Example sentences of "she [vb past] to him [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A mumbled , incoherent sound bubbled and surfaced in her throat , and she clung to him for support , her fingers twisting in the silk of his shirt . |
| 2 | He dumped his kitbag and led her to an armchair , but she clung to him in a state of possessive disbelief which upset Charles even more than the deep depression he 'd been suffering from when he entered the flat . |
| 3 | They came to a lurching pontoon , where she clung to him in excitement , her eyes enormous at the sight of four enormous man-sized earwigs calmly waiting for the ferryboat . |
| 4 | Perkin on her other side was saying contritely , ‘ Sorry , darling , sorry , ’ and she turned to him with ever-ready forgiveness , the adult of the pair . |
| 5 | She turned to him with the first real interest in her face that he 'd seen . |
| 6 | ‘ Naylor , ’ she turned to him with his name on her lips , oddly , his pain her pain at that moment . |
| 7 | She turned to him with an affectionate grin , knowing his soft heart had been hugely moved by the children that afternoon . |
| 8 | She turned to him for comfort . |
| 9 | She turned to him in surprise . |
| 10 | She turned to him in despair and the tears were running down her face . |
| 11 | Luke 's teasing threw a new light on the situation , and Folly forgot her nervousness as she turned to him in indignation , spluttering as the sudden movement sent a wave of bubbling water splashing across her face . |
| 12 | She stuck to him like glue . |
| 13 | She talked to him for only a short while and left him a booklet with clear diagrams of the proposed surgery . |
| 14 | She was afraid that he would wake Peter if she talked to him in the hall . |
| 15 | She reached to him with her thoughts , became his lapping tongue . |
| 16 | She looked to him for a lead and he gave it to her . |
| 17 | Buttoning the long fitted jacket over her expensive cream gown , she went to him on determined footsteps . |
| 18 | The Princess was powerless ; when he beckoned to her , she went to him like a lamb . ’ |
| 19 | She did not reply to his cards , and when she spoke to him on the telephone he said she always declined his invitations firmly . |
| 20 | From the warmth in her voice , she spoke to him on the comm , I began to suspect that she and Chertro might have been more than friends at one time . |
| 21 | ‘ What a pity , in that case , ’ she put to him with sarcasm , ‘ that I find the idea so utterly repugnant ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Of course , it all rather depends , ’ she put to him in a wry tone , ‘ on the outcome of our visit to the police station . |
| 23 | He was transporting her to another world , and she responded to him with uninhibited abandon . |
| 24 | He suggested books she might read and when she had , she wrote to him about them . |