Example sentences of "her in his [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He made persistent phone calls to Lynsey , visited her home , invited her to drinks and dinner — and trapped her in his surgery when he was alone . |
| 2 | He was too close for her to say a word to Mitch but she knew without doubt that he was going to turn on them as soon as the door to his suite was closed and say that he would not even consider having anyone like her in his home or even near it . |
| 3 | He had not been determined to put her in his debt because he wanted to seduce her . |
| 4 | God only knew how he had tried to replace her in his thoughts and in his heart — striking relationships with one woman after another , lurching from one crisis to the next , building his business with her in mind … driving himself like a man demented and amassing a fortune , yet knowing all the time that he was striving for the impossible . |
| 5 | He took her in his arms but she separated from him . |
| 6 | His expression changed , and he would have taken her in his arms if she had n't moved quickly . |
| 7 | His matter of factness suddenly evaporated , and he took her in his arms and gave her a passionate kiss which said : ‘ I 'm glad you 're coming . ’ |
| 8 | He took her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 9 | They stopped laughing ; then Edouard leaned forward , gathered her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 10 | ‘ Hush , honey , hush , I hate it too , ’ he murmured , enfolding her in his arms and stroking her sopping hair . |
| 11 | Impulsively he reached out , to take her in his arms and draw her close . |
| 12 | Before he fell asleep he held her in his arms and said , ‘ Ye do n't know what it means to me , coming home again . |
| 13 | After a moment , Craig took her in his arms and held her close and , smoothing back her hair , whispered to her gently , the very same words she had used to her mother . |
| 14 | That night , after she had confided in Tom and begun to cry , he had comforted her , held her in his arms and kissed her . |
| 15 | She had been giddy in the mornings and tired at night ; her breasts felt different , she had been sleeping badly , dreaming dreams , longing all day for Tristram to come and take her in his arms and love her , when instead she had had to be content with no more than a covert glance from him when he came home from Knollys 's yard in the evenings , or a touch of his ankle under the table at supper time . |
| 16 | He took her in his arms and cuddled her . |
| 17 | In that first heart-stopping moment when he realised that it really was her , his impulse had been to run to her , to grab her in his arms and smother her with kisses , to chide her for not waiting until he came back to make her his wife . |
| 18 | His answer was to take her in his arms and press her close to him . |
| 19 | ‘ I expect that 's just convalescence , ’ said David , longing to take her in his arms and comfort her . |
| 20 | Nick took her in his arms and kissed her but , when his lips parted and she could taste his mouth , she drew back . |
| 21 | He was standing by the bushes near to where the gates had once been , and he took her in his arms and kissed her passionately . |
| 22 | He had held her in his arms and told her that he loved her , and she had never doubted him . |
| 23 | He took her in his arms and hugged her , breathless . |
| 24 | He wiped them away , held her in his arms and buried his face in her hair . |
| 25 | For five whole minutes he held her in his arms and kissed her again and again . |
| 26 | Roman had been holding her in his arms and she had n't been fighting — no wonder Dana was furious . |
| 27 | She wanted him to take her in his arms and make her feel once more the strong , swift surge of desire that she remembered from their one night together . |
| 28 | Ronni looked into his eyes and smiled at the compliment , inwardly shuddering as he took her in his arms and proceeded to lead her in time to the music . |
| 29 | His face wore that concentrated look she had grown used to , as if everything he did was the focus of all his energies — like the look when he 'd taken her in his arms and made his kiss seem the still point of the entire universe . |
| 30 | She frowned at him , tossing the hair back from her flushed cheeks , wishing he would take her in his arms and kiss her again instead of making cryptic comments that taxed her stunned powers of comprehension . |