Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] it [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 2 | He tried to find it after the war . |
| 3 | He tried to balance it with the thin box as the base . |
| 4 | He tried to flog it on the bus |
| 5 | Why would he need to do it in the dark ? |
| 6 | He has raced it at the Nurnburg Ring incorporating a five day trip and intends to explore the delights of this new venture to the utmost . |
| 7 | He has raised it with the contractor . |
| 8 | ‘ Story of my life , ’ he growls when a red declines to go into a pocket for the simple reason that he has hit it at the wrong angle . |
| 9 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
| 10 | The reason for this is that ( in many cases ) the client becomes aware of the proposed legislation either because he has been served under the General Orders with a notice as being directly affected , or because he has seen it in the local newspaper or Gazette advertisement . |
| 11 | He has proved it beyond the shadow of a doubt . |
| 12 | ‘ In charge of ’ means that once a person takes a vehicle on a road or public place he normally remains in charge of that vehicle until he has taken it off the road or public place again . |
| 13 | But he has thrown it to the wind which will swirl round Windsor Park tonight by naming no fewer than THREE centre forwards in his side to face Latvia . |
| 14 | He wants to expose it before the whole world , but he needs your help . ’ |
| 15 | He said he 'd heard it on the radio this mornin' . |
| 16 | His daughter Diane Perry said she was rung by her husband from work after he 'd heard it on the radio . |
| 17 | Juliet wondered if he 'd re-stocked it for the occasion . |
| 18 | The wedding-dress was in the faded green trunk , just as he 'd imagined it in the night . |
| 19 | Well apparently it had gone to Andrew , and , Andrew had cos Andrew is n't in the office all the time , and he 'd left it in the office , and I think they faxed it by th Andrew was gon na talk to somebody about it , but of course , by the time he 'd got there , it 'd already been done and this had happened so I 'm gon na ring erm Job Centre when I get home . |
| 20 | He 'd bought it in the Bazaar from an Indian trader who told him it would make the muscle grow . |
| 21 | The director said ‘ Action ’ , the sound recordist said ‘ Running ’ , the assistant cameraman said ‘ One forty-five take one ’ , and I put the first question — how did he think the war would have gone if he 'd started it with the 300 U-boats he 'd asked for in 1938 ? |
| 22 | It is common to find gaps when nothing is recorded , blank spaces where the minister has forgotten a name when he came to register it after the event , repetitions , erasures and insertions . |
| 23 | He told reporters he was overwhelmed by the unexpected prize and said he plans to donate it to the Prison Fellowship . |
| 24 | He said he learnt to do it in the field during the Falklands War . |
| 25 | For a fraction of a second , a strange , satanic glitter lit up Lucie 's eyes and his fist clenched and he began to punch it in the air . |
| 26 | ‘ Could he have dropped it in the car ? |
| 27 | He decided to sell it to the Americans who had bought the triptych . |
| 28 | He decided to wear it for the rest of his life . |
| 29 | He offered to sell it on the Keele campus . |
| 30 | But how did the , what was puzzling a lot of people how did he manage to get it off the ground and into his pocket . |