Example sentences of "she [vb past] him the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd allowed her closer than anyone else , and when his clothes were off and he was tired she read him the way she read the weather or the mountains or the dust , she ran her fingers over his pale , scarred body and she guessed close to the truth . |
| 2 | He was going out with a silly cow of an art student and she lent him the book . |
| 3 | Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle . |
| 4 | ‘ There , Mr Cottle , ’ Mary Ann was saying to the traveller in jelly , as she passed him the bread and butter , ‘ this 'll put roses in your cheeks . ’ |
| 5 | When she passed him the number of her room ( thinking no one else knew she had ) and left to await him , he remained in the ballroom drinking , and when I left at midnight he was still there looking bored and lonely , missing his live-in girlfriend Marie Lisa Volpelierre ( who not long after died so tragically in a riding accident ) . |
| 6 | She passed him the tin and the spoon , and lay on the floor looking at the gas fire , and then she went to sleep . |
| 7 | She drew him the length of her body , and he glided into her as she kissed his mouth . |
| 8 | Imagine his face if she told him the truth : that , far from not liking him , she was labouring under this absurd fantasy that she loved him — for how else could she explain the turmoil that heaved inside her mind and body ? |
| 9 | She longed , oh , she burned to be able to tell him the truth , but Ace 's threats held ; also by the way Mike was looking at her at the moment he probably would n't believe her if she told him the truth about their relationship . |
| 10 | Would he listen to her when she told him the truth about Janice ? |
| 11 | Arriving at the School with Jasper and Bienvida in a borrowed beat-up Ford van , its roofrack loaded with launderette bags of clothes and its inside with her sticks of furniture ( sticks was the word ) , she told him the advertisement would only attract riff-raff . |
| 12 | As Robert leaned over to open the passenger door , she handed him the plaster but made no attempt to get in . |
| 13 | She handed him the reel . |
| 14 | When they reached the old farmhouse she handed him the fare , absent-mindedly giving him a tip that was at least treble the size she would normally have made , barely aware of his delighted grin as she made her way towards the kitchen |
| 15 | As she handed him the cup of tea her tone changed : ‘ Not that I 'm against joking , but everything in its place ; when I 'm here with Aunt Lizzie , we chaff each other , but … but not all the time . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I know what you mean , ’ she murmured , willing her hands to remain steady as she handed him the cup . |
| 17 | She handed him the cup and he swallowed the remains with a gulp . |
| 18 | She handed him the beer and their fingers touched briefly . |
| 19 | She handed him the ring , telling him never to part with it . |
| 20 | She handed him the glass . |
| 21 | She handed him the journal , knowing , even before he confirmed it , whose it was . |
| 22 | She handed him the tube , being fairly and correctly sure he would not ask her outright to rub it in for him . |
| 23 | Merrill protested as she handed him the file . |
| 24 | As she showed him the barn , they began to talk of the forest . |
| 25 | She showed him the music . |
| 26 | When he returned home , she fed him the pie then kicked him out . |
| 27 | But as she reached him the vision shimmered and disappeared and she was alone , stumbling as she tried to find her way through the shadows of a forest , mist cloaking the branches of the trees . |
| 28 | Now , instead of trying to pull against him , she offered him the handle . |
| 29 | She offered him the tray of boiled sweets . |
| 30 | She had expected him to leave her but he stayed watching her quietly , picking a biscuit off the plate himself , sharing her milk when she offered him the glass . |