Example sentences of "he [verb] she [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But just before he could get the words out , she begged him to do her a tremendous favour . |
| 2 | Deceiving him gave her a fierce pleasure and , as they strolled along by the waterline , with Ben splashing beside them through the shallows , she kept her hatred burning red-hot with a litany of her grievances , chanted over and over inside her head : ‘ He only pretended to like you ; he could n't care less about you ; he thinks you 're thick . |
| 3 | By that time Barbara knew Leo very well , and she guessed how much it had cost him to tell her the whole unsavoury story . |
| 4 | Never , by look or gesture or word , had he given her the slightest justification for thinking that he might be interested in her as a person . |
| 5 | He got her the Hon. Charles Grindlewood , unfortunately . |
| 6 | He slanted her a quick look . |
| 7 | He slanted her a speculative glance . |
| 8 | He flung her a savage look and asked abruptly , ‘ Do you still hate me ? ’ |
| 9 | The word seemed to be torn from him , laden with reluctant decision , and he flung her a savage look . |
| 10 | He flung her a furious look . |
| 11 | ‘ Come on , old girl , ’ he shouted , ‘ calm down ! ’ and later he found her a scientific paper to read , which she liked . |
| 12 | At that time , he had offered to give her more extensive treatments — apparently , he found her a promising subject but she had n't had the cold kish to lay out . |
| 13 | He found her a chilly woman . |
| 14 | Donna joined him and he found her the shortest ones , saying , ‘ You have the short ones . |
| 15 | The Collector 's chivalry was aroused by Miriam 's weakness , for the heart of a gentleman still beat beneath his ragged morning coat ; besides , he found her an attractive young woman in spite of everything , for she could still smile as sweetly as ever . |
| 16 | And he he caught her the other day , she was putting them out for the birds , she do n't like them but she said . |
| 17 | He cast her a sidelong glance . |
| 18 | ‘ She may be itching for me to leave , but what with the heat and having to fight his corner — ’ he cast her a droll look ‘ — this weary traveller is on the point of dehydration . ’ |
| 19 | His finger was fast on the dial pad , his blue gaze unwavering as he lifted the phone to his ear , as he cast her an oblique glance . |
| 20 | ‘ There seemed to be some doubt in your mind about my exact gender , ’ Maggie put in drily , and he cast her an irritated look , his dark eyes running over her again as she sat facing him , her hands in the pockets of the loose shirt . |
| 21 | Each man took time to compliment her hair , her face , her clothes , her figure ; he told her a great deal about herself . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He told her the whimpering man had cancer and had had his tongue amputated . |
| 24 | Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away . |
| 25 | Leith shook hands with him , but cared not at all for the way he ogled her the whole time . |
| 26 | Could he give her the best of food or pay for a doctor if she fell sick or buy her fine clothes or anythin' she fancies ? |
| 27 | Luke 's mouth pleasured while it dominated , and his hands roaming insolently about her body were creating havoc , the skilled , confident caresses to which he subjected her a bold proclamation of ownership . |
| 28 | More than thirty years later , when he became king , he granted her a generous pension . |
| 29 | He showed her a yellow bear with a bow tie round its neck , riding a bicycle . |
| 30 | When they arrived back at the butterwood where he had been sleeping he showed her a white fungus around its base . |