Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow , he made it through to the end . |
| 2 | His feet sank into a carpet whose blues and creams evoked a summer sky and , at Vigo 's behest , he lowered himself uneasily into a chair with a yellow satin seat and legs of rearing dragons . |
| 3 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 4 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |
| 5 | He lowered himself on to the sofa and unzipped the top of his leather suit . |
| 6 | He lowered himself gingerly to a gilt chair and stirred his coffee , the spoon circulating slowly until it finally stopped and he sat staring at it . |
| 7 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 8 | Throwing back its bearskin cover , he lowered her carefully to the mattress and stood looking down at her . |
| 9 | But he laid her down on the horsehair sofa , and said Mrs Patten would not be in yet , and there was time ; and time there was , and what had happened last night was repeated , once and then again , until she , flushed and dishevelled , pulled down her dress , and said ‘ She is coming . |
| 10 | Well away from the beaten track he laid her gently on a bed of moss and bracken , and she opened her arms to him , loath to lose his touch for even a second . |
| 11 | The light from the hall spilled across the multi-coloured counterpane , and he laid her gently in the middle . |
| 12 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 13 | He laid them out on the desk , got a plastic bag out of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet and swept all the bits and pieces into it . |
| 14 | He laid it down on a rock and plunged his arm in the sack once more . |
| 15 | There he stabbed him repeatedly on the head , body and neck . |
| 16 | He pinned her down at the CI5 computer centre , and over the phone briefly explained what he and Doyle needed of her . |
| 17 | He pecked her lightly on the cheek . |
| 18 | Although Mr Smith welcomed the ‘ considerable potential ’ of the register , he ruled it out as an alternative to removing the unions ' constitutional influence outright . |
| 19 | He passed her by without a glance , but she could feel the cold waves of antipathy issuing from him , and shivered . |
| 20 | He passed it on to the others at their dinner time meeting . |
| 21 | So he sold it on to a this kid and it was up Baxters |
| 22 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |
| 23 | She drew herself up , stilling her racing pulses , as he asked her now with a wave at the drinks table , ‘ Would you care to indulge in a drink before dinner ? ’ |
| 24 | And then he asked me out in the end . |
| 25 | ‘ It is true , ’ Dubois continued ‘ He asked me in as an advisor , and I realized at once that they were not the work of the Bizango . ’ |
| 26 | " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? " |
| 27 | Apparently Richard thought so , too , for after a moment he led her away to the bar . |
| 28 | When he led her away down the back steps the Tibetan followed and so did most of the crowd . |
| 29 | He nodded , and reaching out for her hand , he led her through into the sitting-room and sat down with her on the settee opposite the picture . |
| 30 | He led her up to the bedrooms , the floors and stairs wooden , fans whirring overhead in the steamy heat , mosquito netting over every door and window . |