Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throwing back its bearskin cover , he lowered her carefully to the mattress and stood looking down at her . |
| 2 | The light from the hall spilled across the multi-coloured counterpane , and he laid her gently in the middle . |
| 3 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 4 | There he stabbed him repeatedly on the head , body and neck . |
| 5 | When my hon. Friend meets the chairman of the East Cumbria authority , will he congratulate him warmly on the fact that having , since 1982-83 , secured a budget increase , after inflation , of almost 15 per cent . |
| 6 | He pecked her lightly on the cheek . |
| 7 | Apparently Richard thought so , too , for after a moment he led her away to the bar . |
| 8 | When he led her away down the back steps the Tibetan followed and so did most of the crowd . |
| 9 | He led her gently to the sofa and sat down with her , holding her hand . |
| 10 | When they arrived at the barn , he led her silently by the hand , through the living-room , and then up along the gallery to his bedroom . |
| 11 | He wiped it away with the edge of his sleeve . |
| 12 | He prodded me playfully in the chest . |
| 13 | He looks me straight in the eyes as he takes his hand from my glass . |
| 14 | Fred breezed into the office , his lined face breaking into a disbelieving grin when he found her already behind the desk . |
| 15 | He regarded her steadily across the table . |
| 16 | Deane waddled about seemingly distracted by something ( not the ball I might add ) and when he had a clear chance he headed it safely into the arms of Grobblebum . |
| 17 | He moved her firmly towards the hatchway . |
| 18 | He scrawled it quickly on the back of his card . |
| 19 | The last time I 'd made for the bog he 'd broken my back when he caught me straight between the shoulder blades with a loaf of bread . |
| 20 | He caught her once on the way in . |
| 21 | In that instant , I brought up my branch , so that he caught it right in the face . |
| 22 | He used it more on the unknown Hoffman than on the others . |
| 23 | Sikes took out his gun , but realizing , even in his madness , that a shot might be heard , he beat her twice across the face with it as hard as he could . |
| 24 | He unfolds it there as the antithesis between sin and grace . |
| 25 | He lifted her easily over the bolster . |
| 26 | In desperation he lifted her bodily off the ground so that she was helplessly pinned against his solid frame , and she discovered to her horror that hating him did n't in any way negate the way he could make her feel . |
| 27 | He grilled me severely about the attitude and background of the character , the place he would occupy in the programme , his point of view , and innumerable other aspects of Byron which I had not yet thought about . ’ |
| 28 | He told her so at the very end . |
| 29 | He told me immediately after the Monaghan game : ‘ If you talk about winning championships then you talk about consistency , you talk about commitment , you talk about ability — you must produce all those things over the full 90 minutes . |
| 30 | The secret of public speaking , he told me early in the campaign , is to address your audience right between the eyes . |