Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] she the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 2 | If he told her the fence would be best in barbed wire she 'd believe him . |
| 3 | If he offered her the use of one of his typewriters , she was done for . |
| 4 | When by the third day her father had still not allowed Jessie out of her room , and Agnes confronted him , saying he could n't keep her incarcerated forever , and that if he did n't let her out then she was leaving , and that she meant it , he had gone along to his daughter 's room , taking with him a Bible , on which he made her swear that if he gave her the freedom of the house she would not attempt to leave it . |
| 5 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
| 6 | ‘ OK , ’ he said , taking her money and recounting it before he handed her the ticket . |
| 7 | Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room . |
| 8 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
| 9 | When he told her the truth it sounded like cruelty . |
| 10 | Blanche plugged in the electric kettle and spooned coffee into the percolator while she listened to the sergeant 's account of his afternoon , swearing softly when he told her the news from the forensic labs . |
| 11 | Shae leaned against him , dizzied by the mental pictures he was creating , and when he kissed her the touch of his lips sent a scorching heat right through her . |
| 12 | Now , they smiled , standing with fingers entwined , bodies touching , and even when he left her the smile would remain and she would save her tears until his train was out of sight , trying not to think of the brave goodbye that might be their last . |
| 13 | All the same it was hard to restrain her pleasure when he called her the following evening . |
| 14 | When he handed her the cocoa she looked up at him and said , ‘ Only three weeks to Christmas . |
| 15 | The advice sounded incomprehensible to her but when he handed her the phone receiver back , the car man said , ‘ OK , I 've got that . |
| 16 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |
| 17 | Celia 's patience snapped when he poured her the second glass of retsina . |
| 18 | She drew a breath as he offered her the platter of bread , and her fingers shook as she lifted a slice from among the pile . |
| 19 | As he handed her the key , he added , ‘ Apparently she wants you to take the personal things from her lodgings . ’ |
| 20 | He poured Moselle for her , brushed fingers as he handed her the glass and looked into her eyes . |
| 21 | His blond head dipped briefly , as he refused her the possibility of completing what he must have guessed would have been a remonstrative retort . |