Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] him [prep] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so that Ven should know how truly sorry she was , she held on to him with both arms and tried to pull him to her . |
| 2 | She walked two paces backwards to the bed , only in her shirt , and tried to pull him on her as she fell . |
| 3 | It reminded her of the time she had slept here , and woken to find him beside her with his arm around her in his beautifully furnished bedroom . |
| 4 | She 'd wanted to press him to her and to stroke the thin , vulnerable nape of his neck . |
| 5 | Her heart ached to have him with her right now , but that was a futile hope , born of despair . |
| 6 | He knew she did n't want to take him with her . |
| 7 | She had stopped trying to make him like her ; that was a relief . |
| 8 | To Ariel , Roukoubé was the creamy colour of a peanut kernel , as if she , in her cinnamon tawniness , had been shucked to reveal him inside her ; and inside him , the pulse of his life , beating in the soft place of his head where the plates of his skull had not yet met . |
| 9 | She did n't want to tie him to her with obligations . |
| 10 | McAllister awoke to find him above her again , put her arms around his neck to draw him down to her , but he shook his head . |
| 11 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |