Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Much of what he said was lost in the noise , but once , as we climbed a precipitous path and were no more than four metres apart , I heard him cry aloud the name of William again .
2 As she passed him to put away the files she hesitated for a moment , and instantly his hand shot out to take hers in a crushing grip .
3 The madman shook his head and stared at the bear but Athelstan saw him blink away the tears which pricked his madcap eyes .
4 This enabled him to bring together the Judaism of his upbringing and the Roman Catholicism and Anglo-Saxon Protestantism in which it was set in Montreal ; the former dominating of course .
5 Did he know exactly the kind of dilemma she found herself in ?
6 One night he put a Belgian chocolate inside her and as it melted he licked away the cream .
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