Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The postman eventually found him canvassing on the High Row and handed over the State secrets there and then ‘ I was very impressed , ’ says Fallon . |
| 2 | What right has he to comment on the ‘ quality of fans ’ at the Levellers gigs ? |
| 3 | What right has he to comment on the ‘ quality of fans ’ at the Levellers gigs ? |
| 4 | Surveying the results of her handiwork , she stayed only long enough to see him scrabble for the safety of the bank . |
| 5 | No employer will willingly train a craftsman only to see him go down the road to work for another employer who has invested nothing in training . |
| 6 | Keen mountaineer Thomas Hargreaves , 39 , left to go on a day 's hiking in an area frequented by grizzly bears last Thursday , but friends only reported him missing at the weekend . |
| 7 | Congratulations to Mr Howard Bloody Wilkinson , not only has he presided over the transfer of David Batty , the sale of the League to the scum but he now seems intent on pissing off Rocky . |
| 8 | That way if one of the midfield does do themselves a mischief Rocky will have had some games at least ( I 'd rest Strachan personally to keep him going for the League campaign — which IMO is our best chnace of a European place [ we 're too unlucky in the cups ] ) . |
| 9 | And so saying he went into the tiny village police station with its distinctive blue lamp and the lettering chiselled into the stone above the doorway which said ‘ King 's Magnum Parva Police Station ’ . |
| 10 | It only added to the team Renault-Williams ' total embarrassment at carelessly letting him go at the peak of his box office appeal and pulling power . |
| 11 | When the first contestant to go for the top prize , Marine Captain Richard MacCutchin who , oddly , specialized in haute cuisine , pulled it off by describing the ingredients of a royal banquet given by George VI to the president of France , three-quarters of American television sets were tuned in to watch him wrestle for the answers . |
| 12 | ‘ Though of course there was also that long leave he had towards the end of the war . ’ |
| 13 | South West appointed the finance director only to have him vetoed by the Government on the grounds that he was caught up in a Department of Trade and Industry investigation . |
| 14 | Not only did he vote against the proposals but asked that his objections be publicly recognised . |
| 15 | He brought you back here , and you stayed with him long enough to get him to part with the doge 's ring … ’ |
| 16 | ‘ How long did he spend at the estate ? ’ |
| 17 | When occasions have occurred , as they do in all organizations , where it is necessary to take a ‘ big ’ risk on a young man whose experience and background we think inadequate for the task , nine times out of ten not only does he rise to the occasion but he does even better than we would expect . |
| 18 | The thought sobered Rory slightly , but not enough to stop him going for the gun . |
| 19 | If you kick a child all his schooldays , force him to labour sixteen hours a day seven days a week , yank out his teeth with forceps when they ache , bleed him when he is ill , beat him throughout his apprenticeship , starve him when he falls on bad times , and finally let him die in the workhouse when he ages prematurely , then you have educated a man , in the best way possible , to be indifferent . |
| 20 | ‘ Just imagine him standing by the side of you , with his hands crossed before him in a Miss Mollyish style , his intended bow half a courtsey , his fat arms and legs assisting , as in duty bound ; his side glances at you every ten seconds , while he softly , sweetly and insinuatingly informs you — that he has made the arts his peculiar study for the last eight years , and that he flatters himself , by his unremitting study he has greatly contributed to their improvement ; that he came to Ambleside for that purpose ( 't is a great big lie — he came solely to get a living for himself and family , but he is too proud to acknowledge this ) and hopes that the time has been employed with equal advantage to the arts and to himself . ’ |
| 21 | But Rostov 's experience of the Empire had not prepared him to find at the same time a complete absence of the poor and underprivileged . |
| 22 | This did not prevent him paying for the installation of a swimming pool to amuse his children who roamed around their new domain during the holidays . |
| 23 | I just hope he stays off the gear and we can get straightened out . |
| 24 | Just stop him falling down the road . |
| 25 | We are all ’ — he swung his hand comprehensively , to take in the audience , the studio staff , somehow implying he took in the watching millions too — ‘ we are all worried by what we have heard of your work . |
| 26 | ‘ Just watch him go in the 200 metres . |
| 27 | ‘ Your one-time intended 's folks , ’ she said — she did not see him wince at the Americanism ; she did not yet know him as well as Sally-Anne did . |
| 28 | If he did n't like you , he 'd let you know it — just like he did with the drama teacher . |
| 29 | How the hell can they say only when he fucking hear him coming down the stairs ! |
| 30 | ‘ You 're not saying he came to the salon just for conversation ? ’ |