Resists
Starts
Both words in one sentence
- He's more than a bit surprised when Joy resists and starts yelling at him for it, and the two trade barbs for a few seconds until Ronan's brain (or whatever it is that make ghosts tick) catches up with his mouth and realizes that she can see and hear him.
Source: You Can See Me? -
At first, she resists, but when they insist, she starts accepting the gifts and compliments and acting Hotter and Sexier to get more of them.
Source: Favors for the Sexy -
In The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover, Cory the pimp starts as a member of Spica's gang, but gets ejected after he resists Spica's brutal treatment of his girls.
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