Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [to-vb] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | " What , no congaie , no mu tsai ? " asked Joseph precociously , straining to bridge the gap of those few years that seemed to separate him from the world of adult banter inhabited so effortlessly by Paul and his brother . |
| 2 | The storms that threatened to pluck him from the summit where he stood barely rippled the grey waters of the lakes that were strung like pearls along the centre of the grassland far below . |
| 3 | As he approached the water she begged him to come with her and tried to drag him into the sea . |
| 4 | With Southampton trailing 2-1 and desperate for an equaliser , he grabbed the fan around the head and tried to drag him from the pitch . |
| 5 | Dalgliesh got out of the Jaguar and tried to extricate him from the pushchair , but the anatomy of the chair momentarily defeated him . |
| 6 | Chapman called at Bastin 's home and tried to convince him of the spectacular career he would have at Highbury . |
| 7 | And asserts that he did it ignorantly not knowing there was any evil in it , and after the several members of the presbytery had dealt with him and endeavoured to convince him of the sinfulness of the said practice he seemed to dislike the practice of the charm and judicially promised to forbear it for the future . |
| 8 | And asserts that he did it ignorantly not knowing there was any evil in it , and after the several members of the presbytery had dealt with him and endeavoured to convince him of the sinfulness of the said practice he seemed to dislike the practice of the charm and judicially promised to forbear it for the future . |
| 9 | She looked around her despairingly and began to push him towards the pantry . |
| 10 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 11 | Your captain , Seru , was here earlier this morning and began to tell him about the holes in the AOL . |
| 12 | And they spat on him , and took the reed and began to beat him on the head , and after they had mocked him they took his robe off and put his garments on them and led him away to be , to crucify him . |
| 13 | Kate had decided to skip the afternoon 's classes and arranged to meet him at the boatyard near the Tech . |
| 14 | Mr Seymour recalled the astonishment he had felt when a passenger opened the door of his driving cabin and started to hit him around the head . |
| 15 | Forgetting her half-formed resolution to stay in the car , she scrambled out on to the gravel path and started to follow him up the steps . |
| 16 | Niall got a cabin call and went to see him during the night . |
| 17 | Physio Alan Smith raced on and battled to revive him after the former record buy had blocked his air passage by swallowing his tongue . |
| 18 | Although Gilgamesh failed in his attempt to be a true god , the other gods took pity on his situation and appeared to comfort him with the news that he would live honoured forever as a shadow in the Underworld . |
| 19 | For the afternoon service at St John 's , it was Franklin who arrived late and found the door of the church locked , but he forced an entry , and in a rather childish fracas , " put his legs between [ Eyles " s ] legs , lifted him up " , and attempted to throw him into the next seat . |