was not the safeguard she had sought , because in doing so he fed her the taste of himself once more and left a hunger in her which she sensed would last a long , long time , if not an eternity . |
| 2 | Always he made her uneasy , as if he could see right through to the deeps of her scheming soul . |
| 3 | Mockingly he copied her own deliberate hesitancy , before pushing his chair back and rising to his feet . |
| 4 | PC Mark Evans told the court how six days later he discovered her submerged car at Stonebench . |
| 5 | When he 'd helped her to sit up he handed her two tablets and a cup of hot tea . |
| 6 | In any case , upon reflection , did he really want her now he compared her sturdy body and overpowering nature with Alice 's pliable warmth ? |
| 7 | Why should n't he think her mad ? |
| 8 | But did n't he make her different ? |
| 9 | She was unlike anybody else he had ever met and secretly he found her intriguing . |
| 10 | For a moment she was rigid but then he felt her whole body suddenly relax . |
| 11 | Then he saw her swollen , cut face . |
| 12 | He watched her mouth fall open , then he saw her upper lip twitch and her eyelids flutter ; then she muttered , ‘ No ! no ! you ca n't do it . ’ |
| 13 | Yanto could see she was sold on the idea Then he pulled her close and kissed her on the lips . |
| 14 | Then he remembered her sweet voice , and the touch of her fingers on his face , and her warm breath on his lips . |
| 15 | Instead he covered her quivering lips with his own , and at once Robbie felt the familiar tightness in her chest , the growing warmth in the pit of her stomach . |
| 16 | Instead he pulled her closer and his dark brown eyes bored down into her own fierce blue gaze . |
| 17 | He was reliving the harrowing moment when he discovered her unconscious , her neck in a ligature . |
| 18 | Afterwards , when he drew her close , she went to sleep almost before she 'd had time to savour the pleasure of lying in his arms . |