Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] he [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 His 69 Test wickets cost 38.72 each , and against England he took 28 wickets at 43 — expensive , but good enough to put him high on the list of all-rounders .
2 For all that , had she been right just to abandon him pitilessly for the first dashing knight to Pass her way ?
3 Although he agreed , it was obviously difficult for Adam to let go of the reins , as Lissa discovered when she arrived at Lynx some time later to find him still on the premises .
4 In 1638 the commoners found a champion of their causes in a local farmer whose career was ultimately to lead him far beyond the battles of the wetlands .
5 She even detached herself composedly when he was within , to have both hands free to drop the heavy wooden bar into place and fasten the door , and then took him by the hand again to bring him safely to the door of the undercroft , across the uneven stones .
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