Example sentences of "she [vb past] him [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She fought him tooth and nail for a good 20 minutes , screaming at the top of her voice , until he eventually beat her senseless and killed her . |
| 2 | As Countess of Glencairn , Elizabeth remembered her old friend and employer , John Tennant ; she appointed him Factor of her estate at Ochiltree and gave him tenancy of Glenconner Farm on the estate . |
| 3 | She appointed him deputy party chairman.But that too ended in tears , amid Press allegations about a prostitute , Victoria Station and £2,000 . |
| 4 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
| 5 | She advised him that-parents sometimes do know best , and to ensure the best they sometimes have to insist that children do as they say . |
| 6 | As he snored , she told him Florence was full of jobs for the likes of him and by no means all were living-in . |
| 7 | ‘ How was your first day as Damian 's secretary ? ’ he asked weakly , but his eyes gleamed with a new reason to live , and he listened eagerly as she told him half-truths about her new job . |
| 8 | She told him word for word , adding coldly , ‘ Is that how you describe us to anyone who comments on our practice ? ’ |
| 9 | She told him Shildon 's story . |
| 10 | And when she showed him Elise 's diary he would collapse like a house built of cards . |
| 11 | When Bruno landed his Radio One job , she followed him south , a move which put her on the road to showbiz fame when she was signed up to host Saturday morning kids ' show , Going Live . |
| 12 | ‘ Why have n't you read this if you 're so interested ? ’ she challenged him weeks later . |
| 13 | She had n't forgotten that she owed him taxi money . |
| 14 | She fed him Cleo Laine , backed by The Ramones . |
| 15 | She kissed him goodnight on two other occasions , briefly but hard on the lips . |
| 16 | It was meant to be swift and brief , but the moment she touched him Miguel took control , and kissed her long and hard , so that she found herself breathing deeply , gasping for air . |
| 17 | She was surprised to discover he was perfectly adept as a painter and decorator — though why she should be surprised she did n't really know , she reflected a touch grouchily as she watched him work . |
| 18 | She watched him search helplessly for a reply , the hysteria rising within her that he might have ruined her chances of being accepted by her family . |
| 19 | He handed her the bottle of oil , and she watched him undress . |
| 20 | One was her husband , Sidney — she called him Proopsie , and refused him sex through much of their 53-year marriage . |
| 21 | He did n't really like the way she called him Nigel — it was as if he was a stranger . |
| 22 | I noticed on your card she called him Daniel David and then behold he 's going to be just Daniel . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm sure she called him Magnus , ’ Miss Honey said . |
| 24 | She too feared Albert , she called him Mr. — , she treated her brutally , often beating her . |
| 25 | She called him Jack for short . |
| 26 | ‘ She called him Aspirant , ’ said the man , shaking his head and stuffing his handkerchief back into the pocket of his coat . |
| 27 | She called him Linton . |
| 28 | She called him Roukoubé , which means Red Bear Cub : by accepting the curse Sycorax had laid on him , she meant to deflect it . |
| 29 | She called him Fred while he addressed her as Gladys — names which they picked from the Spike Milligan radio shows . |
| 30 | She named him Albert , and gave him an insatiable appetite for ropes . |