Example sentences of "she [vb past] him the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried not to imagine his sympathetic brown eyes looking into hers , and his disarming smile when she spoke to him , perhaps their hands touching as she passed him the local anaesthetic — This is no use ! she admonished herself , rubbing energetically at a stainless steel trolley . |
| 2 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
| 3 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 4 | She told him the first chance she had , when they had had tea and he was eating his lonely meal in the parlour . |
| 5 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 6 | ‘ I reckon she told him the youngest boy was his worked on him that way . |
| 7 | Edouard ordered her a citron pressé , and then quietly listened as — slowly at first , then with gathering confidence — she told him the whole story . |
| 8 | She handed him the two parts of the torch and waited for him to piece the thing together . |
| 9 | She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle . |
| 10 | She handed him the woebegone bouquet , the bird 's head dangling , its coxcomb a broken-stemmed blossom ; he took it , bowed his head , and pinched the child 's cheek as he showed his teeth gritted in greedy affection , the expression that says to children , ‘ Aahah ! |
| 11 | Alighting hesitantly , she cast anxious eyes around her , wondering just where her hotel was , as she paid him the exact amount on the meter , feeling strangely guilty as she refrained from adding a tip in accordance with the multi-lingual notice in the cab . |
| 12 | She showed him the long notes and the short notes . |
| 13 | She showed him the tiny pile on the bed , and he nodded again . |
| 14 | That was what he meant to Mrs Sairellen Thackray as she served him the first of her good dinners of boiled beef and potatoes and onions towards which the town 's Chartists had all made their contributions . |
| 15 | ‘ She called him the former proprietor . |
| 16 | She offered him the half-smoked burnie but he batted it angrily from her fingers before heading back towards the concourse . |
| 17 | She sent him the sudden grin again and Caspar said , ‘ Oh dear me , what optimism , ’ but he said it quietly . |
| 18 | In a sudden panic of sadness , she pictured him the tall , thin frame , the stubby nose , the waves of golden hair tumbling over his forehead . |
| 19 | She gave him the gentle brush-off : how could this boil-necked boyo know Emlyn Williams ? |
| 20 | When she gave him the second half of S. Kettering 's rent , he put it in his pocket without counting it . |
| 21 | She gave him the two packets , each holding five cigarettes , received his fourpence , smiled at him and said , ‘ Thank you very much . ’ |