Example sentences of "he [vb past] i [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then he asked me out in the end . |
| 2 | He led me through to the next room , and up against the wall there lay a stack of some ten to fifteen canvases . |
| 3 | Now , " he said , placing a creaky arm across my shoulders as he led me through to the parlour , " I want you to meet Vron . " |
| 4 | He led me out into the snow and we crossed the island towards the beach . |
| 5 | He led me back into the house and up to Southgate 's chamber . |
| 6 | He led me back to the dining hall , vast and empty save for my two friends . |
| 7 | He led me back through the empty-ward to the other end . |
| 8 | He got me out of the stream and a bit further back from the drop to our right . |
| 9 | In fairness to him , Con was kinder than that , even when he got me out of the secretaryship last year . |
| 10 | He prodded me playfully in the chest . |
| 11 | I looked up the name of my shop steward — Chris Pike — in a recent union bulletin , wrote to him for further information and he invited me up to the Branch Office . |
| 12 | To begin with er I could n't find the light switch because my , my gaze was directed er at the people in the bed but then er I asked the man in the bed , where was the light switch and er he helped me back towards the area where the switch was and we eventually succeeded in getting the light on . |
| 13 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He grilled me severely about the attitude and background of the character , the place he would occupy in the programme , his point of view , and innumerable other aspects of Byron which I had not yet thought about . ’ |
| 16 | He told me immediately after the Monaghan game : ‘ If you talk about winning championships then you talk about consistency , you talk about commitment , you talk about ability — you must produce all those things over the full 90 minutes . |
| 17 | The secret of public speaking , he told me early in the campaign , is to address your audience right between the eyes . |
| 18 | ‘ At the house — he dropped me off on the way . |
| 19 | He drove me back against the wall , gave me a deep cut in the arm , and began to smile . |
| 20 | He hauled me up from the bowels of the villa , took off his jacket and placed it tenderly round my shoulders . |
| 21 | ‘ Psst — Jack , ’ I hissed as he joined me damply in the breeze-filled tent . |
| 22 | ‘ I am surprised , too , ’ Holmes said , as he shook me warmly by the hand . |
| 23 | He followed me round to the jetty where Laura 's clothes were scattered across the lawn . |
| 24 | He served me well in the attack on the T'ang 's Plantations . ’ |
| 25 | He pulled me over to the door . |
| 26 | After tea , he called me closer to the fire , while Adèle played with Mrs Fairfax . |
| 27 | He guided me on to the terrace to share a bottle of one of his finest vintages . |
| 28 | And he brought this up about the units I had and he he rang me up on the Friday night is n't it ? |
| 29 | Then when I told him that it takes a man to make a man , he hit me right across the face . |
| 30 | Perhaps he understood what I was thinking , for he hit me hard on the face . |