Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He consulted with the crematorium to find out that his 15-stone frame would leave 4lbs of ashes . |
| 2 | And he said he agreed with the decision to select the Royal because of the medical facilities there . |
| 3 | ‘ Either he lost it as he crept across the moat to kill Sir Ralph or else someone put it there . |
| 4 | In the afternoon , he goes to the farm to grade animals which are to be sold by computer auction ; his information is fed into a computer on auction day ; buyers can bid by tapping into their computers . |
| 5 | Paul Aitken has always hankered after the bright lights , so at the age of forty-two he 's handing over his business to his staff while he goes on the road to promote his record . |
| 6 | The writer 's work is merely a kind of optical instrument which he offers to the reader to enable him to discern what , without this book , he would perhaps never have perceived in himself . |
| 7 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 8 | He got alongside the creature to open a gate on the backmost pen , cracked a toecap into the fat flank , and heaved the gate closed as the boar ran in . |
| 9 | All he had done was what she had told him to do and when he phoned from the motorway to tell her he 'd done it she 'd gone mad ! |
| 10 | Despite his protestation , he moved across the studio to inspect the photograph closely . |
| 11 | He moved round the tree to reach her . |
| 12 | Elsewhere he writes of the need to oppose those who see politics as a science , which would let Reason transcend the political . |
| 13 | It will be on every player 's mind when he stands on the tee to give himself the best chance of an uphill putt , whether it be from that tee shot or a subsequent approach . |
| 14 | He showed her the cases with other small flags on pins : these he used in the autumn to mark the beginning of the vintages , and the card-index where he kept the regional weather reports year before year . |
| 15 | He stopped at the Palace to collect a few things . |
| 16 | He stopped outside the bathroom to remove his shoes and massage the cramps from his toes . |
| 17 | But yesterday at court Meehan said he shouted at the family to keep away from his home . |
| 18 | He strolled across the foyer to deposit her room key and spoke to the middle-aged receptionist behind the desk , who straightened respectfully . |
| 19 | He arrives in the County to face a crime rate rising at more than 32 percent a year . |
| 20 | Usually he lingered by the stream to throw in stones , but today he did n't stop . |
| 21 | He twisted in the saddle to see a column of infantry at the crossroads of Quatre Bras . |
| 22 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 23 | Jesus Christ was big himself , he came into the world to do big things and he calls us to do big things . |
| 24 | The hospital phoned Miguel that evening , and he came to the villa to tell Shelley , who had been sitting by the telephone . |
| 25 | A few days later he came to the office to give his report in person . |
| 26 | Apparently he came to the office to get her telephone number and she told him we had them . ’ |
| 27 | He came to the county to leave teaching behind and start a new life as a professional photographer . |
| 28 | Wearing a black , gold-embroidered silk cloak over a finely woven shamma , he came across the room to greet us , shook hands and with a smile and a gesture invited us to be seated . |
| 29 | He came through the gate to get something from his desk . |
| 30 | He came round the table to help her up . |