Example sentences of "[vb past] he [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 2 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 3 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 4 | But he was smiling as they helped him out of the herbaceous border . |
| 5 | Jack filled him in on the scanty information they had already obtained . |
| 6 | When he was no more than knee high and as slender as a pencil , I dug him out of the wild river bank and planted him in a virginal garden , half an acre of island that consisted of nothing more luxurious or exotic than brick rubble , tilled chalk and grass seed . |
| 7 | We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered . |
| 8 | A tube burst and the blow back threw him back against the tender end . |
| 9 | Vologsky punched out a sequence on the computer panel , which automatically locked him in to the local frequency . |
| 10 | I pressed the door shut , and pressed him back into the lighted room at the rear of the store . |
| 11 | In 1090 the lord of Montpellier exploited it even more successfully when he rose against his lord , the bishop of Maguelonne ; worried by William 's defection , the bishop bribed him back into the episcopal mouvance by extending his fief . |
| 12 | ‘ It was supposed to be in my hair , ’ she told him as she followed him through to the spacious kitchen , deciding honesty was the best policy in the circumstances . |
| 13 | Endill followed him out into the biggest corridor he had ever seen . |
| 14 | Michael Harvey followed him out to the hired car . |
| 15 | I threw some of the water from the bowl over my own face and drank the rest for I was thirsty , then followed him down to the Great Hall . |
| 16 | She followed him back into the little harness store and sat down on a bench while he lit the paraffin stove which soon filled the room with its smell and heat . |
| 17 | It 's a well-founded faith he has developed since Michelin this year singled him out as the only French chef worthy of upgrading to the coveted three-star accolade . |
| 18 | Whatever Gould 's personal opinion of Gilbert , or whatever his error , his qualifications as a naturalist were undisputed , and singled him out as the ideal candidate for sharing Gould 's exploration . |
| 19 | His family packed him off to the great University of Nuln where they hoped his energies would be dispersed in academic study . |
| 20 | At first she could n't find him anywhere but finally she tracked him down to the big barn . |
| 21 | Before the startled merchant could think of a reply , Cranston had taken Athelstan by the elbow and steered him out into the sun-baked street . |
| 22 | The State winched him out of the professorial chair when the ecclesiastical authority was lukewarm . |
| 23 | McGowan took Jed by the arm and led him over to the cardboard box . |
| 24 | She took hold of his hand and led him over to the small bed . |
| 25 | A bell tolled , the sign for Compline , and Lady Amelia led him down through the darkened cloister out across the grass to the church . |
| 26 | With Endill 's help , she led him back to the sick bay . |
| 27 | He led him back along the wooden gantry to the steps . |
| 28 | Corbett wanted to leave Kinghorn quickly before the captain or Alexander began to question him , so , once he had finished his meal , he went to the stable and , saddling the garron , led him out towards the main gate . |
| 29 | One of Alejandro 's sons playing back rode him off for the backhand and hit it up the field to his brother who dribbled it a few yards , then sliced it to Perdita . |
| 30 | She rode him out over the last furlong and finished some six lengths behind Shine On . |