Example sentences of "he [vb past] she [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | He and his wife , Hannie , were living apart when , she said , he attacked her during an argument over financial support . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note . |
| 3 | Placing a hand on her shoulder , he led her to an ornate , gilded mirror hanging above the carved stone fireplace . |
| 4 | He led her through an archway at the far end of the hall . |
| 5 | He stopped her with an impatient gesture . |
| 6 | He followed her with an easy stride , blocked her escape , looming very tall and dark above her . |
| 7 | He kissed her with an expertise that was outside her experience , with a knowledge that was never learned from any book , and , much to her surprise , she felt a stab of jealousy for all those other women who must have stood as she stood now , arms round his strong frame , mouth ravaged by his skill . |
| 8 | He kissed her with an ardour that left her breathless . |
| 9 | Somewhere on another plane of existence she knew that he was pacing himself , tuning himself to her slower needs : that his tiny muted cries of painful frustration were evidence of his consideration as he aroused her to an aching , trembling plateau of desire . |
| 10 | He steered her towards an awning . |
| 11 | He treated her like an incompetent subaltern . |
| 12 | He put her on an elimination diet , and within two weeks her bowels were functioning normally , for the first time in many years . |
| 13 | He put her in an open boat , with no oars , at the mouth of the River Aberlessie which , the chronicle says , was called ‘ The Mouth of Stench ’ because of the thousands of rotting fish cast on the sands . |
| 14 | He promoted her to an unattainable pedestal , a figure swathed in deep purple , a princess . |
| 15 | He ushered her into an overheated wood-panelled lobby . |
| 16 | After the rape he dragged her to an alley but she broke free . |
| 17 | After that he greeted her like an old friend each morning ; she did n't mind , it was dull talking to Magnus who seldom listened , and he gave her protection from the intense political views of the Afghan 's owner . |
| 18 | When he saw the state the girl was in he sat her in an armchair and sent his adjutant to get her something to drink . |