Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] he [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did no wilful damage but regarded himself as entitled to go where he wished for the purpose in his mind without regard to the rights of ownership and the alleged presence of man traps and spring guns . |
| 2 | James II succeeded to the throne but the favourite illegitimate son of Charles II , the Duke of Monmouth , did not approve so he landed in the West Country and encouraged a Protestant revolt , but much of the public supported the King and the uprising was suppressed . |
| 3 | As the hon. Member for Livingston can promise his hon. Friends nothing about money , he could not prevent that from happening if he returned to the old system . |
| 4 | So he he 's been up he 's one of type of dogs , he said like a human you would n't know if he went in the house they would n't know whether he was coming out with a double barrelled shot gun to shoot yourself or |
| 5 | He was still praying when he got in the water . |
| 6 | This outstanding man had been seconded from the Royal Welch Fusiliers to serve as Consul at Adana in Turkey , where he behaved with courage and firmness during the Armenian massacres , rescuing several hundred people before he himself was wounded as he rode round the town . |
| 7 | Otley objected as he waited under the trees with his bunch of Brits . |
| 8 | She could hear her three- year-old son Rufus laughing as he played on the swings nearby . |
| 9 | Maxham winced as he walked across the kitchen . |
| 10 | It may be that none of these incidents , taken by itself , would be very significant , but the cumulative effect of them supports the view that the plaintiff and her husband subordinated their own interests to the wishes of the deceased … the plaintiff 's acts went well beyond what was called for by natural love and affection for someone to whom she had no blood relationship , and both she and her husband made it very clear in their evidence that there was no great love and affection between her husband and the deceased , and that he was only willing to pay for meals that the plaintiff provided for the deceased and to work as he did in the garden of the cottage because of the expectation that the deceased 's estate would in due course pass to the plaintiff . |
| 11 | ‘ Touch nothing ’ , he shouted as he sped towards the police station . |
| 12 | ‘ Georgina , ’ the Dean shouted as he passed through the hall . |
| 13 | Otley shouted as he raced towards the bridge . |
| 14 | Helluva fella ! they shouted as he thumped into the chair beside the student , one hand gripping round her shoulder , the other smearing red drops from lips and chin . |
| 15 | ‘ Wotcher ! ’ he shouted as he scraped on the strings . |
| 16 | Kress stopped as he looked at the blued muzzle of the .38 . |
| 17 | William Winning ( 21 ) was attacked as he walked through the Edenbeg estate in the early hours of February 25 last year . |
| 18 | The black gloom of his anger was effaced when he stepped into the open air . |
| 19 | His voice trembled as he stood in the pulpit . |
| 20 | The first memorable and momentous occasion for the ornithologist occurred as he strolled beside the river at sunrise and caught sight of a ‘ new and beautiful pigeon ’ , a bird never before encountered by any of the natives he questioned or any of the stockmen at the out-stations . |
| 21 | Caitlin 's voice made him jump as he bellowed across the room : ‘ You left a young girl to walk along a dark road at night ? |
| 22 | Though they understood his fury , many villagers protested as he drove through the streets with the almost-naked bodies waving grotesquely . |
| 23 | Instinctively she knew how to pleasure him in return , exalted when he moaned at the delicacy of her touch and begged for her to increase the pressure of her caresses , until they reached the point of no return together , their bodies joining in a union so satisfying , so complete that in that moment of culmination Gina no longer felt a separate entity . |
| 24 | It was written after he returned to the US at the end of a stint covering the war in Africa and Italy . |
| 25 | His rise was secured when he wed into the British middle class by marrying army captain 's daughter Isabella Sarah Moorsom . |
| 26 | The needle immediately showed a reading , which then strengthened and weakened as he moved about the warehouse . |
| 27 | His eyes were glinting as he thought about the revenge he could have on the Islington people . |
| 28 | Gall equalised when he towered above the Derby defence to head in Munday 's free-kick , but Meade should have brought them level immediately after Gabbiadini 's first goal but slid the ball wide six yards out . |
| 29 | Once upon time , a Royal Banker of elevated rank noticed as he drove to the City on the morning of the Queen Mum 's birthday that the flags were not flying on the most relevant of our buildings . |
| 30 | Still , no damage was done as he went through the turn in 36 . |