Example sentences of "[to-vb] he [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our lawyer took the idea to the court , and the judge altered the terms of Rickie 's bail to let him come here for a therapeutic cruise . |
| 2 | I turned in surprise to Neil , to see him pointing away from the bay towards where , in a cloud of spray , a powerful-looking launch was heading fast towards us . |
| 3 | When he fell ill in 1857 he was granted £30 to enable him to get away for the winter , and six months ' leave of absence shortly afterwards . |
| 4 | Gould received an official apology from West Midlands police yesterday over their part in the decision to force him to stay away from the Cup replay , but he may still take legal action . |
| 5 | Angel Four eased the door open enough to allow him to slip quickly into the room beyond . |
| 6 | Dorothy Mitchum , his wife since 1940 , tried to get him to move away from the West Coast after eight years of marriage , but he did n't want to leave so she and the children left him to go and live in New York . |
| 7 | A photographer from Spanish Cosmo tries unsuccessfully to get him to go outside for a shoot . |
| 8 | Vincent liked to have him sitting drowsily on the floor of his studio on a few sacks while he worked . |
| 9 | All he needed , he sometimes thought , was a trunk to make him look exactly like an elephant . |