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 .
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