Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv prt] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could hear Penry moving about upstairs as he made up the other bed . |
| 2 | He made out the black shape of another tunnel mouth . |
| 3 | He made out the high-backed chair to one side of the fire and sank into it , sitting tall and erect , careful not to crease his dinner jacket . |
| 4 | He saw something erm he saw a cat and he zoomed out the front door and he was gone and it 's only when he lost sight of the cat he thought about where he was |
| 5 | His eyes watered so fiercely that tears ran down his cheeks , but he fought down the choking sensation and his self-esteem soared . |
| 6 | Naturally he he wanted to keep his place open and when he got up the next morning somebody had painted the side of the van completely over . |
| 7 | He got out the cheating stick and clipped the peg , swarming up in a daisy chain of quick-draws . |
| 8 | He got out the brown envelope and spread the photographs on his lap . |
| 9 | He emptied out the fired cartridge cases , went across to the sink and washed the gun under the hot tap . |
| 10 | Mr was completely wrong about the Labour amendment erm in fact he read out the wrong amendment altogether . |
| 11 | He built up the Agricultural Training School of Pyinmana , spoke Burmese like a Burman , and was an out-and-out evangelist . |
| 12 | He lined up the dead centre of the target and scored with a long , spiralling burst . |
| 13 | He tells us how he cried and cried when he found out the Almighty Mozzer had slung his hook and f—ed off home for a veggieburger . |
| 14 | Two months later in a game against Hearts he moved down the human anatomy , this time fouling the opposition fullback Steve Hamilton , who was helped off the pitch with stud marks on his stomach . |
| 15 | He drew back the dingy plastic curtains covering the small window overlooking the yard . |
| 16 | Opening his desk drawer , he drew out the current Operation Cuckoo folder , and in a calm , businesslike voice , got straight down to it . |
| 17 | He drew out the heavy Colt revolver . |
| 18 | He snatched up the green telephone on his desk and punched out an internal number . |
| 19 | As silence fell , he snatched up the green telephone and stabbed out the number of the Internal Security department . |
| 20 | He strolled up the long arcade , pausing frequently to peer in shop windows at the expensive goodies . |
| 21 | when he lifted up the slimy surprise |
| 22 | A SCHOOLBOY was robbed of his mountain bike as he pedalled down the hard shoulder of a motorway to get help after his dad 's car broke down . |
| 23 | Thinking of the crystal spaces , the lines of Kubla Khan unfolded naturally before him as he dawdled up the long terrace of decaying houses . |
| 24 | With his two daughters , one holding each hand , he came down the long staircase from the top-floor flat . |
| 25 | made it down the right hand side , he 's wearing number eleven but he came down the right hand side on this occasion and er a deep cross , he pulled it back brilliantly and who 'd missed that earlier header was there and could n't really miss on this occasion , but it was a fine header by him . |
| 26 | He came back the next day and gave me another £1.2 million and told me I could spend it in any way I wanted . |
| 27 | Then he came back the next day — I think it was the next day — and told us who 'd died . |
| 28 | CHARLES REALLY THOUGHT he was dying when he woke up the next morning . |
| 29 | And then he woke up the next morning and threw up everywhere . |
| 30 | Moran looked stern and self-conscious as he drove up the short avenue . |