Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's a chap er at our called Bill who claims that he got one one year before that but he ca n't prove it to us , er apparently he read in the Readers Digest of Neighbourhood Watch schemes in America and set one up himself in his own little area . |
| 2 | So he went down the steps to Piccadilly Underground station and bought a ticket for Tower Hill . |
| 3 | And so he climbed to the mountains and there , high in the mountains , in an old stone building lived a man with hair down below his waist . |
| 4 | Once inside he groped for the sheets in his pocket . |
| 5 | As it sped down away he fell under the wheels . |
| 6 | Outside he stood on the steps for a minute , surveying his city and sniffing the morning air . |
| 7 | Desperately he hauled on the lines , trying to pull them free , knowing he was too low to deploy the reserve . |
| 8 | Usually he ate with the others in the hall in the evenings , but this night he asked Isay to see Colban and have a tray brought up , and some hot water . |
| 9 | He had a guilty liking for fat girls who laughed a lot and if ever he went off the rails … |
| 10 | An hour or so later he settled in the jockeys changing room to watch the National , his father having travelled to Liverpool to saddle Foinavon and Buckingham having been booked to ride . |
| 11 | A few days later he begged for the offices held by his father and complained that it would be a great disgrace to him if they were granted to anyone else . |
| 12 | Hugo had no idea what to do : frantically he rang for the servants . |
| 13 | Huh , I think I had such a good night , you know what you 've bloody well done he said you 've got up he said before you was ready he said , you knew you wanted to get on he said , and you 've got up he said with the intentions he said , you had them bloody cakes he said before you had breakfast , well I had to with her coming |
| 14 | Arriving at the crag at 11.00 a.m. he abseiled down the walls right of Begozi , placed a belay and several bolts and , wire brush in hand , climbed back out again to create Burning Rubber Necklace ( F6b+ ) . |
| 15 | Now he danced to the airs of a dying house , keeping its remote stateliness alive above the enveloping neglect that clouded the memories of Lizzie and her slaves . |
| 16 | Well he bought in the batteries for himself . |
| 17 | Here he spoke of the privations of township life , referring to poor housing , unemployment and the crisis in black schools . |
| 18 | DeVore who had arranged the deal whereby he worked for the Levers and yet had his own private laboratories . |
| 19 | Slowly he walked down the steps . |
| 20 | Slowly he dealt with the buttons of her shirt , and she gasped as his fingers caressed the soft swell of her breasts . |
| 21 | Eventually he found in the Scriptures , which he scanned daily , texts which satisfied him that he might be saved . |
| 22 | ‘ Altogether he planted on the slopes of Windermere over a million trees , ‘ Curwen 's Woods ’ . ’ |
| 23 | Sometimes he looked at the clouds and wondered what percentage ashes they were . |
| 24 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
| 25 | Willis told the cops , ‘ You 'll all be walking the fucking beat soon , ’ and then he yelled at the neighbours , ‘ Which of you bastards told the police ? ’ |
| 26 | Then he fiddled with the controls until he had produced a clear sound that was audible even over the wind . |
| 27 | Then he came to the difficulties faced by the WEA in a large town : |
| 28 | Then he went up the stairs towards Mr Malik 's study . |
| 29 | and then he played in the afternoons ! |
| 30 | They caught a glimpse of his robe in the candlelight , but only a glimpse because then he moved into the shadows and it was only by Mordecai 's gestures that they could tell where he was . |