Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rosie had bitten him twice in the past ; once when she managed to free herself by chewing through her tethering-rope , and once when she leaped through the window of Buddie 's jeep and chased him into the pig-yard . |
| 2 | Then suddenly he thrust his head between his owner 's legs and hoisted him into the trough with a resounding splash ! |
| 3 | But when Mr Wray punched him , Youngs picked up the hammer and struck him across the cheek . |
| 4 | Selkirk stood , looked down at Corbett and patted him on the head . |
| 5 | I struck out feebly in self-defence and hit him across the chest , which increased his rage . |
| 6 | And finally two Ayr police officers said that a shelved 1969 report showed they had picked up a man ‘ of slight build and a Glasgow accent who said his name was McGuigan or McGuinness ’ some 600 yards from the Ross bungalow in the early hours of the morning of the murder and dropped him at the bus station ; and they now declared from photographs recently shown to them that the man was William McGuinness . |
| 7 | On Dec. 4 Kaunda dismissed his Defence Minister , Lt. Gen. Hannaniah Lungu and replaced him with the former Deputy Defence Minister , Dodson Siatalimi . |
| 8 | ‘ He went to put his hand inside his jacket , then another passenger jumped out of his seat and threw him through the doors . |
| 9 | She threw her arms round his neck and kissed him on the lips , enveloping him in discreetly expensive perfume . |
| 10 | He grabbed Rodomonte by the scruff of the neck and pushed him towards the light , holding his nose inches away from the crackling fluorescence . |
| 11 | He tried protesting to Selkirk , who simply struck him across the mouth and pushed him through the metal-studded door . |
| 12 | She had n't told him much except that she did not like her neighbour Fireman Mosse and blamed him for the death of his wife . |
| 13 | He let in the estate agent and took him over the house , into the drawing room and the dining room , upstairs to the Pincushion Room , the Centaur Room , the Room of Astonishment , the Deathbed Room , the Room Without a Name , and then back down the back stairs to that jumble of kitchens and scullery and washhouse and coal-store , most of it a nineteenth century addition . |
| 14 | They then bundled him out of the car and left him on the road . |
| 15 | I picked up a marrowbone and hit him on the head . |
| 16 | Mr Kendall , you came through the hole , found Mr Goodhaven and brought him to the surface . |
| 17 | Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time . |
| 18 | But Patsy decided she needed a hand with the unpacking and phoned him from the car on the way home . |
| 19 | Alan wrapped one of his cot blankets round his shoulders and took him to the kitchen to make a drink . |
| 20 | She laid her hands on Peter 's shoulders and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 21 | He was very nearly as tall as her , but she put an arm under his shoulders and supported him to the untidy room which served as the stable office , calling to one of the stable girls to take over the class . |
| 22 | Lucie slipped the scarlet waistcoat off Gabriel 's shoulders and skinned him of the white silk shirt . |
| 23 | Juliet smiled at Donna and followed him from the room . |
| 24 | One day his inquisitors would take Master Learmouth and put him to the question . |
| 25 | I had to catch up the axe and hit him with the blunt end , knock him out . |
| 26 | Jane slid on to his lap and kissed him on the mouth . |
| 27 | He crossed to the guard and tapped him on the arm . |
| 28 | I 'd been caddying for Ralph Moffatt on the pro circuit and got him through the pre-qualifier at Fairhaven , so I told him I 'd be caddying for him in the Open as I 'd heard nothing from Jack . |
| 29 | She went to the window and watched him into the street , then into his car , then out of sight . |
| 30 | But when he did , a single shot fired from the van shattered the driver 's window and hit him in the back , killing him . |