Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [verb] [pers pn] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Professor Benson here were to make a very brief precis of the lecture he gave us in the wardroom this evening it might give them something more to think about . ’ |
| 2 | He sighed heavily , then taking back his heavily booted foot he kicked her in the chest , sending her skidding across the gravel . |
| 3 | George knelt on gravel , and taking the knife more firmly in his hand he stabbed her in the stomach . |
| 4 | For answer he pushed her in the shoulder , and when she almost tipped over the bird cage at her feet his other hand came out and , steadying her , he laughed down into her face as he said , ‘ Sarky little bitch , are n't you ? |
| 5 | Mr Denny said : ‘ He then told her to put her clothes back on but out of the blue he stabbed her in the neck . |
| 6 | During their conversation he watched her in a worried way . |
| 7 | Now , for the first time , my father saw the barbaric splendour of the Abyssinian Empire He described it in a letter to his mother : |
| 8 | He liked that contempt , that resentment ; the first time he saw it in the boy 's face he knew it reminded him of something , but it was weeks before it came to him what it was . |
| 9 | Dougal was so cold that he dropped the key the first time he put it in the lock . |
| 10 | Part of the time he sees them in the familiar way as creatures who lack rationality to at least some degree . |
| 11 | Choosing his words with particular deliberation he said : ‘ In terms of dedication and discipline he reminds me in every way of Wayne McCullough . |
| 12 | Choosing his words with particular deliberation he said : ‘ In terms of dedication and discipline he reminds me in every way of Wayne McCullough . |