Example sentences of "[vb past] he [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | so I phoned him back the next day , ah he 's in our Glasgow office today so I phoned the Glasgow , he 's on the phone , I said that 's okay I 'll call back . |
2 | What 's turn it over I mean it might start I du n no it let , let him down the other morning as well ! |
3 | He motioned Karlinsky forward and with a generous flourish directed him up the three steps on to the small platform in front of the Ark of the Law where a lectern had been placed . |
4 | He 'd been expecting tight security at the entrance , but in the event the gates were open and unmanned , and a passing employee directed him along a concrete road leading to the garage where a man in blue overalls was washing one of the Fiat saloons . |
5 | ‘ How long will you be staying with us ? ’ he queried when she handed him back the completed card . |
6 | Carradine caught a half-naked Moroccan boy with his hand deep in my pocket , and threw him over a low wall . |
7 | Wycliffe followed him down a carpeted passage to a door at the end , a small room overlooking a regimented back garden with a substantial Swiss-type chalet in the middle of the lawn . |
8 | But stolid stonewalling makes for poor copy and dull viewing , and eventually they let him go , although even then a few of the younger and hungrier among them followed him down the wide staircase and out into Piazza Matteotti , hoping for a belated indiscretion . |
9 | Later legend , however , made him out a Christian hero in the relentless ( though not unchivalrous ) religious war . |
10 | Josh Gifford wheeled Honey End round , took him back a few paces and put him at the fence a second time . |
11 | As Sister and Nurse Robins are swigging coffee with that drag Jones , I took him down the short cut through Eyes and shoved him into 15 . |
12 | Leonora escorted him up the massive oak staircase to his room at the back , wished him a good night 's sleep and walked slowly back along the landing . |
13 | Kate , forcing herself with the greatest difficulty to resist his blatant charm , gave him back a calculating half-smile . |
14 | He thanked me , and I gave him back the royal Elphberg ring . |
15 | All of them were big men who had drawn lots for the honour of the occasion , and carefully they lifted Artai and carried him up the short flight of steps to the summit of the plinth . |
16 | Corbett bowed , withdrew , and spent the rest of the time kicking his heels in an antechamber before a servant imperiously summoned him up the great staircase and ushered him into a brilliantly decorated room . |
17 | Harsh words led to action , and Haston despatched him down the public lavatory stairs . |
18 | Daniel struggled but was no match for the two louts who , having kicked and beaten him , pushed him down a grassy bank towards the canal . |