Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The restricted range of animals he saw at the College , and the limited nature of their diseases , inevitably meant that his experience was narrowly based . |
| 2 | Indeed , Sombro was not long back from the town when he arrived at North Point and he appeared tired and wan as he looked up with those big eyes he inherited from the Labrador side of his lineage . |
| 3 | ‘ So you have to keep at him because like all kids he lives for the telly and various electronic gadgets and he 'd be quite happy eating crisps and playing for the rest of his life . |
| 4 | It was an entry to international football as perfectly timed as any of the crisp , balanced tackles he made in the course of his remarkable playing career . |
| 5 | Ironically , while Jack was with the latter , he had a fabulous season as a goalscoring wing-half and it was two goals he scored against the Palace in early April 1952 which equalled the former record of 14 goals by a half-back established by Arthur Grimsdell . |
| 6 | Silver , a schoolmate of Hockney at Bradford grammar , sold the young artist 's paintings through the chain of clothes shops he established in the North after taking his A levels . |
| 7 | It is in the erm statement of faith to substitute for the phrase by his death on the cross the words he died on the cross for the sins of the world . |
| 8 | Milcolm McIllvoil being called compared and confessed he practised a charm with a string and some words he spoke within the compass of the string for the rickets possession and any other sudden distemper which he did practice by putting a lint thread to his breath and repeating the following words within the compass of it . |
| 9 | Milcolm McIllvoil being called compared and confessed he practised a charm with a string and some words he spoke within the compass of the string for the rickets possession and any other sudden distemper which he did practice by putting a lint thread to his breath and repeating the following words within the compass of it . |
| 10 | The miseries he mentioned with the heating were in the past . |
| 11 | In both designs he brought to the Restoration house an unexpected elegance of arrangement , combining corner suites in the French manner , comprising bedchamber and closets , the suites linked with each other by corridors , with grand , formal staircases , to achieve a synthesis premonitory of the great houses of the eighteenth century . |
| 12 | He hated verbal theories , he did n't read much , he 'd never travelled outside the states , he punched people up , and when he was drunk at parties he pissed into the fireplace . |
| 13 | When in Rome Simon is said to have encountered St. Peter and in an attempt to gain converts he flew through the air supported by invisible demons . |
| 14 | He kept himself very much to himself , studying the ancient books he kept in the box beside his bed , doing his exercises , or playing himself at wei chi — long games that could take a day , sometimes even a week to complete . |
| 15 | On his knees he took off the slipper , slid the white high-heeled sandal on to her foot . |
| 16 | Within 6 months he excels at the art . |
| 17 | From the bottom of the list of nominees he climbed to the top . |
| 18 | On the balls of his sodden feet he advanced along the corridor to his room . |
| 19 | He was like as close as that and he was really staring and he was n't staring at the road cos as I went on a few feet he stared at the car again . |
| 20 | With his bare feet he strained against the side of the container , and heard a few cracks . |
| 21 | Of all the community services on offer , he had chosen the coastguards , which involved nights spent quietly in a hut on the cliff tops watching for shipping ; and the hardest part of all the trials he endured in the Navy was being marooned on a ship for months on end with no opportunity to be alone . |
| 22 | As the two women were saying their goodbyes he came to the end of his task , switched off the motor-mower and headed with it towards the narrow gate at the side of the house . |
| 23 | The tobacco weighed out into the two separate tins he passed over the counter to her , he said , ‘ That 'll be one and tuppence ha'penny , eh lass ? ’ |
| 24 | As Endill ate his plate of boiled potatoes he pondered on the afternoon ahead and was so involved in his thoughts he did not hear the boy sitting next to him speak . |
| 25 | He started by sketching numerous frescoes and statuettes he found in the Hermitage Museum , Leningrad . |
| 26 | On his travels he passes through the tower vaults ( unpleasant ) , local village ( worse than Ludlow ) , Baron Frankenstein 's Castle ( tasteless decor ) , Black Forest ( well , more green than black ) , Graveyard ( dead dudes ) and The Morgue ( Spectrum Fan Club offices ) . |
| 27 | He managed to do other things too ; on Saturdays he went to the gym to lift weights . |
| 28 | The unrivalled versatility of ‘ The Brig ’ was shown by the contributions he made to the solution of a number of machine ciphers during World War II . |
| 29 | Every free man has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public ; to forbid this is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but if he publishes what is improper , mischievous or illegal , he must take the consequences of his own temerity . " |
| 30 | When I felt able , I returned to the house where Lem , the embalmer 's brother , gave me all the particulars he had of the accident and suggested the police department would have any further details . |