Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Trouble is , Danny , they beat the watchman up an' 'e picked 'em out in an identification parade , so the copper told me. 'E said I might be 'earin' from 'em . |
| 2 | Wordlessly , she allowed him to lead her on to the roadway and down the hill towards home . |
| 3 | She allowed him to lead her back to the living-room , her defences momentarily lapsed so that when he paused on the threshold to slide an arm around her waist and draw her into his embrace she was too shocked to remonstrate . |
| 4 | Kate said nothing , just allowed him to lead her out into the winter sunshine towards the waiting car . |
| 5 | Pray that they may be people who rely on God 's healing and allow him to set them back on the track of feeding the lambs . |
| 6 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 7 | ‘ Our father and mother wrote back — kindly and understandingly I am sure — but advising him to stick it out like a man . |
| 8 | She invited him to cover it up with a paper bag but he snapped the band round the back of his head and ran off into the street , an elephant ramping above the collar of his jersey , his new trunk bobbing . |
| 9 | ‘ I would like to have seen him holding us back with an old sword in his hand . ’ |
| 10 | A blow from one of the men holding him knocked him down onto the cobbles . |
| 11 | Let's face it , all she 'd have to do would be to sit and let him sleep it off for a while , it was probably what the kid needed most , and he 'd never remember anything different . |
| 12 | Let him sell it off to a museum . |
| 13 | ‘ You do n't mind ? ’ she asked , thinking it more than good of him to use his morning squiring her around , without him letting himself in for an afternoon of more of the same ! |
| 14 | Kate knew it was no good resisting , so she meekly allowed him to shepherd her out of the flat down to the basement where he kept his car . |
| 15 | She walked with him to the bus-stop , would not let him walk her back to the flat , said not to follow her ; she 'd watch , be angry . |
| 16 | She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed . |
| 17 | He soon had it back with Granny 's belongings intact , and I could hardly believe my ears and eyes when I heard her thank him and allow him to lift her back onto the driver 's seat , in gratitude for which she kissed him on the cheek . |
| 18 | No , Caroline thought , as she let him lead her down to the ancient ground , no , it had n't . |
| 19 | Why do we let him lead us out of the Windsor , along that murky little lane they renamed Finch Street ? |
| 20 | She had earlier persuaded him to allow her out of the bank in Greater Manchester on the pretext of getting the keys to the safe . |
| 21 | But instead , she had let him drive her back to the flat ; had stood by in mute acquiescence while he 'd ransacked her drawers and cupboards and packed her a bag . |
| 22 | She saw him crumple them up in a sudden burst of impatience , and fling them across the parade . |
| 23 | I let him pick me up at the Marski . |
| 24 | He was very drowsy , and as I had no intention of letting him wake himself up with a conversation on my private life or anything else , I said I did not believe in mixing business and pleasure , and , as I hoped , the cliché put him to sleep . |
| 25 | Then they watched him pull himself up from the support of the couch and , keeping his eyes on Emma until he had passed her , he strode from the room . |
| 26 | They watched him pull himself out beside a flowering clump of figwort , gripping one of the tough stems in his teeth , shake a shower of drops out of his fur and scutter into the alder bushes . |
| 27 | But Pearce , says : ‘ I just ca n't see him packing it in for a younger man to come in . |
| 28 | She let him help her down from the carriage and lead her inside a shop where there was a strong , pastoral smell of grain , and Sarah wrinkled up her nose to sniff it . |
| 29 | She let him help her off with the mackintosh , hang it in the cupboard in the hall . |
| 30 | Somehow , he made it through to the end . |