Example sentences of "her [to-vb] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been cheaper to have taken the coach , if longer , but Dr Bailey had sent a curt postcard telling him it would be best for her to meet him off the noon train ; the campus was some way out of town , it would be best that way . |
| 2 | Lucien wondered whether Walterkin had bribed her to let him into the cubicle . |
| 3 | He gestured for her to precede him through the door . |
| 4 | He indicated to her to accompany him along the quay , where a litter awaited . |
| 5 | and Andrew he did n't want her to hold him in the water , he wanted to walk |
| 6 | She had scarcely recovered her composure from that frantic evening before he invited her to join him on the royal yacht Britannia during Cowes Week . |
| 7 | ‘ And Spain was a cosy hideaway for our export villains ; ergo , her boyfriend was waiting for her to join him on the Costa del Crook . ’ |
| 8 | A couple of minutes later he was snapping his fingers at her , inviting her to follow him to the lift . |
| 9 | He gestured with a long , withered arm for her to follow him up the stairs . |