Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he fell on the wet deck , and he caught the side of the ship with his hands . |
| 2 | Perhaps he dreamed of the nine-pound baby |
| 3 | When he felt brave enough he took off the old pullover and the tracksuit pants that he 'd been sleeping in and started to dress . |
| 4 | So he said to the little man , ‘ I will take the pretty glass key . ’ |
| 5 | So he walked in the opposite direction , and he went to the park to get away from the people he might know . |
| 6 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 7 | As he did so he moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock . |
| 8 | Soon he landed in the juvenile court and was placed into care |
| 9 | He replied that he did not care and anyway he knew about the Black shooting and there was no truth in what we were saying . |
| 10 | Anyway he lived in the old hut after the railway was taken up , we did n't see much of him in the winter but when the spring came round he would appear again . |
| 11 | Outside he said to the beautiful brunette : |
| 12 | As the doors slid open he glanced at the middle-aged couple who got out but then stared straight ahead again . |
| 13 | In 1334 he was captured and ransomed by the Scots , gaining his freedom in time to fight in Edward III 's major Scottish campaign of 1335 ; but thereafter he shared in the general decline of English fortunes and interest in Scotland . |
| 14 | He himself claimed to have been present at the battle of the Boyne , as a private soldier in King William 's army ; later he deserted from the Royal Regiment of Dragoons ( Scots Greys ) when serving under the first Duke of Marlborough [ q.v. ] in Flanders . |
| 15 | He was wounded at the siege of Leith in 1560 and nine years later he stood against the northern rising , subsequently advising on the defence of the northern border . |
| 16 | A few moments later he pulled into the gravelled forecourt of a large house . |
| 17 | Three years later he switched to the Daily Mirror ; he was still based in Yorkshire , covering the local beat . |
| 18 | Yet minutes later he joined in the traditional chorus sweeping the allied line , the eastern response to the French ‘ Vive l'Empereur ! ’ and far , far older . |
| 19 | It might be said truthfully he died at the high point of his fame ! |
| 20 | His godly upbringing gave young Baxter a troubled conscience whenever he indulged in the usual boyish sins . |
| 21 | Off the field , he conducted himself with the same composure and dignity as he did whenever he pulled on the white shirt of England or the claret and blue of West Ham . |
| 22 | Now he ran along the concrete passage that edged the stack-yard . |
| 23 | Now he concentrated on the mysterious murders in the forest . |
| 24 | Lucas had been relieved of belt , tie , shoelaces , and everything in his pockets , and now he sat in the far corner on the mattress with his knees drawn up and his arms clasped around them , as if to present the smallest possible outer surface to the world . |
| 25 | Today he walked past the expensive fish restaurant where he had planned to lunch and into a steam-clouded fish-and-chip shop . |
| 26 | Just a few years ago he complained about the exact opposite — that the provisions for the community charge in Scotland were in a separate Bill from those for England and Wales . |
| 27 | Here he argued with the European leaders of Protestantism , from Karl Barth downwards , over the difference between a Catholic and a Protestant idea of the Church . |
| 28 | Here he took off the pendulous wig , wiped his face on the yellowing lace handkerchief dripping out of the over-ornate and antique jacket and revealed himself as a young man . |
| 29 | Boetti 's tapestries usually display his own words , but here he collaborated with the Sufi poet Berang ; the piece was shown in the exhibition ‘ Magiciens de la Terre ’ three years ago in Paris , and coincides with the Boetti retrospective at the Bonner Kunstverein until 22 November , and with a small exhibition at Cordula von Keller , Spichernstrasse 44 ( by appointment only , tel. 0221–519 564 ) . |
| 30 | This appeal is by the local authority , with the leave of the judge , from an order made by Sir Gervase Sheldon , sitting as an additional judge of the High Court , on 20 December 1991 , whereby he granted to the foster mother , who had been the foster mother of four children in the care of the local authority , leave to apply for a residence order in respect of those children . |