Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ever since he 'd given her that power of attorney she 'd been getting above herself . |
| 2 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 3 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 4 | Feeling unutterably guilty , she saw he 'd brought her another drink and a fresh hot-water bottle . |
| 5 | Since when he 'd left her alone again , and Dolly was having to put up with the April breeze . |
| 6 | There was a ring of sadness in his voice which she found puzzling until she remembered something from the past — Eddie 's voice repeating what he 'd told her all those years ago at the Oulton Park circuit . |
| 7 | By the following weekend , Ned had begun to lose interest in his lover and within two weeks , much to her distress , he began leaving her alone for long periods of time while he chased after a very attractive Border Collie who had just moved into a neighbouring street . |
| 8 | He went to see her that day he took you to the airport . |
| 9 | What she had now was twice what she had suffered before this — a love so very agonising , a love without hope because someone else had the right and the claim to him now and that was why he had kissed her that way — to let her know how hopeless it all was . |
| 10 | He had given her that household , a little society , warming itself in its own glow of virtue , insulating itself from the big bad world ; but within its own limits it had been open and supportive . |
| 11 | If Benjamin had given her nothing else in their life together he had given her this child , and for that Sarah would forgive him anything . |
| 12 | Anyway , he had given her enough money to have the baby comfortably ; and she had already made up her mind that she was n't going to have it adopted . |
| 13 | Ruthie ; it was the first time he had called her that here in Majorca . |
| 14 | He had told her that he had wanted her that night at the house , but he needed no words now — his body was evidence enough — and sheets of flame seemed to shoot through her as her arms wound around his neck and she arched against the demanding , hardening muscles . |
| 15 | He had asked her all about the kiosk , about where she lived ; treating her as if she was interesting and important , not a boring , silly old woman . |
| 16 | He had asked her this before , apparently interested in such a meeting , but Jane had had to disappoint him . |
| 17 | because he had abused her all those years , erm , but apparently she 's also got a , not the right sort of word , a pathological hate for men in general |
| 18 | He had warned her that desire was all he had to offer her , and he had probably assumed that his warning had hit home . |
| 19 | For about the seventh time Folly walked over to the vase on the mantelpiece which held the flowers he had sent her that morning . |
| 20 | For some time he had thought her one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen . |
| 21 | He had told her that himself . |
| 22 | Ever since he had spanked her that night in the bungalow at Moascar garrison , she 'd yearned for the cane . |
| 23 | Yet he had found her all the same . |
| 24 | He had driven her half out of her mind with little more than a few heated kisses , and the humiliation of knowing just how much she 'd wanted him burned into her . |
| 25 | She felt his arms snake round her waist and before she could gain a purchase on the yielding upholstery he had pulled her close to his side . |
| 26 | She remembered Havvie 's last words when he had left her that afternoon , and knew that what he had said was true . |
| 27 | When , sensing that he had left her alone in more ways than one , the woman asked him to come back to bed , he had not turned to look at her but instead remained silent a moment longer . |
| 28 | But what she hoped was that he would return before breakfast so that he would find her here , crouched lonely and exhausted on the top stair , waiting for him , frightened because he had left her alone . |
| 29 | He had left her alone deliberately on that Sunday night , and again on the Monday , but by the end of Tuesday even his iron control had disintegrated in the face of his overwhelming need for her . |
| 30 | He had shown her some naughty drawings , to test her prudishness . |