Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] he [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Crilly hugs my brother back warmly and introduces him to the languid one .
2 She drew him inside and led him towards the candle-light .
3 Then awaken him gently and present him with the bill .
4 Then the door of the Earl 's hall slowly yielded , and his father carried him in and laid him on the same bales .
5 Saw him at a sale being knocked down to a known horsemeat dealer and stepped in and outbid him at the last moment .
6 A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair .
7 A hand reached in and grabbed him by the hair .
8 He gambles that I will not leap down and pursue him along the pavement .
9 Cornelius lifted him down and set him upon the copper map .
10 During the summer , and I called into the hospital on several occasions and I was reminded that I had agreed to participate in the ‘ fun run ’ and I decided it would be a good publicity gimmick and improve my chances of sponsorship if I took along and pushed him around the 10 mile course .
11 Ronni pulled herself together and looked him in the eye .
12 This bomb came through and whacked this barrel and it took the side of his head away and dragged him to the end of the ship . ’
13 She walked over and joined him at the table .
14 He said , ‘ I 'd love to do it ’ , and the next week I brought him over and introduced him to the cast and he started .
15 Gently , he carried him outside and put him in the basket .
16 He attempted to stop the wheel of history , but the wheel turned on and crushed him on the cross .
17 So I smiled nervously and slammed him in the mouth with the metal box , trying to kick him in the groin as he sagged , but his heavy overcoat protected him well .
18 This time Midnight moved aside and grasping him round the back of the neck as he passed , flung him headlong into the gathering crowd .
19 I could tell him when his crown 's starting to fall off and remind him of the royal plural — and , well , lots of things !
20 One day a big bit of plaster fell off and hit him on the head .
21 Somehow , in his absence the fun went out of it and I decided to slope off and join him on the flat .
22 She held out a hand and , when he took it , heaved him upright and pulled him towards the bedroom .
23 These replies were highly satisfactory to the King , who summoned Baldwin to the Palace at 3.15 p.m. and charged him with the task of forming a Government .
24 Get him down here at once and show him through the gates .
25 Jekyll 's servant , Poole , let him in at once and took him through the kitchen and across the back garden to the laboratory behind the house .
26 Old Henry VII , father to the Great Killer , was a born miser and inveterate liar who would n't know the truth if it jumped up and bit him on the nose .
27 But hardly had the applause for the Collector died down when two hands reached up and dragged him down the stairs by his braces and into the crowd .
28 Staying seated while he prowls around makes me uneasy , so I stand up and join him at the window .
29 After calling Willie several times and getting no response , he eventually gave up and tapped him on the shoulder .
30 She jumped up and punched him in the kidneys before landing a fist on the point of his chin .
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