Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chinyou , who had been United 's best player on the day , was booked in the first half and he limped off just after the break , and his departure was to prove a turning point . |
| 2 | He swooped down on to the grass and took stance by it . |
| 3 | When he turns up back at the flat , he has a bunch of red gladioli . |
| 4 | He cruised along contentedly on the bridle until being sent into the lead a quarter of a mile out and then galloped on resolutely to win by one and a half lengths . |
| 5 | Sometimes the little boy climbed from his cot and played for a while indoors , though more usually he toddled out on to the terrace , in search of her and a drink |
| 6 | Then clutching his suitcase , he tottered down on to the platform . |
| 7 | And he moved up here after the war , World War One . |
| 8 | Then , lurching to his feet , he moved over on to the only empty seat in the shrine — a patch of floor covered with a sheepskin rug . |
| 9 | Then he moved round on to the flower-bed at the side of the path , to muffle his footsteps . |
| 10 | When the first frosts came he moved back down to the village . |
| 11 | He worked the slide as quietly as he could , chambering a round , then he moved back out into the sitting room towards the door . |
| 12 | He moved out on to the starboard wing and trained his glasses over the starboard quarter . |
| 13 | Her bare flesh came close enough to his face for him to inhale its pungent female odour and he peered around desperately into the gloom for some sign of his French companion . |
| 14 | Max appeared disappointed by the reply as he peered down again at the grisly work on which he was engaged . |
| 15 | He sank down on to the edge of her bed , and she scurried over towards the wall , taking every inch of her covers with her . |
| 16 | He charged up out of the canal and shook himself , splattering water everywhere . |
| 17 | ‘ Just like the old days , sir , ’ said Bill , as he staggered out on to the pavement with the long-disused queue signs so long , in fact , that he had had to alter the prices . |
| 18 | He came back smartly to the office and the desk on which he was leaning . |
| 19 | He came out on to the balcony with the bottle and sat down next to her . |
| 20 | He woke up again in the middle of the night and |
| 21 | From there he dropped down lightly to the floor below . |
| 22 | If he drove on regardless of the conditions he could well be convicted . |
| 23 | He turned off on to the taxiway and followed the green ‘ go ’ lights to a corner away from the main Terminal One . |
| 24 | He turned back again to the pill-box and , as he began to run towards it , she shoved him into the empty channel on the seaward side of the Lock . |
| 25 | He smiled a flash of white teeth at Katherine and from nowhere pulled up a chair , which he turned back forwards to the table . |
| 26 | Licking his lips , he reaches out reverentially for the can . |
| 27 | He climbed up on to the platform . |
| 28 | He climbed up on to the Reeve 's Way and followed it northwards into Goughdale . |
| 29 | He climbed back up to the road and walked on . |
| 30 | However we were relieved ( though not as much as he ) to see his face , grinning inanely , as he climbed back in through the window . |