Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the spring he took him to the house in Normandy . |
| 2 | With a growl he launched himself at the wizard , boots clattering as he slid from ring to ring . |
| 3 | Although it meant a detour he drove them through the Bois du Boulogne . |
| 4 | More than any other wartime figure he addressed himself to the conscience of middle-class radicalism , arguing that the only worthwhile victory possible was one based on the common ownership of the means of production and a moral revolution in which selfishness and the profit motive would give way to an ethic of service to the community . |
| 5 | Within six months he found himself in the White House . |
| 6 | A row erupted and when they reached Craylands he threw her to the ground and blasted her twice with a shotgun . |
| 7 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |
| 8 | All he could see of the lifeboat was her searchlight beam , and with that as his only reference he guided her to the scene . |
| 9 | Writing out a receipt he bethought himself of the verse from the Book of Proverbs : ‘ Eishes chayil … . |
| 10 | On my first day in the job he took me into the director 's Portakabin , put his arm around me and , showing me the empty trophy case , said ‘ Your job , Les , is to fill that cabinet before I die . ’ |
| 11 | This is what trousers he put them in the proper basket instead of leaving them there . |
| 12 | If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’ |
| 13 | gave it to Tim and Tim holded it in the right he put it on the floor and Ian pricked him . |
| 14 | By the time he had got to suggesting that 126 card-carrying Communists were on the staff of the New York Times Sunday supplement , Matusow 's credibility was fraying , and , in 1956 , after a series of volte-faces he found himself on the wrong end of a five-year sentence for perjury . |
| 15 | Over the next eight years he applied himself to the development and perfection of the colour printing process which brought him international fame . |
| 16 | Barnard inherited a large fortune from his father : over a period of fifty years he devoted himself to the formation of a collection of prints , drawings , and paintings , becoming one of the foremost connoisseurs of his day . |
| 17 | He went to see her that day he took you to the airport . |
| 18 | The following day he introduced himself to the Old Trafford crowd by appearing in playing gear and juggling with the ball before United 's game against the champions Arsenal . |
| 19 | Secondly , we are told that David I gave the town the muir in 1128 , whereas to the best of our knowledge he did nothing of the sort . |
| 20 | In the event he took her round the Baia Sardinia , a stretch of dancing turquoise water nestling in the embrace of a tumbling rugged coast . |
| 21 | At Liverpool he turned himself into the most powerful preacher in all England . |
| 22 | Speelman with the white pieces has often been accused of having a rather wimpish opening repertoire , and on this occasion he gained nothing from the advantage of the first move . |
| 23 | After a while he boiled something in the blackened tin suspended over the fire , stirring it with a white peeled twig , and then plunging the tin into the stream to cool it . |
| 24 | Naturally Terry had hard-line views on all this , and as we changed for the show on that charged night he proclaimed them to the entire cast , as if he were addressing a meeting . |
| 25 | By night he kept himself from the usual evenings with Henry and Betty , thinking to leave them some space for a time , and he would often take a sleeping pill at eight , before dinner , because sleep had grown difficult . |
| 26 | On that night he watched himself in the mirror all night , and for the very first time he was the one who asked for things and who made things happen in the order that he wanted them to . |
| 27 | The next morning he took us to the place where the evil Sir Hugo died . |
| 28 | His gaze swept lazily over her , making her squirm , then with one swift movement he caught her by the wrist , pulling her so abruptly towards him that she stumbled , caught off balance . |
| 29 | In that state he gave it to the boy who set off on his half-mile walk . |
| 30 | When I saw Dr Wardle he booked me into the Princess Grace Hospital the following Wednesday . |