Example sentences of "he [verb] her [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.

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1 When she became engrossed in some new work he made her preoccupation an excuse for drawing away from her .
2 He has her report the matter to the police .
3 ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’
4 then he gave her hair a muss .
5 She turned and smiled at David , and he gave her arm an encouraging squeeze .
6 By the same token he gave her hand a reassuring squeeze before releasing it .
7 He gave her hand an extra squeeze before releasing it .
8 He held her gaze a moment , one hostile eyebrow lifting .
9 He held her gaze a moment , still with a ghost of a smile lingering .
10 He held her hand a little longer than he should have done , and had stammered at her , ‘ I — I have a cousin in Florida , Miss McAllister ; I wonder if you have run across her ? ’
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