Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't re I thought he actually made a person , I did n't realize he made himself into a person . |
| 2 | He escaped with the help of Bosnians , who gave him civilian clothes to replace his army uniform , and a network of ethnic Hungarians , dodging military police across the country until he made it over the border to Szeged . |
| 3 | With blood pouring from the bare bone he made it to a pub near Loose , Kent , where regulars called 999 . |
| 4 | Neville 's determination paid off : he made it to the top , raising £55,000 on the way . |
| 5 | She knew how Sisyphus must have felt , rolling that stone wearily up the hill , only to see it slide back down again as he made it to the top . |
| 6 | Juliet stood staring at him as he made it to the kitchen chair . |
| 7 | ‘ He made it to the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth . ’ |
| 8 | Pushing his briefcase aside , he lowered himself into a chair , rested his elbow on the back , and crossed one leg over the other . |
| 9 | He looked to belong to a different generation from that of Dysart and Ockleton , his face flushed and lined beneath a mane of grey hair , his chest heaving desperately as he lowered himself into the wheelchair . |
| 10 | Then he lowered himself into the driving seat , slowly and painfully , and pulled the door shut . |
| 11 | Walking to the far end of the cells passage , he lowered himself to the floor until he was sitting with his back to the wall facing the door with its broken lock hanging askew . |
| 12 | He lowered himself in the saddle , then turned , looking back at her . |
| 13 | He lowered me into a chair at the foot of the stairs and stood above me critically . |
| 14 | He lowered her over the fountain until Robyn could see her own reflection in the water . |
| 15 | When the crackle of the flames , the creak of the floorboard , and the weight of their bodies returned , he lowered her to the carpet before the fire and sat himself beside her , leaning so that his face was only inches above hers . |
| 16 | Then he lowered her to the ground and shifted over her , and for a second it was like it had been before and fear touched her , but then his lips came down and brushed her mouth , and she was lost . |
| 17 | With a groan he lowered her to the quilt and brought his head down . |
| 18 | She would remind Froggy of it the next time he ragged her for a noodle . |
| 19 | He whispered something into the ear of my dishevelled companion , who produced a bundle wrapped in old copies of Pravda . |
| 20 | Pushing the coverlet aside , he laid her on the bed , and sat down beside her , studying her white face . |
| 21 | Then he laid her on the bed and feasted his eyes on her , slender and seductive , totally naked except for the glowing ruby that flashed fire whenever she moved her hand . |
| 22 | Lifting her with incredible ease , he laid her across the desk and prising her legs open , spread his half-naked body over hers . |
| 23 | Taking out a sheaf of documents , he laid them on the desk top . |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway , Charlie made it really simple for me , there were two guys at the back who could n't stand up and he laid it on a plate for me . |
| 25 | He laid it on the desk . |
| 26 | He laid it on the table halfway between him and Cley , his head on one side as he appeared to measure the distance precisely . |
| 27 | Folding it up carefully , he laid it across a chair . |
| 28 | He ravished her like a lion , thrusting into her , his lips drawing out her life . |
| 29 | When I left in December 1928 he succeeded me in the house as Captain of Games . |
| 30 | Actually , thought Henry , as he checked himself in the mirror , no one , not even the police , would be stupid enough to imagine that Elinor could be the victim of a crime passionnel . |