Example sentences of "his [noun sg] to she [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loving her with his hands and his mouth , disrobing her with an erotic skill that brought her flesh to fire , he discarded his own clothes with an economy of movement , revealing his body to her in all the beauty of its prime , before embarking on a journey of initiation which had her sobbing his name . |
| 2 | Katharine Hepburn spills the beans about Hollywood in Me ( Viking , £16.99 ) , and talks engagingly about her 30-year affair with Spencer Tracy : ‘ I thought you were a rumour , ’ said his wife to her on his death . |
| 3 | ‘ Eh ? ’ he said , lifting his head to her as if in irritation . |
| 4 | He turned his head to her in surprise . |
| 5 | The man sitting with his back to her at the table looked round . |
| 6 | He had explained his character to her by saying , ‘ He lives half in the air ; it 's only his toes that touch the ground . ’ |
| 7 | He wondered how long they could travel before they met anyone Cleo felt inspired to poison , and whether he would change his mind about his commitment to her before then . |
| 8 | Here , ’ he held out his hand to her with a little smile , ‘ take my hand to show you forgive me for alarming you . ’ |
| 9 | In the unconscious of the men concerned , a part aims to give his mother a son , like himself , as an expression of his gratitude to her for bearing him into the world . |
| 10 | On the evidence in the present case I am satisfied that one reason why the plaintiff did so much for the deceased was her belief that , although she was not a blood relative of his , he would leave his estate to her on his death ; but , on the authority of Greasley v Cooke [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 1306 , if the evidence was not sufficient to establish this positively , the plaintiff would still succeed on the fourth element in the absence of proof that she did not rely on the deceased 's statements . |