Example sentences of "[prep] him and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | She made the connection for him and gestured towards the phone at the end of the counter . |
| 32 | I may even have just called for him and stood at the door . |
| 33 | " Regarde , Joseph , " said the French boy suddenly reining in his pony beside him and pointing to the far edge of the plain that they were crossing . |
| 34 | I lay in the bed beside him and stared at the ceiling . |
| 35 | The bird , which Gould called the harlequin bronzewing , and which later became known as the flock pigeon , rose from the water beside him and alighted on the ground 40 yards away , just within reach of Gould 's expert aim . |
| 36 | George stared at the bagpipes as I clambered into the passenger seat beside him and sat with the pipes on my lap . |
| 37 | ‘ Better than your eyesight , ’ said the old woman , standing next to him and looking at the grey in his hair . |
| 38 | Anne introduced John and when Eileen moved away , Anne said goodbye to him and walked up the road with her sister , wheeling her bicycle . |
| 39 | And she 'd never want to , she reminded herself resolutely as she turned her back on him and walked towards the house , acutely conscious of his eyes following her every step . |
| 40 | She turned her back on him and stared through the window . |
| 41 | He nodded politely at the astonished face that Glyn turned on him and moved to the door . |
| 42 | Emily said , turning toward him and leaning over the arm of the chair . |
| 43 | Oliver scowled at him and went behind the plant , muttering a spell he had made up that morning . |
| 44 | Scott looked up at him and motioned towards the policeman . |
| 45 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , thrusting the book at him and pointing at the entry . |
| 46 | She stole an anxious look at him and withered from the frosty blast of his basilisk stare . |
| 47 | They took one look at him and scampered over the fence as quickly as rats over the timbers of a sinking ship . |
| 48 | Robyn looked at him and flirted with the idea of telling him where to get off . |
| 49 | She halted , hesitated , flicked a glance at him and saw from the surprised look on his face that he was putting his own interpretation on why she was scurrying to her room . |
| 50 | Carrie smiled at him and hurried down the stairs . |
| 51 | She brushed by him and dashed up the stairs of the lodge . |
| 52 | A councillor resigns his office by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the chief executive or clerk of the authority , except in the case of a parish , town or community councillor when it should be addressed to the chairman of the council . |
| 53 | Cranston and Athelstan pushed by him and hammered at the great gate . |
| 54 | She dodged around him and ran into the road as he made a grab for her . |
| 55 | Making a mental note to drop the watch into Merryfields watch repairs on his next visit to Berkeley , Yanto hitched the blanket around him and walked through the silent house into the kitchen . |
| 56 | Blake felt people gathering around him and staring at the warehouse now transformed into a burning pyre . |
| 57 | It sounded a pleasant , civilised household to settle in until he had time to look around him and decide about the future . |