Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 He laid it down on a rock and plunged his arm in the sack once more .
2 Although Mr Smith welcomed the ‘ considerable potential ’ of the register , he ruled it out as an alternative to removing the unions ' constitutional influence outright .
3 He passed her by without a glance , but she could feel the cold waves of antipathy issuing from him , and shivered .
4 So he sold it on to a this kid and it was up Baxters
5 ‘ 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 . ’
6 " He asked you in for a drink without asking me ? "
7 Ward had his camera with him , and though he led me round at a breathless pace , talking all the time about the terrible religious cult of the Aztecs , he also took quite a few pictures , usually with myself or some other human in the foreground to give an indication of the scale of the place .
8 He weighed her up for a moment , his wide mouth compressed and then asked : ‘ D'ye think Isobel would come to a ball with me ? ’
9 He fixed us up with a drink , accommodation and a training session that evening .
10 He drove her back in a battered silver sports car .
11 ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods .
12 She tried to turn her head away , but he turned it back with a gentleness that was deceptive .
13 Pulling off his black leather jacket and kicking off his shoes , he threw himself on to a bed .
14 He handed it over at a rendezvous — but Elizabeth was kept in her captor 's car boot for another two hours before being dumped .
15 Bill Murray spent £50,000 on setting up his restaurant at Telegraph Hill , near Exeter , Devon , two years ago but said the business started to go downhill when he handed it over to a manager to run .
16 He shook her off with an irritable gesture and turned to the gendarme .
17 He shook himself out of a spiral of suspicion and isolation .
18 Billie heard the housekeeper ask Adam in the kitchen as he followed her through for a new packet of cigarettes .
19 But unlike many well-meaning friends , he followed it up with a practical alternative : ‘ Tell God every detail of your needs in earnest and thankful prayer , and the peace of God , which transcends human understanding , will keep constant guard over your hearts and minds as they rest in Christ Jesus . ’
20 But his comment on her age was a throwaway one , it seemed , for he followed it up with a reference to his previous question by asking , ‘ Are you an only child ? ’
21 In these crates — ’ he beckoned her over with a cool , authoritative wave ‘ — is the very latest ‘ state of the art ’ satellite communication system imported from France .
22 Then , in a fit of excess , he ratcheted it up to a full 2 million job losses .
23 The little girls squealed with delight as he swung them round in a circle , before setting them back gently on to the sand .
24 He takes me in at a glance and starts peering around the room , checking out the sofa , examining the ceiling .
25 And those loonies expect him to — ’ He cut himself off with a hard slap to the bald head .
26 Then he packed them off on a plane to Islamabad to meet the president .
27 He padded them out with a torn sheet from sick bay to stop them making any noise .
28 After askin ’ how everything was doing back home , he waved me through with a laugh .
29 He waved it around in a manner that threatened to do someone a serious injury .
30 He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said .
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