Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] the nearest " in BNC.
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| 1 | He dropped into the nearest one and let the zimmer fall to the ground . |
| 2 | He gestured to the nearest table . |
| 3 | There was the famous occasion when he picked at a wall behind a bus stop while waiting for a bus and found a rare specimen fossil ; and the occasion when he cut his leg while climbing a rockface at Craigleith Quarry and failed to notice it until his Wellington boot was full of blood , whereupon he drove to the nearest hospital for stitches and a transfusion . |
| 4 | With a wicked wink he ducked into the nearest cubicle , safely out of reach . |
| 5 | He scuttled behind the nearest tank and watched Fakrid and Jinkwa 's predictable reaction to the latest development with amusement . |
| 6 | He dashed into the nearest shop doorway at the cab took off from the kerb again and accelerated away down the street . |
| 7 | He climbed the three steps to the door , and pushed at it , but it was securely locked , so he went to the nearest window . |
| 8 | Immediately a swarm of coolies rushed towards him , dragging their wire-wheeled rickshaws behind them , and he leaped into the nearest one with a loud whoop . |
| 9 | He dropped what luggage he had into the nearest garbage receptacle and then , ignoring the ticket windows completely , headed over toward the phones . |
| 10 | ‘ Morning , ’ he said to the nearest policeman , whose head was buried in the engine . |
| 11 | Lij Yasu has his head shaved in the Danakil fashion and is living with the Danakil ; what food or milk he requires he seizes from the nearest villages , and he is doing nothing but hunt occasionally . |
| 12 | As he hurried towards the nearest freight car , he heard the dreaded sound of a dog barking furiously behind him . |
| 13 | And he pointed to the nearest cow . |