Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] her [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew he cared , he showed it , but he would n't say the things she wanted to hear — that he cared for her to the exclusion of all others , and wanted her in his life to the exclusion of all others . |
| 2 | He winked at her like a cheery market tradesman selling substandard goods , already thinking of the lunch he had planned with an old colleague from the Manchester force . |
| 3 | but he recommended to her to actually make it into a fourth bedroom because it would increase the value of the house |
| 4 | ‘ It looks as though he had a woman friend ; he refers to her as ‘ M ’ . |
| 5 | He clung to her like a clammy spider , pulling her down beside him with unexpected strength . |
| 6 | She liked Peter 's smooth , clean skin , and his childhood-smelling hair , and the way he gazed at her with huge eyes without his glasses . |
| 7 | He gazed at her without speaking for what must have been at least a minute . |
| 8 | He gazed at her without speaking , then started the car . |
| 9 | He gazed at her in silence that she took for acceptance . |
| 10 | He gazed at her in silence for several seconds , then replied with icy simplicity , ‘ No time . |
| 11 | He gazed at her in silence , then he said , ‘ Well , in a way , it is professional . |
| 12 | She says that he thinks of her as Mum . |
| 13 | Blanche feels that the only way that she will be able to marry Mitch is if he looks on her as someone still young . |
| 14 | He responds to us all in different ways , to his sister , Amanda , he 's always smiled at her and we say that he looks at her at her in his cute way . ’ |
| 15 | He looks at her in fear : ‘ the cleft was like a dumb , stupid mouth . ’ |
| 16 | Chris has to pay a woman to sit with Beryl during the day and he looks after her after work , ’ Maureen said . |
| 17 | It was a foolish thing to do , she knew that a fraction of a second too late ; he cannoned into her with such force that she fell heavily to the ground . |
| 18 | He peered at her with little beady eyes , as though trying to guess from her expression how much she and her companion had heard . |
| 19 | He peered at her from under the cloth cap which he was using to shade his face , and she lay on her side to face him . |
| 20 | Why had he looked at her like that ? |
| 21 | It was he who after a particularly violent disagreement , suggested that Joan should be invited to pay them another visit — though he referred to her as the lady Anne , as had been agreed . |
| 22 | Although he referred to her in letters to Zbo as ‘ his wife ’ and was concerned and excited about the baby , Modi was very much the Italian husband , leaving his woman alone while he visited the cafés , living inside of himself for much of the time , coming home drunk and moving restlessly from place to place . |
| 23 | He stood up , and he towered above her like a golden figure in one of the hospital 's many paintings . |
| 24 | Laura had said once , when he grumbled to her about Mr Simpson . |
| 25 | He proposed to her at the offices of Faber and Faber ; after she had accepted , he explained that he would have asked her much sooner if he had known her real feelings towards him , but she had been so formal with him that he was not even sure if she liked him — which , after eight years , suggests an odd insecurity or impercipience . |
| 26 | He proposed to her on Valentine 's Day 1989 . |
| 27 | When he proposed to her on the last night I think she took him because , having been in her room for seven days , she 'd met nobody else and could n't bear to see her investment wasted . ’ |
| 28 | He could hardly stand still for the two minutes it took to slip them over his blouse and he shouted at her to be quick , that Ferdinando was waiting to take him rabbit-shooting . |
| 29 | He knelt beside her on the hearthrug . |
| 30 | He knelt over her for a moment , tough and handsome in the candlelight , his eyes triumphant with the knowledge of desire on the verge of fulfilment , possessing her as only he could , then he was bending , lifting her into his arms , carrying her across the room , and she felt the sudden chill as the door opened and , wedging it awkwardly with his foot , he bundled her through it . |