Example sentences of "but he [verb] her [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not speak , but he saw her panicked eyes staring from the spaces between his long fingers . |
| 2 | But he touched her slender arm instead , feeling firm brown flesh beneath the loosely flowered silk of her sleeve . |
| 3 | But he made her nervous with — with his height , his sureness , his whole aura … |
| 4 | She began to argue , but he cut her short . |
| 5 | For a second her eyes searched his face in case there was a vestige of suspicion left , but he held her close , fingers running continually through her tousled mop of blonde hair , lips pressuring her face and neck as if he could never touch her enough . |
| 6 | She kicked out at him as he covered her body with his but he held her tight and rolled with her into the protection of the trees . |
| 7 | Anna attempted to break away , but he held her tight and tried to kiss her again . |
| 8 | She tried to struggle , but he caught her flailing wrists and pulled them roughly behind her back , holding them easily in one hand . |
| 9 | She went to rush past him but he caught her bare arms and swung her round , grasping her shoulders to hold her still . |
| 10 | She came over , but he caught her outstretched hand and bowed low over it , touching it with his lips . |