Example sentences of "him and [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm here , ’ Robbie snapped , side-stepping him and moving further into the galley , ‘ because I 'm going to live here — at least for the next six months . ’ |
| 2 | Angry with herself for being so easily led , Shelley pulled away from him and ran headlong into the water , which was colder than she expected , in spite of the hot sun . |
| 3 | He closed the door behind him and walked slowly down the corridor until he reached the top of the marble staircase , passing his own office and Pat Muldoon 's without wishing to take a last look . |
| 4 | Amy Winship took one look at him and disappeared quietly through the door , and Ben Bradshaw winced . |
| 5 | She definitely could n't , though she thanked him and looked longingly at the boat . |
| 6 | Robert had to say it again before she heard him and looked across to the table where Aunt Tossie and Andrew were drinking and Lalage was jumping up and down , opening her mouth to catch with complete dexterity the pieces of biscuit that Dada , suddenly lively , was throwing into it . |
| 7 | Would Bonaventure return or take offence at not being fed by him and disappear forever into the stinking alleyways ? |
| 8 | His talons swung down and ahead of him and opened starkly towards the vulnerable hand . |
| 9 | They had just turned into Bacon Street when he heard a loud voice calling to him and pulled sharply on the reins . |
| 10 | Sir John ignored him and pushed forward into the dank entrance of the chamber . |
| 11 | Suddenly amused , I held the stiff door open for him and bowed languidly from the waist with an exquisite fin-de-siècle sarcasm , a little flourish of an unquenched spirit . |