Example sentences of "[coord] he [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satan lies to his followers and has convinced us too of his mighty strength and even starts to believe in his own lies when he claims he was ‘ self-begot ’ , caused by Fate , or he sprang from the ground or willed himself into existence , an absurd contradiction in terms . |
| 2 | He found himself looking up the skirts of a girl dancing by , and he rolled across the floor in an attempt to keep up with her . |
| 3 | Then she felt the coverlet being pulled off the bed and João was on top of her and his sweet breath was in her face and his mouth over her mouth ; he was forcing her legs apart until she thought she would split ; he was trying to lift them right up over his shoulders , and at the same time trying to enter where she was impossibly small , cursing at his lack of success and finally grunting and gasping , until she felt a little damp fountain on her belly and he rolled off the bed and pattered quickly from the room . |
| 4 | ‘ How many more of you are- ’ he broke off with a stifled gasp as a hand clutched the skin exposed at the side of his neck by his wide and unbuttoned collar , and he folded to the ground . |
| 5 | Endill was still recovering from his journey in the basket lift and he followed behind the Headmaster without a word . |
| 6 | ‘ Two months , ’ commented Tom absently , and he gazed down the road remembering how he watched Willie 's thin little hunched body stumbling after Sammy on that first day . |
| 7 | and he wrote on the label for a pill |
| 8 | Michael 's idol was Buster Keaton , and he had at the time studied Keaton more than I had , and said that he had never used a double . |
| 9 | Laurence Hazell , defending Disley , said this was his first and last offence and he apologised to the householder for the burglary . |
| 10 | She grasped his hips into hers , never to let him go , and he responded with the rhythm of love she craved so strongly . |
| 11 | I struck him down , ’ moaned Jerome , ‘ and he fell across the path , and the cowl fell back from his head . |
| 12 | The stool he was standing on broke and he fell to the ground . |
| 13 | But the other merely advanced , and when he came up , put out a hand to touch the lady , whereupon our hero struck with all his might at his heart , and the glass splinter entered deeply and he fell to the ground . |
| 14 | Garty 's legs collapsed and he fell to the ground , a twitching moaning heap . |
| 15 | ‘ They bowled , Fred hit it — and he fell to the ground . ’ |
| 16 | It hit poor Tom between the shoulders , and he fell to the ground with a cry . |
| 17 | A window fell on his fingers and he fell to the ground . |
| 18 | The crowd poured on , and over him , and he fell beneath the flood . |
| 19 | Perhaps he was a policeman , and he knew about the heroin . ’ |
| 20 | His hand slid from her face to her shoulder and he glanced towards the bar where the men had brought their drinks out to see the very last of this unusual event . |
| 21 | A loud guffaw boomed out from the lounge and he glanced through the doorway , thankful to be out-of the way . |
| 22 | Hudson , 93 at the interval , soon became the first batsman to score a century on Test debut for South Africa — Wessels had achieved the feat for Australia — and he prevailed over the partnership that carried South Africa to within eight of the lead entering the third day . |
| 23 | He did not restrict himself merely to giving his assent to publication , but added his comments , as , for example , on Two Treatises … concerning Infant Baptism ( 1645 ) by John Tombes [ q.v. ] , where he acknowledged that the author was a godly man ‘ and of the Presbyterian judgement , though I am not of opinion with him ’ and he agreed to the publication of these treatises to encourage further contributions to the debate on infant baptism . |
| 24 | Townsend oozed confidence from his first kick to touch , and he agreed after the match that being part of the Scottish squad had done much to sharpen his game . |
| 25 | Some lords considered themselves to be above command — and he glared round the company . |
| 26 | He also saw two carriages that might have been carrying senior officers , and he flirted with the idea that one of the carriages might have belonged to the Emperor himself . |
| 27 | And he sent for the Bishop of Valencia , and took their vows and made them plight themselves each to the other according as the law directs . |
| 28 | SOMETHING POPPED inside John Carradine 's head , and he cartwheeled across the room , dodging bullets . |
| 29 | The hospital phoned Miguel that evening , and he came to the villa to tell Shelley , who had been sitting by the telephone . |
| 30 | He had learned well the value of preparation and organisation from Caradryel and he came to the throne with one aim : to force the Dark Elves out of Ulthuan and reclaim the Blighted Isle from the spawn of Naggaroth . |