Example sentences of "she [vb past] him in [art] " in BNC.

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1 She met him in the hallway , in an old blue dressing gown .
2 Somehow though — with Ven moving forward too , she realised it was n't so unexpected — she met him in the centre of the room .
3 She had to make sure that she avoided him in the future and never gave him the chance to pull any more stunts like that !
4 And when he shook his head , she asked him in a voice fallen to a whisper , ‘ Who are you ?
5 He was clad in a short towelling robe , and his hair was damp , and he was clearly on his way back from taking a shower when , on her way to carry out her own ablutions , she passed him in the sitting-room .
6 She caught him in the hall as he put on his hat .
7 She found him in a small single room that was obviously intended to be his dressing-room or study , furnished with a single bed , rows of built-in cupboards , and under the window a desk and chair .
8 ‘ Mr Marsh , I wonder if I might accept your offer of help , ’ she said when she found him in the vestry .
9 She found him in the kitchen , a big L-shaped room , like the house , dominated by an Aga cooker at one end , and a round table set in the shorter alcove .
10 She poked him in the chest .
11 She poked him in the shoulder , her bright smile belying the force she had used .
12 ‘ You do n't need to come down with me , ’ she advised him in a stifled tone as she moved towards the door .
13 ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice .
14 ‘ You know why , ’ she told him in a lemon voice .
15 ‘ I love you , Fernando , ’ she told him in a hoarse whisper , ‘ you must believe that … ’
16 ‘ My father came home yesterday , ’ she told him in a rush .
17 ‘ I heard that , ’ she told him in the same language .
18 ‘ I would n't have done any speculating at all , ’ she informed him in a trembling voice , ‘ if you could bring yourself to be honest with me ! ’
19 ‘ I 'm going to find the nearest policeman , ’ she informed him in an icy voice .
20 As she joined him in the petit salon he came towards her with a prettily wrapped package in his hands .
21 Five minutes later she joined him in the Biography alcove .
22 Despite that , Dane 's eyes glinted appreciatively when she joined him in the hotel foyer , and to her annoyance she felt a pleasant little warm glow deep inside .
23 When they reached the hotel , he walked with her to her room , and she thanked him in a rather stilted voice for a very pleasant evening .
24 Because she turned unexpectedly she surprised him in an unguarded moment of frank sexual appraisal , but his dark , unsmiling gaze continued to hold hers steadily until she looked away again .
25 She followed him in the direction of the flight deck .
26 She elbowed him in the ribs .
27 He tried to kiss her , but she evaded him in a half-angry , half-flirtatious way , so they were in the middle of a clumsy clinch when Lucaroni walked in .
28 Later — how much later she ca n't say — she heard him in the bathroom .
29 ‘ Go away , ’ she urged him in a flat , hard voice .
30 ‘ Do n't touch me , Luke , ’ she warned him in a low , intense voice .
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