Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] he [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | James II succeeded to the throne but the favourite illegitimate son of Charles II , the Duke of Monmouth , did not approve so he landed in the West Country and encouraged a Protestant revolt , but much of the public supported the King and the uprising was suppressed . |
| 2 | So he he 's been up he 's one of type of dogs , he said like a human you would n't know if he went in the house they would n't know whether he was coming out with a double barrelled shot gun to shoot yourself or |
| 3 | Caitlin 's voice made him jump as he bellowed across the room : ‘ You left a young girl to walk along a dark road at night ? |
| 4 | Stewart told us that Whaddon 's offer of a free bus pass and as many pizza slices as he could eat if he signed for the club was ‘ frankly , insulting ’ . |
| 5 | None of the four phones would ring if he remained at the desk all day . |
| 6 | ‘ I did n't see whether he went into the house or not . |
| 7 | Libby stared at the man 's eyes ; they were blue , but she did n't take in the colour , just the fact that they did not seem to see her , they looked at something else They were like the eyes of the blind man in Mallow , which looked everywhere but did not see as he tapped along the pavement . |
| 8 | Considering his almost round physique he showed an astonishing turn of speed , his little legs pistoning , and he did not pause till he disappeared into the shop at the far end of the village . |
| 9 | He did not stop when he got to the water , but leaped in feet first and landed with a tremendous SPEELOSH ! |
| 10 | Idly , in a detached way , he wondered what would happen if he collapsed in the orchestra pit , dropped dead in the middle of his new production . |
| 11 | His remarks would recur as he shouted across the streets to the snobbish people of Chichester . |
| 12 | ‘ As I heard the gossip , Riddle replaced the Scapegoat in the Wheel and two witnesses heard him scream as he bowled down the hill . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't care if he appeared in the ad in return for a donation to the Terrence Higgins Trust . |
| 14 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 15 | He stopped and Carrie saw his mouth tremble while he searched for the right words to say how mean and horrible Mr Evans was . |
| 16 | ‘ Pwy sy'n fel ni ? ’ his father would ask as he squatted outside the Miner 's Arms on a summer 's evening , nicely , melancholy , drunk . |
| 17 | He wondered suddenly what he would find when he returned to the hut . |