Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 2 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
| 3 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 4 | He showed me where the little oil level was . |
| 5 | And yet , self-denied , he was still dominant , rampant male , she the one reduced to mindless begging for the release she now knew could only ever be temporary because she was an addict already , enslaved by him as he fed her again the fatal taste , the bitter-sweet of his passion , and her own . |
| 6 | He kidnaps her in the hope that she will accept and return his affections and when he ties her up the sexual and emotional metaphors of the title abound . |
| 7 | He took it a few feet out , so now he was on the edge of the 18 yard box … near the corner ( so approx 25 yards from goal ) , he pulled it back the other way , turned and curled the ball into the top left corner with his left foot . |
| 8 | He sent me there the other day to pick up his reading glasses . |
| 9 | At first , Ackroyd thought nothing about it , but he saw him again the following Saturday at about the same time . |
| 10 | Then he asks them why the Irish were allowed to starve then and Africans now . |
| 11 | Where 's the bedroom ? ’ he demanded roughly as he carried her up the wide curving staircase . |