Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crilly hugs my brother back warmly and introduces him to the languid one . |
| 2 | She drew him inside and led him towards the candle-light . |
| 3 | Then awaken him gently and present him with the bill . |
| 4 | Ronni pulled herself together and looked him in the eye . |
| 5 | He looked as though a cannonball had hit him amidships and left him with a hollow chest and a permanent arch in his back . |
| 6 | This bomb came through and whacked this barrel and it took the side of his head away and dragged him to the end of the ship . ’ |
| 7 | She thought again of the clever pastry-cook who baked her man to her liking , and of La Carmellina , who lost her true love when he climbed a cherry tree into the clouds and found himself in the lair of the sorceress Zenaida — Zenaida , who had been robbed of sleep by the curse of another fairy , and had stolen Carmellina 's love away and changed him into a songbird . |
| 8 | As he leapt to the attack again , he uttered a hoarse , nerve-shattering scream , the purpose of which was to startle his opponent momentarily and distract him for a fatal fraction of time . |
| 9 | We talked of all we would do when he was strong enough , and I put everything else out of mind and concentrated on being positive and cheerful myself , which was not always easy but I was determined to behave normally and to treat him as a convalescent and not as a sick man . |
| 10 | Gently , he carried him outside and put him in the basket . |
| 11 | A man pulled him backwards and pushed him against a wall . |
| 12 | So I smiled nervously and slammed him in the mouth with the metal box , trying to kick him in the groin as he sagged , but his heavy overcoat protected him well . |
| 13 | This time Midnight moved aside and grasping him round the back of the neck as he passed , flung him headlong into the gathering crowd . |
| 14 | She held out a hand and , when he took it , heaved him upright and pulled him towards the bedroom . |
| 15 | These replies were highly satisfactory to the King , who summoned Baldwin to the Palace at 3.15 p.m. and charged him with the task of forming a Government . |
| 16 | Get him down here at once and show him through the gates . |
| 17 | Jekyll 's servant , Poole , let him in at once and took him through the kitchen and across the back garden to the laboratory behind the house . |
| 18 | The pack leader grabbed the first policeman from behind and wrestled him to the ground , knocking his revolver from his grip . |
| 19 | I telephoned him at home immediately and told him about the fatigue failure , adding my recommendation that he should order the examination of all UK registered Boeing 707/300 stabilisers for signs of similar failure at the earliest opportunity . |
| 20 | ‘ Then I got Harry out here and put him in a dinghy and we … er … floated down to the lock . ’ |
| 21 | When Edward suggested ablutions first he grinned engagingly and led him to the bar . |
| 22 | He was originally held in Safi Prison , where he developed diabetes in 1988 , but was then transferred to Marrakech where his family lives , and so could visit him regularly and provide him with the food necessary for his diabetic diet . |
| 23 | He grabbed Twoflower 's reluctant am and dragged him down the street . |
| 24 | Annie crossed over to her husband then and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 25 | erm the managerial action which is available for you , t to take him out of there and put him into a different post , because he 's not capable of doing . |
| 26 | She rose obediently and followed him into the small counselling-room across the corridor from the nurses ' station , relieved to remember that Deana Davenport had the day off today . |
| 27 | At this point some vainglorious politician would step forward and present him with a book such as this one . |
| 28 | Then she leant forward and kissed him on the mouth , brushed his lips , stroked them with hers , watched his eyes looking back at her . |
| 29 | Donna leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek . |
| 30 | Mr Utterson stepped forward and touched him on the shoulder . |