Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are two sides to our operation , ’ he had explained , when he led her out of the office block and across a bleak enclosed courtyard , where footsteps had scored a diagonal path through the snow , towards a high windowless wall of corrugated iron . |
| 2 | He led her out of the bedroom and onto the terrace where Victoria was waiting . |
| 3 | And then he led them out of the small room . |
| 4 | Father Peter asked as he led them out of the church . |
| 5 | The fellow 's resistance collapsed like a house of cards ; bowing and mumbling apologies , he led us out of the main palace building , across a deserted cobbled yard to a small tower built in the far wall of the palace . |
| 6 | He got me out of the stream and a bit further back from the drop to our right . |
| 7 | In fairness to him , Con was kinder than that , even when he got me out of the secretaryship last year . |
| 8 | But he tricked them out of the deeds , then conned them out of £85,000 to buy a Bentley . |
| 9 | Nevil choked me until I almost passed out , then he lifted me out of the driver 's seat and bundled me into the back of Armstrong , hitting me on the back of the neck with what could have been an anvil but was probably his fist . |
| 10 | His successor , Majorian , is unlikely to have gained the support of the Burgundians in 458 , when he drove them out of the lands which they had received with the approval of the Gallo-Roman senators . |
| 11 | In silence , he drove them out of the hollow and back on to the track . |
| 12 | He drove it out of the garage , and she heard the high-pitched , wheezing motor with dread . |
| 13 | To cut a long story short , he threw them out of the house . |
| 14 | And if he threw her out of the palazzo afterwards , so what ? |
| 15 | ‘ At a loose end , Deveraugh ? ’ she queried disdainfully as he followed her out of the tent . |
| 16 | The sarcasm in her tone was not lost on David and he grimaced as he followed her out of the office . |
| 17 | He knocked it out of the way , reached into the dark space above , and drew out his record book . |
| 18 | Her father had turned against Bunyan , and when he heard that she had ridden behind him to a meeting , he locked her out of the house for two days . |
| 19 | ‘ He saw us out of the church and locked the door behind us . ’ |
| 20 | He brought him out of the bar . |
| 21 | The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son . |
| 22 | As he accompanied her out of the hospital and towards his car , it did not occur to Kate to ask how he knew where she was . |
| 23 | ‘ I have a taxi waiting , ’ he stated as he escorted her out of the hotel , explaining , ‘ It is not permitted to drink and drive at all in Czechoslovakia . ’ |
| 24 | She could feel the warm strength of his body against hers as he ushered her out of the cabin , one hand against her back as the lift doors opened . |
| 25 | He carried her out of the Manor of Tara , and across the Plain of the Fál , and through the Forest of Darkness . |
| 26 | Even as he carried her out of the lighted kitchen his lips continued to caress her and she was not in any way close to recovering as he placed her on her feet in her own room . |
| 27 | He left him out of the match against the Republic of Ireland in Dublin two years ago . |
| 28 | Suppose he really meant to find her first , because he wanted her out of the way . |
| 29 | ‘ Just that it looked as though he wanted me out of the way . ’ |
| 30 | Father Reynard was a man striving for sanctity , though he sensed the priest was hiding something , as if he wanted him out of the house before Corbett noticed anything amiss . |