Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt sorry for him again , and worried because it must hurt him to see her like that . |
| 2 | Glaring from one to the other as they stood on either side of the bed , she said crossly to Lucy , ‘ So you 've brought him to see me at last . |
| 3 | He thought to himself ‘ I do n't want him to see me like this ’ . |
| 4 | She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . |
| 5 | ‘ I would n't let him treat me like that . ’ |
| 6 | Aware only of the bumping of her heart and the pressuring of his mouth on hers even as he carried her through interminable pathways to the journey 's end , Sarella felt him lower her at last on to his bed . |
| 7 | Flaubert 's Dictionary offers a course in irony : from entry to entry , you can see him applying it in various thicknesses , like a cross-Channel painter darkening the sky with another wash . |
| 8 | Carrie said , ‘ She must be stark mad to come in and let him see her like that . |
| 9 | This punctuation would have made some difference to the reader 's processing of the sentence ; [ 14 ] in particular would have made the " click " seem a matter of importance and surprise in its own right , dividing the reader 's attention between the two events , instead of making him see them as integral parts of a whole . |
| 10 | His expression warned him to leave it at that . |
| 11 | They begged him to let them off this time , but he rang back hour after hour , day , after day : " Sell your car . |
| 12 | Why had it never occurred to him to use it for more than carving ? |
| 13 | She closed her eyes and arched blindly against him , let him guide her into another kind of darkness , where that unknown vortex of emotion , that powerful pull of attraction between them swirled and hypnotised , and this time the stars behind her eyelids were brilliant but softly incandescent , fireworks of intense delight , bursting in her head … |
| 14 | Why could n't she have let him take her to one of those ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | This was his first mainline trip and he was grateful to Sam for his advice and also for him taking him on this trip . |
| 17 | It 's not just a case of him taking us with all of what we had and were and us belonging to him , but he says i in taking you to myself , he says I give myself to you . |
| 18 | Even after the king is killed and Macbeth is named king his ambition will not let him leave it at that . |
| 19 | He told himself that the man was arrogant , self-satisfied , and smelled of after-shave stuff ; Helen was an idiot to let him pester her like this . |
| 20 | She was n't going to let him affect her like this — never again ! she told herself desperately , taking a deep breath as she tried to ignore her racing pulse . |
| 21 | Mad to let him kiss me like this . |
| 22 | Summarize those needs cos there may be more than one and tell him what you 're gon na do , what is the plan of attack , when you 're gon na see the guy again and when we do our business building up , you can take it back to erm the benefits of him introducing us to other people by keeping policy charges down and increasing bonuses whenever possible , cos it 's in his benefit he introduces us to others so we do n't have to advertise , or very very rarely advertise . |
| 23 | Looking up with a gasp , she saw him watching her with narrowed blue eyes , his mouth a hard line . |
| 24 | It was uncomfortable enough , knowing she would have to face him , but it was worse not to know when , to wonder if she would turn around suddenly and find him watching her with those cold , cold eyes … |
| 25 | Cranston sighed , nodded , and turned to the steward , asking him to take them to one of the duke 's private chambers . |
| 26 | I remember him telling me about that , that stone . |
| 27 | I knew there was n't any point in asking him to return them at this stage . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | If he plays games to while away the tedious time , thought Cadfael , he plays them by noble rules , even those he makes up as he goes . |
| 30 | How dared he treat her like this — flirting first with Stephanie Marsa , and then cynically switching to her ? |