Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Our father and mother wrote back — kindly and understandingly I am sure — but advising him to stick it out like a man . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Let him sell it off to a museum . |
| 5 | She saw him crumple them up in a sudden burst of impatience , and fling them across the parade . |
| 6 | But Pearce , says : ‘ I just ca n't see him packing it in for a younger man to come in . |
| 7 | He laid it down on a rock and plunged his arm in the sack once more . |
| 8 | He passed her by without a glance , but she could feel the cold waves of antipathy issuing from him , and shivered . |
| 9 | So he sold it on to a this kid and it was up Baxters |
| 10 | " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? " |
| 11 | Ward had his camera with him , and though he led me round at a breathless pace , talking all the time about the terrible religious cult of the Aztecs , he also took quite a few pictures , usually with myself or some other human in the foreground to give an indication of the scale of the place . |
| 12 | He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’ |
| 13 | He fixed us up with a drink , accommodation and a training session that evening . |
| 14 | He drove her back in a battered silver sports car . |
| 15 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 16 | She tried to turn her head away , but he turned it back with a gentleness that was deceptive . |
| 17 | He handed it over at a rendezvous — but Elizabeth was kept in her captor 's car boot for another two hours before being dumped . |
| 18 | Bill Murray spent £50,000 on setting up his restaurant at Telegraph Hill , near Exeter , Devon , two years ago but said the business started to go downhill when he handed it over to a manager to run . |
| 19 | Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes . |
| 20 | But unlike many well-meaning friends , he followed it up with a practical alternative : ‘ Tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer , and the peace of God , which transcends human understanding , will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus . ’ |
| 21 | But his comment on her age was a throwaway one , it seemed , for he followed it up with a reference to his previous question by asking , ‘ Are you an only child ? ’ |
| 22 | In these crates — ’ he beckoned her over with a cool , authoritative wave ‘ — is the very latest ‘ state of the art ’ satellite communication system imported from France . |
| 23 | Then , in a fit of excess , he ratcheted it up to a full 2 million job losses . |
| 24 | The little girls squealed with delight as he swung them round in a circle , before setting them back gently on to the sand . |
| 25 | He takes me in at a glance and starts peering around the room , checking out the sofa , examining the ceiling . |
| 26 | Then he packed them off on a plane to Islamabad to meet the president . |
| 27 | He padded them out with a torn sheet from sick bay to stop them making any noise . |
| 28 | After askin ’ how everything was doing back home , he waved me through with a laugh . |
| 29 | He waved it around in a manner that threatened to do someone a serious injury . |
| 30 | ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said . |