Example sentences of "he [verb] they [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 2 | He shook them firmly by the hand — a comforting , hearty grasp that cheered Dexter , who had a pet dislike of cold hands proffered nervously like fragile porcelain . |
| 3 | He followed them sadly to the door . |
| 4 | He raised them now at the two shaken women who sat facing him in the interview-room at Stowbridge police station . |
| 5 | He arranged them neatly in the executive case open by his side , then concealed the banknotes with several layers of insurance magazines and four paperbacks . |
| 6 | He placed them firmly on the man 's chest and pressed the buttons . |
| 7 | He placed them carefully on the table in the centre of the room . |
| 8 | He sent them all over the Islamic world to kill his enemies . ’ |
| 9 | In his mind 's eye he saw them together in the brass-ended bed , his lovely Sweetheart with her silky hair and creamy-white skin , and beside her the grinning Tom Fish with one more cruel weapon to use against a little boy . |
| 10 | Unlacing her boots , he put them tidily on the floor , then kicked off his own shoes , removed his cravat , unhooked the top button of his shirt , and joined her on the bed . |
| 11 | He bought them literally by the armful , and read as many as three in a day , picked up at random from the piles he had brought home ; yet afterwards he could tell of what he had read , so beautifully , according to Reid , that the book itself would be a disappointment by comparison . |
| 12 | I tell you what amazes me , Mary , he takes , he can take a conference , when they have a big do he puts them there for the , you know for their dinner or whatever they |