Example sentences of "he [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell you , one night , if we knew he was coming , we would wait for him round the back and pitch him down the falls ! ’ |
| 2 | Harsh words led to action , and Haston despatched him down the public lavatory stairs . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , when I saw him down the prom he did n't look the type at all — smart , respectable-looking lad . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I saw him down the bus station this morning . |
| 5 | The gardener , Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke and I pursued him down the garden and into the bluebell wood . |
| 6 | In the eyes of Louis , his near-drowning had been an act of self-emasculation , a loss of face tumbling him down the social scale to a level little higher than a peon 's . |
| 7 | Kisling was livid , and with the help of some friends managed to grab the sculptor and throw him down the stairwell from the seventh floor . |
| 8 | We made the cut in 1970 for my first British Open with Tom , but a bad last round put him down the field . |
| 9 | His plight was clearly desperate ; the slightest motion could hurtle him down the remaining few yards of slope and over the lip into the quarry . |
| 10 | The German turned round obediently and the orderly followed him down the wire . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been disappointing that sometimes his emotional tension has dropped him down the placings . |
| 12 | There were plenty of other boys to follow him down the good physician 's route to Fitzwilliam Square . |
| 13 | Joy and Alan came back , and it was decided that we would wait until dark and then bring him down the fire escape ; luckily there was one right next to his room . |
| 14 | As Sister and Nurse Robins are swigging coffee with that drag Jones , I took him down the short cut through Eyes and shoved him into 15 . |
| 15 | Anna moved towards the bus steps and saw the driver looking behind him down the length of the bus , waiting . |
| 16 | The butler led him down the hall to a veneered door which he opened . |
| 17 | She sweet-talked him down the line , worming her way into his heart , and talking money . |
| 18 | When at last Hazel had got him back to the ditch , he refused at first to go underground and Hazel had almost to push him down the hole . |
| 19 | He would let her father row him down the lake and dangle out a few lines to see if a tickle of fish would tickle his mood . |
| 20 | I 've pursued him down the disappearing paths of my own psyche . |
| 21 | Chen returned the man 's bow , then followed him down the hallway to another door . |
| 22 | The second policeman managed to get a shot off in panic , but before he could take aim properly , one of the skinheads smashed his shoulder with a baseball bat and knocked him down the aisle steps . |
| 23 | The headlights of another car swung across the central reservation and followed him down the Friedrich Engels Strasse . |
| 24 | The Purple Hour was descending as the Robemaker thrust Nuadu Airgetlam before him down the final stretch of road that led to the grisly Workshops . |
| 25 | She walked behind him down the passage to the living room and watched , smiling , as her brother and her friend hugged each other . |
| 26 | Next day I seen him down the transport club . |
| 27 | Coffin saw him down the staircase and out of the front door , where they stood , still talking . |
| 28 | He took possession of her hand with almost too much confidence , drawing her with him down the slippery slope of wet grass towards the waterside . |
| 29 | She put her hand out to him down the table , imploring him . |
| 30 | I follow him down the aisle and throw random packages into the basket . |