Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] he [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | His 69 Test wickets cost 38.72 each , and against England he took 28 wickets at 43 — expensive , but good enough to put him high on the list of all-rounders . |
2 | For all that , had she been right just to abandon him pitilessly for the first dashing knight to Pass her way ? |
3 | ‘ Unless she took time off to mind him instead of the cat , ’ said Constance . |
4 | Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises . |
5 | Then she stretched up to kiss him warmly on the lips . |
6 | Jezrael lashed a hand out to punch him hard on the jaw . |
7 | In 1638 the commoners found a champion of their causes in a local farmer whose career was ultimately to lead him far beyond the battles of the wetlands . |
8 | She even detached herself composedly when he was within , to have both hands free to drop the heavy wooden bar into place and fasten the door , and then took him by the hand again to bring him safely to the door of the undercroft , across the uneven stones . |