Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] the [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He whipped back the covers and moved her into bed as if she were a doll , watching her for a second and then turning away . |
| 2 | Football is a drama of extremes , and in the case of Jimmy Johnstone he became both the partner and victim of drink . |
| 3 | In his light-coloured trench-coat , cut as if to imitate Hitler , he became both the instigator and the magnet for casual brawling . |
| 4 | He choked back the tears and shook as he told of how he 'd been driving along the road when steam started coming out of the bonnet . |
| 5 | Then he changed , he got out the chess-board and we played chess and he let me beat him . |
| 6 | He got out the 1-iron and drilled the ball low all the way round . |
| 7 | In Monet 's The Gare Saint-Lazare pigment and cross-section analyses have shown how he built up the layers and how he achieved the dark tones using the bright colours of the impressionist palette ; no black was used . |
| 8 | ‘ It was good of you to get in touch with me , Simon , ’ she murmured as he hooked down the loft-ladder and she followed him up into the roof space . |
| 9 | Taking the roll of plaster from Sophie , Robert placed it in the water , then , pulling the broken limb out straight , he lined up the bones and set the arm . |
| 10 | He ground out the cigarette and watched her , the burning need in him too fierce to ignore . |
| 11 | If he has n't the will or the stomach to do that , he had better make way for someone who has before millions intended to help this country are thrown away . |
| 12 | Because of his age and of coalition games of musical-chairs , he may nonetheless not win this post for which he has both the expertise and the gravitas . |
| 13 | As for the Chancellor himself , Mr Parkinson said : ‘ I think he has both the backbone and the brains and the determination to see us through this difficulty . ’ |
| 14 | He stopped nearer the tin and fired again , and missed . |
| 15 | With that he snatched up the bottle and flung it through the open window into the yard . |
| 16 | He snatched up the worm-cake and bit into it , forcing the bitter chocolate past the awful gagging in his throat . |
| 17 | But despite his willingness to collaborate with this tall , blond , handsome editor and publisher with his square , even teeth invariably clamped over fat Turkish cigarettes and whose ice-blue eyes sometimes narrowed as he weighed up the profit or nuisance value of a potential contributor , Vaughan regarded Lehmann critically , detecting mistrust and calculation behind the editor 's apparent kindness and friendliness . |
| 18 | He was educated at Marlborough College , to which he had a lifelong devotion , and at Balliol College , Oxford , where he captained both the cricket and hockey XIs and where he obtained a first class in classical honour moderations ( 1924 ) and second classes in mathematical moderations ( 1924 ) and literae humaniores ( 1926 ) . |
| 19 | He lifted back the drapes and looked out into the road . |
| 20 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 21 | He gulped down the coffee and picked up his pen . |
| 22 | It was suspected he serviced both the master and the mistress in their chambers . |
| 23 | He came out the curtain and swore at him . |
| 24 | He fills up the streams and the paths , like veins |
| 25 | He fills up the evening and the morning , they darken |
| 26 | He banged down the rucksack and the basket he had been carrying and looked without liking at the unencumbered Beuno . |
| 27 | At each stop he noted down the shapes and stitch work of other traditional working men 's jumpers . |
| 28 | He slammed down the receiver and fled to the rescue of his birthday cards . |
| 29 | He scoops up the ball and sees John 's dad a hundred feet away . |
| 30 | He forces open the door and lets them out into the night . |