Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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1 | Dazedly he saw them by the sagging chaise-longue . |
2 | Naturally he cribbed it for the title of a pamphlet , when what I actually meant by it was some advice . |
3 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
4 | Thoughtfully he thrust it into the base of a bush a few feet from the path and covered it with dried leaves . |
5 | No answer , but perhaps he found something in the watchful face that was not quite mute , for he smiled , and deep within the hollow eyes a spark kindled . |
6 | The reader may interpret the " flock " metaphorically , but by doing so he distances himself from the character . |
7 | So he clothed her in the Waters of Life . ’ |
8 | So he walked him round the beat until the sergeant found him . |
9 | So he told me in the diner to which we resorted for coffee and blueberry pie . |
10 | So he raised it through the land army , for the transfer , it was alright with the farmers and everybody else . |
11 | So he tapped him on the shoulder and Dad being a big chap with big chest just said er S Do you know my lad ? |
12 | If they do so he grabs them by the neck and hauls them back to the fold . |
13 | So he took her down the hill again . |
14 | So he started me on the on politics , and he was very good . |
15 | So he threw her in the river . |
16 | So he puts it on the table and tries to squash it into shape , and by the time he 's got his mouth full of that he ca n't make a sound . |
17 | So he put one in the living room and he put one in the kitchen . |
18 | Well he , he , he given them a free cup of coffee it 'll be alright , but he did n't , he gave , the machine took ten P pieces so he provided them with the ten P pieces to put in and then when it was full up he 'd empty it out and give them all ten P pieces back |
19 | Tony finds several packets of banana custard that is hot and sweet ; it tastes bloody awful and neither Tony nor I like it , none the less he fights me for the last helping . |
20 | but it 's like you see , he gives them spellings and he puts perhaps three or four wrong in twenty and they 're supposed to come home and check 'em , meanwhile he leaves them on the board for a whole week , which I think I 've told you before |
21 | Finally he grabbed him by the collar , and with a spasmodic effort tipped him off the wharf into the canal . |
22 | Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where . |
23 | The gusto with which he designed these posters shows how whole-heartedly he gave himself to the task in hand . |
24 | Desperately he hauled himself along the cliff face , right leg dragging over rocks , waterfalls bucketing their charge of stones and gravel on his head . |
25 | Quickly he led her to the saddle , pushing her face down onto its hard smooth surface , his hands caressing her intimately all the while , keeping her mind dark , her senses inflamed . |
26 | Quickly he immerses us in the euphoria of the Israelites and the terror and bravado of their enemies . |
27 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
28 | Without doing much more he found himself in the Scotland ‘ B ’ team to play Ireland at the end of December and the Scottish trial a week later . |
29 | Sheepishly he collected them from the back door and they started out again . |
30 | Mutely he blessed her for the information and , after quickly slaking his appetite , he was drawn — as if he had no will of his own — to the pothouse , where he picked up Joanna , went out with her into the fields , and made love with a sweating savagery which seemed to satisfy even her and delivered him of a madness which had gathered like an abscess . |