Example sentences of "him and [vb past] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the last moment she twisted away from him and ran back towards the orderlies . |
| 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 | So left him and walked down to the river . |
| 5 | Burns waved cheerfully to him and walked back to the main entrance . |
| 6 | Matilda turned away from him and walked out through the open front-door . |
| 7 | His T-shirt was too small for him and came out of the waist of his pants . |
| 8 | Amy Winship took one look at him and disappeared quietly through the door , and Ben Bradshaw winced . |
| 9 | The two smaller animals padded towards him and lay down beside the fire with contented sighs , hardly giving him a glance . |
| 10 | He nodded encouragement to his fellows , and they shinned up after him and dropped down into the stockade . |
| 11 | Corbett tugged his cloak around him and strode back towards the priory building , not caring whether he shattered the peace of a convent where so many dark deeds had been committed . |
| 12 | She definitely could n't , though she thanked him and looked longingly at the boat . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I ignored him and carried on with the cocktail party . |
| 15 | I was determined to see it and I pulled away from him and went up to the box office to pay my penny , hoping he would follow . |
| 16 | She moved away from him and went over to the couch she had taken her ease in the last time she 'd been in this room . |
| 17 | She 's seen him and went in with the electric bill and he , he bought hundred and sixty pound in stamps . |
| 18 | She turned from him and went out of the room , across the hall and pulled open the front door , which she did n't bother to close behind her , so angry did she feel . |
| 19 | Nikos took pity on him and went out into the corridor and called for Yussuf . |
| 20 | I stepped round him and went back to the house . |
| 21 | She left him and went back to the landing to listen . |
| 22 | I waved to him and passed on into the lecture room . ’ |
| 23 | She finished undoing it for him and slipped out of the dress , and as she let him raise her petticoat her eyes strayed again to the patch on the ceiling . |
| 24 | They had reached the door of his room now and , as Harry opened it , Madeleine went past him and sat down on the edge of his old brass bedstead . |
| 25 | Nevertheless she thought it best to humour him and sat down on the side of the table away from him and put her clasped hands on its polished top . |
| 26 | His talons swung down and ahead of him and opened starkly towards the vulnerable hand . |
| 27 | She twisted away from him and backed over to the door , and then cracked it open , and peered out into the hall . |
| 28 | They had just turned into Bacon Street when he heard a loud voice calling to him and pulled sharply on the reins . |
| 29 | Sir John ignored him and pushed forward into the dank entrance of the chamber . |
| 30 | The Marshal nodded to him and started back down the ill-lit , dusty staircase . |