Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He slept immediately and deeply , and then got up at six a.m. to turn the television on and make the tea ready for when the man he lived with got in from work . |
| 2 | Although Crawford had two safety wires attached to him , he succeeded in holding on to the car during all the filming . |
| 3 | Robertson did not hesitate , and dived overboard and swam out to the dinghy which he succeeded in getting back to the fishing boat for the crew to get off . |
| 4 | Woosnam had had three birdies in his first five holes and the only shot he dropped in going out in 34 was to take five at the ninth , where he drove into the trees . |
| 5 | This he achieved by getting along to the Frog and Ferret at about eleven each morning , where he spent hours in conversation with George ‘ This is My Coronary ’ Parker . |
| 6 | At the fury on Eachuinn Odhar 's face he swallowed before going on with considerable courage . |
| 7 | Elise , oddly unenamoured of him , became worried when he took to coming down from London quite often at weekends . |
| 8 | For one mad moment he thought of climbing out of the seat and sliding down a girder to safety : ‘ No , you berk , they only do that in films ! ’ |
| 9 | Having thus established his own reality , he proceeded by working out from there to ‘ prove ’ the existence of the external world , of other people , and of God . |
| 10 | He is hurt and shaken , but he insisted on coming back with me to say thank you for making the message that warned him away from the bog . |
| 11 | Although close to death — he died shortly afterwards at his Ilminster home — he insisted on going through with his contribution . |
| 12 | Told that it was a fox 's cairn , he insisted on climbing up by himself to have a look at it , and was gone for about twenty minutes . |
| 13 | He dreamed of going out in glory , winning the best-platoon prize — a dream that appeared to be shattered when he saw Ken and his barrack mates arrive . |
| 14 | He felt like hitting out at him , this kidnapper of his daughter . |
| 15 | ‘ At least there is justice , ’ he said after flying back to his home on the Isle of Man . |
| 16 | He paused before stepping out onto the roof , a look of horror on his face . |
| 17 | He responded by falling back on a reformist , electoral strategy . |