Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Unfortunately , it is difficult for him to paint in the house in Leeds because we do n't have the space and we do n't have the light . |
| 2 | The first thing Cyprian Fothergill recalled about the events of that day was that as he headed towards his charming little cottage in the countryside behind Borehamwood he was suddenly overtaken by a huge black car which swerved violently in front of him , forcing him to scream to a stop in a lay-by . |
| 3 | One can see him grappling with the difficulty in his poem-cum-essay ‘ The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm 's Son ’ , published in 1953 , the year before The Fellowship of the Ring . |
| 4 | To see him passing by the window in his bucket hat holding a slice of bread and butter in his hand like the Mad Hatter , then hitting his forehead with his palm and rushing back in again . |
| 5 | Ginny left him brooding on the past in front of a game show on television . |
| 6 | She put her head on one side , trying to make him understand from the look in her eyes that Stephen had been upset by the references to his mother 's death . |
| 7 | Friends invited him to apply for the Readership in Geometry at Gresham 's College , and a wealthy London merchant offered him £10,000 to take his daughter in marriage . |
| 8 | She was never as strict as his Dad and she did n't like him getting in the way in the waiting-room . |
| 9 | The landlord of the inn which Ernest visited when his mother and his wife became too much for him knew of a coffee-house in the town which needed a kitchenmaid , and because he put in a good word for her , Ruth was given the job without references . |
| 10 | Police saw him go into a flat in West London but by the time they entered he 'd gone . |
| 11 | Glancing at his figure , Laura felt the old longing for him twist like a knife in her stomach . |
| 12 | He never drank them but always brought them home with him to add to the array in the cellar . |
| 13 | Sally-Anne took the kiss and the last sight of him standing in the parlour in his beautiful evening clothes up to bed with her , and agreed with him — for really the end of the evening and their happy supper together had been the best thing of all . |
| 14 | Rather than waiting for inspiration he is shown with a pen in his hand , an unfinished manuscript on the table , and at his side a harpsichord on which we are to imagine him playing through the work in progress . |
| 15 | Thanks also for opting for Portsmouth , I hope we never see him playing for the opposition in a ‘ real ’ match as it might spoil memories … bit like Shez and the Frog … |
| 16 | He watched his dejected figure walk past him into the cottage and , after allowing a few minutes to elapse , followed him in and discovered him sitting at the table in the living room , his bag of apples and sandwich lying untouched . |
| 17 | They used to giggle and splutter when they saw the old man , thinking of him sitting on a toadstool in the moonlight . |
| 18 | Little Billy heard him talking to the robin in a kind of curious twitter . |
| 19 | Could you not persuade him to return to a country in which there is so much more room ? ’ |
| 20 | He was approached from behind by a man who shoved a sharp object into his back and ordered him to return to the bar in Beaumont Street . |
| 21 | A friend of his who was a district nurse in the area where he lived once spotted him chatting to a shopkeeper in his usual congenial fashion . |
| 22 | The occasion was made even more splendid by the presence of King Alfonso II of Aragon and Count Raymond V of Toulouse , who had asked him to act as an arbitrator in their long-standing quarrel . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't suppose ‘ Mrs Smith ’ is the first woman with whom Garry has deceived his wife , and she probably wo n't be the last , ’ she said , her desire for him disappearing at the contempt in his tone . |
| 24 | The German escapement action Stein employed in all the pianos that he made after the piano in the vis-á-vis instrument can be seen as a transformation of the Cristofori-Silbermann piano action . |
| 25 | He plays with the quintet in a quite different sense from that in which they play at revolutionary politics ; though , bemused by him , set at odds , their purposes deflected and their fantasies fed and coaxed along , it does n't seem like playing to them . |
| 26 | When he succeeded to the throne in 1625 , Buckingham became his chief minister . |
| 27 | He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1770 , and was not yet twenty years old when he rescued Coleridge from probable death on the banks of the River Otter . |
| 28 | He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1822 and spent the remainder of his life as a leading public figure in Lincoln , of which he became high steward , and its county . |
| 29 | He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1871 , left India in 1878 , and settled in Oxford . |
| 30 | The Deputy Treasurer , who was in charge of the Court 's books and its daily business , was Nicholas 's elder brother John , whom he succeeded in the post in 1622 . |