Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [prep] the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gazed down at the now peaceful face of the priest . |
| 2 | Beckmann was a latecomer to modernism ; it was not until after the First World War that he turned noticeably to the sharply outlined Expressionism that came to typify his work . |
| 3 | Using a special pedal-extension device , he faced up to the suddenly enormous-looking Steinway in something of a David and Goliath meeting , and triumphed . |
| 4 | He walked over to the neatly stacked rods and selected one , then bent to pick up a wicker fishing box from a corner of the room . |
| 5 | He walked silently along the thickly carpeted floor until he came to the last cubicle . |
| 6 | Before he stepped up for the most nerve-shattering moment of his career Guennady Grishin had kept his nerve to fire the Russians into a 4-3 advantage . |
| 7 | But definitely so he sort of went on his own and then went back into building and decorating and then when the Empire opened he started there from the off . |
| 8 | He singled out as the most significant object , a bronze mace 13½ ″ long in the form of the club of Hercules surmounted by a panel of figures in solid relief . |
| 9 | The boy fought wildly for a few seconds but then his right arm was bent back behind him until he called out in the most desperate agony he had ever known . |
| 10 | He feels not in the least jaded by his winter , refreshed more . |
| 11 | Then he looked up towards the softly defined slopes , high above the village . |
| 12 | He looked again at the beautifully unspoiled Buckinghamshire countryside . |
| 13 | Sucking in a deep lungful of smoke , he looked back at the fiercely blazing funeral pyre for the first time . |
| 14 | He might be lord of all he surveyed , but it seemed he did n't in the least mind getting his own hands dirty , even if it was to assist his arch enemy . |
| 15 | But he did so in the most unfortunate manner . |
| 16 | He failed to recognize Ivone Kirkpatrick , and he spoke only in the most general terms about why he had flown to Scotland . |