Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Neville 's determination paid off : he made it to the top , raising £55,000 on the way . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Juliet stood staring at him as he made it to the kitchen chair . |
| 5 | ‘ He made it to the Temple of Bel-Shamharoth . ’ |
| 6 | He lowered her over the fountain until Robyn could see her own reflection in the water . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | With a groan he lowered her to the quilt and brought his head down . |
| 10 | Pushing the coverlet aside , he laid her on the bed , and sat down beside her , studying her white face . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Lifting her with incredible ease , he laid her across the desk and prising her legs open , spread his half-naked body over hers . |
| 13 | Taking out a sheaf of documents , he laid them on the desk top . |
| 14 | He laid it on the desk . |
| 15 | He laid it on the table halfway between him and Cley , his head on one side as he appeared to measure the distance precisely . |
| 16 | When I left in December 1928 he succeeded me in the house as Captain of Games . |
| 17 | He inserted it through the side of his skull and , finding that he was still alive though in some pain , drove to a nearby hospital , where he later died . |
| 18 | Mr Denny said : ‘ He then told her to put her clothes back on but out of the blue he stabbed her in the neck . |
| 19 | George knelt on gravel , and taking the knife more firmly in his hand he stabbed her in the stomach . |
| 20 | Then at a remote place on the bank of the River Swale he first sexually assaulted her and when she fought back he battered her about the head with a rock or rocks from the bank until he thought she was dead . ’ |
| 21 | Anthony even claimed to have discovered ‘ maps of Ireland ’ on the sheets when he stuffed them into the machine in the local Launderette . |
| 22 | He collared her in the staff-room at eleven-thirty . |
| 23 | And said , so it 's completely anonymous and all that and he said oh I ca n't be bothered to send that in , so he chucked it in the bin and they phoned him up and said why have n't you sent your form in ? |
| 24 | Angry Brian Reatus , 44 , allegedly foamed at the mouth as he pinned him to the wall . |
| 25 | Mr Woodcock , 47 , of Holgate , York , grabbed the weapon with one hand and it went off , blasting a wall with pellets , but he hung on , dragging the raider into the car park outside the restaurant , where he pinned him to the ground until armed police arrived . |
| 26 | Then he pinned her against the wall , took up a karate stance and began punching her in the breast and armpit . |
| 27 | He , he put all down and he , he pinned it on the back on the back door |
| 28 | For a long time he held the photograph , fingering it gently , careful not to mark it , and then he pinned it to the cork-board on the wall . |
| 29 | He pecked her on the cheek . |
| 30 | He passed it over the table , and courteously got up to give Catherine a second copy . |