Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His reputation as a hard man — he had picked up a conviction for GBH — had won him work on the bouncer circuit and the title ‘ King of the Bouncers ’ . |
| 2 | He is a systems analyst , and his work is driving him spare at the moment . |
| 3 | Watch him wobble onto the dance floor as he goes looking for a decent record collection ( ie no Alice Cooper or Frank Zappa ) in CodeMasters ' happenin' hit … |
| 4 | She had watched him go amongst the caskets , then lift one of the lids , peering inside . |
| 5 | Scott had watched him get into the rocket many times and he dreamed about going with Space Man . |
| 6 | If so , it was good to give him experience as a bishop as soon as possible . |
| 7 | They watched him come to the door . |
| 8 | Evelyn shuddered as she watched him crouch for a second , then spring up and take off jauntily like a half mangled insect . |
| 9 | She watched him kneel on the floor and , taking a deep breath , she switched off all sensitivity to close her lips over his wrinkled anus . |
| 10 | He watched him go to the bar and get a glass of wine , looked away , aware that he was approaching . |
| 11 | ‘ Aye , where else ? ’ she said as she , too , rose from the settle and returned to the couch , from where she watched him go to the box that was standing on the end of the sideboard , and from it take a piece of silver , then button his coat across his broad chest , take his cap from his pocket and , having put it on at an angle , salute her , saying , ‘ Your servant , madam . ’ |
| 12 | She watched him go down the steps . |
| 13 | Her finely shaped brows met in dark disapproval as she watched him pick at the lock with a thin piece of wire that he had produced from somewhere in the depths of his pocket . |
| 14 | Cranston watched him disappear behind a wall . |
| 15 | She watched him climb from the bed and put on his dressing gown . |
| 16 | Wakelate came into the kitchen and Cleo , still standing stiffly by the sink , watched him turn on the gas of one of the wall lamps . |
| 17 | There were tears in Johnny 's eyes as he watched him turn into the laneway and out of sight ; he had a feeling he would never see him again . |
| 18 | She watched him slide behind the wheel of the Jag and start up the powerful engine . |
| 19 | Willie watched him walk down the path and towards the church . |
| 20 | She watched him walk down the path and get into his Rolls-Royce . |
| 21 | She watched him walk to the door and open it . |
| 22 | ‘ A bit , ’ she said , and she watched him walk to the end of the bed . |
| 23 | Wexford watched him feel for the girl 's hand , but she was occupied with Mrs Hatton , dabbing at her face and smoothing her hair . |
| 24 | I untied the painter from its iron ring in the concrete , then squatted on the jetty and watched him fiddle inside the hatch . |
| 25 | She watched him sprawl in a cane chair on the terrace , light a cigar , and pick up a book , uncaring of the many and varied insects homing in on the light above him . |
| 26 | Winston watched him hurry down the drive to his car . |
| 27 | Isabel watched him vanish beneath the barbican and felt as though she had been abandoned to face the enemy without weapons or protection . |
| 28 | A delighted , if somewhat bewildered smile tugging at her own mouth , her eyes alight with laughter , she watched him melt into the crowds . |
| 29 | Her voice was cracked , coming like a broken note from a rusty instrument ; and again she appealed to him as she watched him move towards the bedroom door . |
| 30 | I watched him dip into a bucket and throw a scoopful of water on to the hot stones of the fire . |