Example sentences of "he [verb] [noun prp] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose if one were to wonder about schizophrenia or playing the part too much , it 's like an actor who does a film and the film is very successful and he plays Gatsby in the film , and then they never stop wearing 30 's tennis whites . |
| 2 | He plays Jack in The Importance of Being Ernest , Jim , the Gentleman Caller , in The Glass Menagerie and Leonidik in The Promise . |
| 3 | On Friday at school he passed Nutty in the corridor and gave her a fierce stare to remind her about their appointment and she said , ‘ I have n't forgotten , ’ in an aggrieved voice . |
| 4 | When he passed Stella in the corridor she could smell scented soap . |
| 5 | He met Pilger in the foyer and they went up to the room . |
| 6 | Charlie is still with Hughes who along with Noel Meade , has first claim on him , although he rode Cahervillahow in the Gold Cup for Mouse Morris , his old partner . |
| 7 | He waylaid Stella in the paint-frame where she had been sent to boil rabbit glue on the Bunsen burner . |
| 8 | What did Drew do when he found Karen in the street ? |
| 9 | He found Dimity in the sitting-room , close to the fire . |
| 10 | He cast Nicholson in the lead role and all he needed was a female . |
| 11 | That had been rather pointedly obvious when he played Ferdinand in The Tempest at Stratford in the glorious summer of 1951 : a lightweight romantic figure with no menace or drama about him — Burton was not good . |
| 12 | Only this time he kneed Jonathan in the groin and tore the gun from his hand . |
| 13 | Henry sent a message to his eldest son to come and help and then he joined Richard in the business of subduing the Limousin . |
| 14 | He joined Phillis in the pudding eating . |
| 15 | He sees Jerusalem in the context of the struggle between Syria and Egypt and more generally within the framework of the kingdoms originating from the conquests of Alexander . |
| 16 | Thrusting his big red face forward he jabbed Luke in the chest with a thick forefinger . |
| 17 | He watched Richard in the mirror , newly combed hair oddly neat against unshaven chin and eyes dull with tiredness . |
| 18 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 19 | He hit Tanner in the stomach , a short punch to wind him , then snapped him around in a half-nelson and throat-hold . |
| 20 | Then he hit Carl in the face . |
| 21 | Then he hit Harald in the face , looked at Carl , and laughed . |
| 22 | That night he hit Wallis in the mouth . |
| 23 | If he saw Doyle in the pub he 'd slide out of buying him a drink . |
| 24 | He saw Frances in the mirror . |
| 25 | " Henry was carrying his books , and suddenly he saw Sheila in the distance . " |
| 26 | He represented Handsworth in the House of Commons from 1950 until 1970 . |
| 27 | He looked Grimma in the eye . |
| 28 | For the first time he looked Greg in the eye and pointed towards the gate . |
| 29 | He looked Leonora in the eye . |
| 30 | Everything was working out well : security and police chiefs on the Continent had been alerted ; the whole apparatus of WS & C was looking for Tweed under Morgan 's iron hand ; and now he had Marler in the manhunt . |