Example sentences of "he [vb past] she the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got her the Hon. Charles Grindlewood , unfortunately . |
| 2 | Donna joined him and he found her the shortest ones , saying , ‘ You have the short ones . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | He told her the whimpering man had cancer and had had his tongue amputated . |
| 6 | Leith shook hands with him , but cared not at all for the way he ogled her the whole time . |
| 7 | He showed her the little holes in the chin guard , and reluctantly she tried it again . |
| 8 | Celia 's patience snapped when he poured her the second glass of retsina . |
| 9 | He handed her the double bladed paddle as she continued , ‘ I shall go down as far as Browns Mill , so could you possibly pick me up here about five thirty ? ’ |
| 10 | Back in the bedroom , he handed her the discarded nightshirt , his face carefully blank as Leonora scrambled into it , so unsteady on her feet that it was a relief to get back beneath the covers . |
| 11 | He handed her the folded documents as he prised open the first box . |
| 12 | All the same it was hard to restrain her pleasure when he called her the following evening . |
| 13 | He took her the long way through the house again , and Belinda tried to orientate herself . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He offered her the only chair then set himself down on the edge of the bed , facing her . |
| 16 | He gave her the gleaming smile she detested . |
| 17 | He gave her the slowest , steadiest smile he could manage . |
| 18 | And the longer he held her the weaker she felt . |