Example sentences of "[prep] him and [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ruth blazed , limping after him and struggling with the cool-box . |
| 2 | She fetched antiseptic and some cotton wool , then bent towards him and dabbed at the place , a pose that brought their heads close together . |
| 3 | He waited a few moments until the footsteps were directly below him and peeked over the edge . |
| 4 | They took no notice of him and stood on the front step , talking in low voices . |
| 5 | He motioned an unwilling Adjutant and Sergeant out ahead of him and stood by the open door , frowning so deeply that Clarissa would have followed if Charity had n't risked leaving her defences and staked all on a final devastating attack . |
| 6 | And she brushed past him and continued down the road until she came to a place where two paths crossed and there was a little clearing . |
| 7 | If that was so , Doyle won , because the Woman suddenly crossed the room , pushed past him and ran down the stairs . |
| 8 | With one last blinding cry of pain she brushed past him and ran from the room . |
| 9 | But the rest of his appeal was lost as Erika pushed past him and stood at the end of the bus , well aware that Paul would rather postpone his appeal than stand the two slow lurching miles to the club . |
| 10 | Even after deciding to put public service behind him and concentrate on the private sector , he has never quite seemed able to escape involvement with government . |
| 11 | He called ‘ Goodbye , see you tomorrow , ’ and closed the door behind him and went to the lift and pressed the button |
| 12 | Three thousand miles away in North Hollywood , in November , the man closes the door behind him and stands in the foyer taking off his hat . |
| 13 | Perhaps she might stay in Southwark and agree to go for a walk , or at least sit and share a goblet of wine with him and gossip about the past . |
| 14 | Sometimes my brothers and I were allowed to get out of the car with him and peek at the movie in progress while he spoke to the manager or cashier . |
| 15 | He did n't advise but just stood there , nodding his head vaguely and smiling to himself while his hands — almost involuntarily — went through the motions of twisting the spindle he 'd brought with him and winding on the wool . |
| 16 | Taking advantage of Guy 's momentary stupefaction , she wriggled out from under him and leapt off the bed , everything forgotten but the need to escape from something she dared not put a name to . |
| 17 | And he gathered his feet under him and hurried after the others . |
| 18 | Louis was " made very sad indeed " when Charles was taken away from him and sent to the monastery of Prüm in the Ardennes . |
| 19 | Abruptly she turned away from him and walked into the apartment 's lounge , not consciously knowing why she did so , but driven by a need to get away from this man and the harshness of his condemnation , which should n't matter to her , because he did n't matter , but which nevertheless called up a churning confusion of resentment and frustration , as well as a new , unnerving hurt . |
| 20 | The mere thought of it seemed to drag a blanket of depression about her shoulders , causing her to turn away from him and go to the desk . |
| 21 | Kate looked away from him and concentrated on the ormolu clock on the mantelpiece , its ticking the only other sound in the room . |
| 22 | She took her coffee from him and shifted across the bed to give him room to lie down . |
| 23 | She swung away from him and started to the car . |
| 24 | The fear that it might show on her face caused her to turn away from him and hasten towards the food hampers , and as she did so a shock revelation hit her with full force . |
| 25 | She took it from him and sipped at the sweet sherry , reminded by its taste that he bought it specially because she did n't like sweet sherry . |
| 26 | He pushed the Diet Cola away from him and climbed off the stool . |
| 27 | Hurrying under cover of darkness up to Roscarrock Hall where a real priest was visiting from Ireland or Spain , they whispered their confessions to him , received absolution from him and knelt in the Roscarrock family chapel to hear a proper Latin Mass and to receive in their mouths the living sacrifice , the Body of Christ . |
| 28 | She made no move to resist , she never could and he lifted his head , looking down at her in amusement , putting her carefully from him and turning to the door . |
| 29 | He felt his way along the narrow walk of the triforium to the distant end , close to the east window that showed a shapely pattern of starry lancets against the blackness ; and there he wrapped his cloak about him and huddled into the corner with his back against the wall . |
| 30 | She was waiting for him and ran across the entrance court to meet him . |