Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [vb pp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's alleged he cut his thumb on the broken glass and that Paterson helped him get rid of the bloodstained clothing . |
| 2 | Penry Vaughan 's irritation at being saddled with an unwelcome guest was understandable enough , but surely he could have let her know he 'd spoken to the police ! |
| 3 | Lesley-Anne Rawlings , prosecuting , said he had at first claimed he had gone into the school on August 9 to try and put the fire out . |
| 4 | After the cab had departed he 'd returned to the body search ; a couple of rough-looking kids came sneaking up the alley for purposes unknown , but a long , low growl from the shadows sent them running . |
| 5 | They say he has traded with the Soul Eaters for centuries , although I do n't know why . |
| 6 | George Waldron , the MP for Buckingham , says he 's shocked by the loss of 250 jobs at the Westcote Rocket Research Plant . |
| 7 | Mr Larkin says he has learned from the criminal underworld about the events on the night of April 27 . |
| 8 | Moss says he has negotiated with the unnamed firms to ensure they wo n't be duplicating each others ' efforts . |
| 9 | Moss says he has negotiated with the unnamed firms to ensure they wo n't be duplicating each others ' efforts . |
| 10 | It seemed he had left in the Casa Guidi a gun of which he was fond , taking only his hunting rifle in case he had the chance to go into the country to shoot rabbits . |
| 11 | As he passed quickly in front of the flame , Tallis got the hint of scratches on his body , and she imagined he had run through the tight thorn scrub between the village and his purloined domain upon the hill . |
| 12 | The boy manservant , George Yaxlee , had said he 'd gone to the stable to meet Leon , the Italian boy , at nine on Friday night ; they had stayed together , first at the stable , then at the darts final at the Dersingham Arms until ten-thirty . |
| 13 | When Geoff came into the staff room on the alcohol problems unit I assumed he had come to the wrong ward . |
| 14 | Whatever hurts he had suffered in the past , with his Leo open-heartedness , he was one of nature 's true romantics . |
| 15 | He was the defence correspondent of his paper and I was n't surprised to hear he 'd served in the military . |
| 16 | Kaas had said nothing , had just wondered what they would say about his public image if they ever discovered the extent of the terrorist acts he had unleashed in the last few months . |
| 17 | In the witness box , Steventon-Rogers claimed he had gone to the shed unarmed and grabbed the knife from a work bench when Mr Smith became angry and attacked him . |
| 18 | When officers arrived he had climbed into the back yard and the Volvo was seen to be on fire . |
| 19 | When officers arrived he had climbed into the back yard and the Volvo was seen to be on fire . |
| 20 | Those who heard him lecture remarked on the way he seized on and illustrated the most interesting parts of his subject , so that he was intelligible to the novice and listened to with pleasure by even the best informed , generally leading his class unresistingly to the desired conclusion . |
| 21 | Before he finished speaking he had sprung towards the stairs and up them , shouting now , ‘ It 'll be a longish drive ; ask Mary to put something up for me ; soup or something . ’ |
| 22 | He had insisted on going with her but Carrie was beginning to wish he had stayed in the shop . |
| 23 | In 1976 , the mother and step-father parted , and in 1990 , the woman heard he had parted from the mother of his daughter and wanted access . |
| 24 | Both highly desirable , the one on the left especially ; both looked as if they would n't get on their backs for anything less than Edouard de Chavigny himself ; both had the kind of accent that made his toes curl , and made him wish he 'd opted for the more costly tailor . |
| 25 | When morning came , the Russian saw he had fallen from the ledge and was hanging upside down , his ice face and the rock face united in a carezza . |
| 26 | But if Nicholas felt he had suffered at the hands of Celtic , then the suffering he experienced in London at the hands of the media was to force him out of the limelight and into a melancholic shell where scoring goals seemed harder than pulling Mother Theresa . |
| 27 | He knew he had gone down the road no cop should take , namely that of allowing the pursuit of a criminal to become a personal vendetta . |
| 28 | He knew he had come to the right person . |
| 29 | He reminded Riven a little of the Bicker he had known at the bothy . |
| 30 | His parents , who live at Clevelys , near Blackpool , feared he had strayed outside the airport and got caught up in the disaster . |