Example sentences of "she [modal v] [verb] him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ought to hate him for what he threatened to do , yet inside she felt a treacherous excitement at the fact that he wanted to keep her close . |
| 2 | She was so ashamed of not remembering what had happened that she felt she must compensate him in some way , so she kissed his mouth and stroked his cheek . |
| 3 | If the knots wo n't come out with that then she must take him to a professional grooming salon where the knots will be removed safely and painlessly . |
| 4 | She must persuade him of her good intentions — for it had never crossed her mind that she would not repay him — but she must also try to convince him of the seriousness of her situation and persuade him to grant her a bit of leeway . |
| 5 | She would raise her lamp and view the lover that she herself had grown , even if this meant that she must lose him for ever . |
| 6 | She must call him in the morning , give him all the names she had found , and let the police handle any investigation . |
| 7 | But now , with only a little while to go before she must join him in the sitting-room , she was starting to have second thoughts about the wisdom of accepting . |
| 8 | She wondered if she should tell him about Amy 's having been a nurse . |
| 9 | Rory told Jessica about his girlfriend Rosie , not a great deal but nothing too disloyal , while she for her part realised after some moments that she was not listening with more than half an ear , but wondering what she should tell him about Parr . |
| 10 | Atrimonides gestured with his gun , indicating that she should precede him from the gallery . |
| 11 | Roman growled softly in satisfaction , his lips demanding she should kiss him in return . |
| 12 | I think she should take him to erm Euro Disney cause there might be a lot high up but there 's still a lot to do . |
| 13 | Previously he had had no worry about her possible infidelity or that she might leave him for a more effective performer . |
| 14 | It was conceivable , she supposed , that if she remained in the village she might see him from time to time , and if she was lucky , she thought bleakly , he might even speak to her . |
| 15 | She might despise him for the methods he used in business , but the fact remained that she loved him , and if there was anything she could do to protect him she would do it . |
| 16 | She might not trust Guy Sterne , she might not even like him very much , she might suspect him of being a ruthless womaniser and profiteer … but she wanted him here , with her … now where was the logic in that ? |
| 17 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
| 18 | If Dennis came looking for her , she might hear him in time , or she might not . |
| 19 | ‘ He 'll be on her side , she 'll get him on her side . |
| 20 | The stark desire in his face threatened to take what strength she had left , nor did he make any attempt to hide the blatant response of his body to that consuming , passionate kiss , continuing to hold her so tightly that she could feel him with every part of her being , could still taste him inside her mouth . |
| 21 | She could feel him behind now . |
| 22 | She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park . |
| 23 | ‘ What are your plans for the rest of the afternoon ? ’ she asked in her best trying-to-be-friendly voice , thinking that if she could pin-point him to some specific part of the house then she could at least do her best to avoid it . |
| 24 | Perhaps she could visit him in Mexico . |
| 25 | Only she could protect him from its hungry clutches . |
| 26 | She could cow him at a glance . |
| 27 | She could hate him for those , and lose any incomprehensible hurt they occasioned in the heat of that hatred . |
| 28 | At least , she could understand him for her uncle , later to be the 6th Duke , was deaf as well . |
| 29 | But her gaze was beyond words ; even if he said nothing at all , she could read him with ease . |
| 30 | The queer thought : Doctor , she could read him like a book . |