Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He climbed the three steps to the door , and pushed at it , but it was securely locked , so he went to the nearest window . |
| 2 | There was the famous occasion when he picked at a wall behind a bus stop while waiting for a bus and found a rare specimen fossil ; and the occasion when he cut his leg while climbing a rockface at Craigleith Quarry and failed to notice it until his Wellington boot was full of blood , whereupon he drove to the nearest hospital for stitches and a transfusion . |
| 3 | Candace Rainford was clinging to his arm and he did not look as if he minded in the slightest . |
| 4 | As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman . |
| 5 | And he smiles as he talks of the best friend and rival who accompanied him on those weekend trips . |
| 6 | Despite the wheelchair and his legs covered by a tartan rug , there was no look of the invalid about brave Leslie as he relaxed with the latest Lord 's Taverners magazine Long Room . |
| 7 | They 're simply irresistible , says Graham Rice , as he looks at the best types to grow |
| 8 | All the testing at the Yamaha camp in Spain and in Australia , all the preparation , and all the homework are behind him now , and what he has left is the adrenalin pumping in his veins as he prepares for the biggest day of his sporting life . |
| 9 | They live in a political cowards ' Disney world where Tom is always chasing Gerry in an ever-decreasing circle of options while , outside in the real world , Bugs Bunny is having his tail shot off as he chokes on the latest political carrot . |
| 10 | As he hurried towards the nearest freight car , he heard the dreaded sound of a dog barking furiously behind him . |