Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He shouted out the lyrics in a coarse powerful voice , and the musicians smiled and redoubled their efforts to keep pace with him . |
| 2 | Henceforth , he commanded only the police in the city of Colombo . |
| 3 | ‘ So … if the kitchen bag had just been changed and the photos were on the top outside , it can only mean he threw out the photos in the last couple of days . ’ |
| 4 | For the next seventeen years he spent only the summers in Germany , saying of Albert , ‘ I love him as if he were my own son . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ It all depends on how he ( Brand ) plays , ’ said the Spanish star , delighted to be back in contention a week after finishing second in Switzerland and two weeks before he takes on the Americans in the Ryder Cup again . |
| 6 | He swallowed back the bile in his throat . |
| 7 | It was 1837 that it became Ring & Brymer , an entity retained by Lord Forte when he took over the company in 1962 . |
| 8 | He took over the premiership in January 1974 after the Basque separatist organization Euskadi ta Askatasuna ) ( ETA ) had killed his predecessor , Adml. |
| 9 | Since he took up the position in 1987 , closures of geriatric hospitals , partnership with the private sector , nurse regradings , NHS trusts and a review of maternity and acute services , which will cut over 1,000 hospital beds and possibly lead to a closure of a number of hospitals , are among the controversies which have raged . |
| 10 | In January 1869 , on the strength of his published work and Ritschl 's glowing reference , he was offered the chair despite his youth and lack of the usually mandatory doctorate and " habilitation " ; he took up the post in April 1869 . |
| 11 | Don had been experimenting for years before he took out the patent in 1970 and significantly stated that ‘ The difference in camber and relative incidence on the central fore and aft sections serves to stabilise the kite in pitch ’ . |
| 12 | He tots up the maths in his head — five units for last year 's domestic season and the World Cup , a unit each for 1992 's five domestic tests , two more for the venture to South Africa and four for the major tour of Ireland and Wales . |
| 13 | Not another word was spoken , till he tossed back the mead in one gulp . |
| 14 | Mentally , he counted out the change in his pockets . |
| 15 | He gathered up the puppet in his arms . |
| 16 | Now he put down the paper in his hand and looked up . |
| 17 | In the end he tore up the agreement in front of me . |
| 18 | He swore and peered out of the window , and as he did so the gun in his left hand wavered . |
| 19 | Then he walks up the aisle in the centre of the classroom , shooting at the students lying beneath the desks . |
| 20 | He gave up the treasureship in 1918 . |
| 21 | He 's not just someone who can communicate a point well ; he sums up the point in himself . |
| 22 | The social worker might hold that the client 's general conduct towards him indicated that she would not object to this action ( implied consent ) ; that he carried out the act in good faith as to its consolatory and therapeutic implication ; or ( perhaps less validly ) that the relationship was sufficiently close to allow a gesture of endearment without sexual implication or threatening content . |
| 23 | Whatever his proclivities , he carried out the wooing in gallant style . |
| 24 | The verdict It wants greasin ’ was repeated to the dealer ; but as he was a Suffolk man himself he summed up the situation in a moment . |
| 25 | The Empress was in great beauty … the Emperor also looked very impressive , and when after the ceremony he held up the child in his arms to present him to the multitude , the enthusiasm was genuine and great . |
| 26 | He brings out the child in himself and everyone else . ’ |
| 27 | However in many ways , Caulfield is the complete opposite of Lucy Snowe ; where she is quiet and retiring , and hides her feelings , Holden speaks his ; for example , he will strike up a conversation with anyone he meets — at one point in the book , Holden asks his taxi-driver if he knows where the ducks in Central Park go when their lake freezes ! |
| 28 | He picked up the women in the street . |
| 29 | He picked up the King in his arms and we opened the door . |
| 30 | Her finger jabbed at the picture of the man , not quite touching it , and he picked up the difference in the gestures immediately . |