Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were a player short and he made up the numbers for us . ’ |
| 2 | When Kevin O'Reilly , who runs the only pharmacy in Ederney , returned to the province , he made up the product for one psoriasis victim . |
| 3 | Carson hoped not , as he made out the shape of something like Liawski 's diaries over by the skirting board of the opposite wall . |
| 4 | He laid down the letter at breakfast with a white face . |
| 5 | He laid out the newspaper on the carpet and stripped off the bowl 's clingfilm covering . |
| 6 | Without waiting for the others he plunged down the bank into the stream , slipping and slithering heedlessly over the protruding roots and rocks . |
| 7 | In one letter to Susanna Highmore , he turns down the offer of a sonnet to be prefixed to Leapor 's second volume : |
| 8 | He ruled out the idea of travelling just as batsman . |
| 9 | He ruled out the deployment of ECOMOG in areas under his control , arguing that this " amounted to the abandonment of Liberia 's sovereignty to a foreign force controlled by a military command " . |
| 10 | He whipped up the back of her skirt , and kneaded the cheeks of her knickered bum with one enormous hand . |
| 11 | Sombre , though with a pacy , filmic sequencing he whipped up the orchestra to a marvellously stylish finale . |
| 12 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
| 13 | But he got up the front of the line and he got the job . |
| 14 | Although he was horribly conscious of his filthy boots , he sought out the supervisor of the office cleaning company by which Mrs. Millings was employed , and explained that she was late only because she had been helping the police to investigate a river tragedy " like a good citizen " . |
| 15 | He emptied out the contents of his briefcase one object at a time before moving on to his pockets . |
| 16 | He ladles out the contents of the pot while I am wondering if the laibon thinks it was a handy way to get rid of a rival . |
| 17 | I hope that the hon. and learned Member forgave me when I chortled happily when he read out the names of about four members of the Scottish Conservative party who are in favour of this assembly . |
| 18 | A brilliant if at times eccentric leader , he built up the press from scratch into a respected publishing house , noted in particular for its work in the literary field , and in machine intelligence , now known as artificial intelligence . |
| 19 | Like a detective displaying the only clues in a case in which he has become personally involved , he holds out the croci with a shrug of quiet resolve . |
| 20 | Holding on to the railings , he moved down the passage between the church and the presbytery . |
| 21 | When he drew down the top of the blanket Laura gave a cry , staggering where she stood . |
| 22 | He released her hands , and pinned her instead with one hard leg as he drew down the straps of her swimsuit , uncovering her full high breasts to his view . |
| 23 | He caught up the skirts of his robe and scurried after them . |
| 24 | If he knocks down the wicket with his own leg , he is out . |
| 25 | He could see Edgar Lustgarten narrowing his eyes threateningly at the camera , as he paced out the length of Maple Drive . |
| 26 | He shouted out the lyrics in a coarse powerful voice , and the musicians smiled and redoubled their efforts to keep pace with him . |
| 27 | He darted down the passage after Twoflower , and after a few moments came to a halt with a groan . |
| 28 | He gulped down the spread of cold meats eagerly but chewed slowly , like the old man he had become . |
| 29 | He gulped down the mouthful before saying : ‘ Well , that 's pretty obvious , if I may say so . |
| 30 | So how did the work out because as far as I know the the riveter got the cash and then he divvied up the money between |