Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie looked at him with interest and he nodded , seeing he had her complete attention . |
| 2 | She closed her eyes and was uncertain what soothed the effects of his brutishness most — the fact that he thought her good enough to tackle the Palmer & Pearson work , the fact that he thought her brainy , or the fact that he thought her beautiful . |
| 3 | She closed her eyes and was uncertain what soothed the effects of his brutishness most — the fact that he thought her good enough to tackle the Palmer & Pearson work , the fact that he thought her brainy , or the fact that he thought her beautiful . |
| 4 | But that was not all : Mr Browning said Mr Landor 's rooms were all to be painted , carpeted and furnished and that he thought her own quarters might at least be painted if she contributed only a little to the cost . |
| 5 | She closed her eyes and was uncertain what soothed the effects of his brutishness most — the fact that he thought her good enough to tackle the Palmer & Pearson work , the fact that he thought her brainy , or the fact that he thought her beautiful . |
| 6 | It was then that he sensed her extreme youth ; the twin globes of her dark breasts with their sharp , neat points were hard and solid , her skin , a deep indigo in the near-blackness , was velvet-smooth , entirely without hair . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher had rebuffed suggestions that he resign and made it clear that he enjoyed her full confidence . |
| 8 | It really did still hurt that he believed her capable of such evil . |
| 9 | Whilst there , the Manager was so impressed by the superior service Rentokil offered that he gave her free tickets for ‘ Les Miserables ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Fired — dismissed , ’ she offered a couple of alternatives — only to find that he found her first offering of more interest . |
| 11 | Only this afternoon , one of the Maison 's new fabric suppliers had asked her out to dinner and made it perfectly plain that he found her attractive . |
| 12 | Was he implying that he found her desirable ? |
| 13 | And er I lost touch with her after that but Joyce was very nice , very , very a down to earth cockney girl from Hockston and she said er she 'd tell her sister she said I do admire my sister she said they 'll never have anything other than a council house , I do n't suppose but she said my brother-in-law mends people 's motorcycles as a side line and the money that he gets from that he gives her most of it and she buys things on hire purchase , this was the days when hire purchase was n't fearsomely expensive |
| 14 | He was a powerful , very fit-looking man , and he was obviously enjoying the mental distress he had caused and the fact that he held her powerless in his hands . |
| 15 | She did n't make a move , so he took her free arm and led her out . |
| 16 | She buried her face against him , afraid to say any more in case he guessed how she felt , and he gathered her close , reaching out to switch off the lamps . |
| 17 | Then his head dipped towards her and he kissed her full on the lips , a harsh , plundering kiss that robbed her of breath and left her trembling beneath him . |
| 18 | From the beginning of her career she studied with Enrico Cecchetti , and he became her chief teacher after she left Russia . |
| 19 | His lips hardened and he lifted her closer , cupping her head and kissing her deeply when she made no move to get away . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought that bastard was going to run you through with that knife and take you away from me — ’ His voice broke and he dragged her closer , burying his face in her hair . |
| 21 | His eyebrows rose and he met her steady gaze with a hint of amusement in his own . |
| 22 | She tugged away , and he held her tighter . |
| 23 | Maggie gave a low moan , her knees sagging , and he caught her close , turning her head to his shoulder , deepening the kiss and holding her against the length of his body . |
| 24 | She recoiled , and he caught her upper arms , steadying her . |
| 25 | Her breasts tightened painfully and he pulled her closer as if he knew , his kiss deepening further . |
| 26 | Billie had drifted back to sleep and he shook her awake . |
| 27 | Like all the maidens , in all the stories , half seduced and half petrified , she consented to Fenna 's plans and he swept her high on his great wings and bore her away over the roofs of London and higher and higher cavorting and caracolling through the star-spun night . |
| 28 | A shudder ran through him at the touch of her fingers and he drew her closer , crushing her against the powerful length of his body so that she could feel his heart thundering against her breast . |
| 29 | She was mesmerised by the intense , dark eyes and he stroked her flushed face , before tangling his fingers in her shining hair . |
| 30 | And he set her free . |