Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] [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 | Thoughtfully he thrust it into the base of a bush a few feet from the path and covered it with dried leaves . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | So he clothed her in the Waters of Life . ’ |
| 6 | So he walked him round the beat until the sergeant found him . |
| 7 | So he told me in the diner to which we resorted for coffee and blueberry pie . |
| 8 | So he raised it through the land army , for the transfer , it was alright with the farmers and everybody else . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | So he took her down the hill again . |
| 11 | So he started me on the on politics , and he was very good . |
| 12 | So he threw her in the river . |
| 13 | So he put one in the living room and he put one in the kitchen . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | Finally he grabbed him by the collar , and with a spasmodic effort tipped him off the wharf into the canal . |
| 16 | Somehow he found himself in the street , walking , although he did not know where . |
| 17 | The gusto with which he designed these posters shows how whole-heartedly he gave himself to the task in hand . |
| 18 | Desperately he hauled himself along the cliff face , right leg dragging over rocks , waterfalls bucketing their charge of stones and gravel on his head . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Sheepishly he collected them from the back door and they started out again . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A little later he crooked her in the shelter of his arms and said , ‘ You 've no idea what it took for me to come over to see you that first time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ We 're nearly there , ’ he said soothingly , and a few moments later he escorted her through the elaborate palm Court which was the entrance to the Royal Hotel . |
| 26 | Riding , she had noticed how straight he held himself in the saddle , how unruffled he had been when leading his horse across a fast-flowing stream , how easily he brought his mount to jump a wall ; as though he were part of the animal he rode . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And now he had her on the hook for the second time . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | She said well he took it for the glass . |