Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally he cribbed it for the title of a pamphlet , when what I actually meant by it was some advice . |
| 2 | Thoughtfully he thrust it into the base of a bush a few feet from the path and covered it with dried leaves . |
| 3 | So he raised it through the land army , for the transfer , it was alright with the farmers and everybody else . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I had a mental picture of the conductor on the red London bus talking to Hammouda the village postman , of the English boy 's friends playing with Khadija 's grandson , especially Margaret , whose hair reminded me of the coloured feather duster Khadija 's grandson had pleaded for everytime he saw it in the market , thinking that it was a toy or a bird . |
| 6 | Alexei still had the pole of the lantern in one hand , and now he forced it through the rail at the side of the bridge , then stripped off his coat and draped it artistically , crowning the lantern with his fur hat . |
| 7 | Well he does it through the skin by sweating . |
| 8 | She said well he took it for the glass . |
| 9 | Two months ago he put it on the market for £2 million . |
| 10 | This God can and does break into human life , and sometimes he does it through the violent , the unexpected , the alien . |
| 11 | For a long time he held the photograph , fingering it gently , careful not to mark it , and then he pinned it to the cork-board on the wall . |
| 12 | For a moment , I thought he was going to hit me with the shoe ; then he dropped it on the floor and began to pull at my clothes . |
| 13 | Then he hurled it off the roof as far as he could , shouting at the top of his voice a threat to all evil spirits : warning them that tonight was the night they must leave the village for good . |
| 14 | Then he put it in the bag and wrapped the blanket round the bottle . |
| 15 | Actually he pinpointed it to the day I came back from hospital . |