Example sentences of "[adj] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 2 | Joshua 's father , Moishe , the community 's Rabbi , cherished his grandson and would have devoted what was left of his life to guiding him through the intricacies ' of Talmud and Gemara to the Rabbinate if Jacob had shown any vocation . |
| 3 | I say , ‘ Want to try again ? ’ and I rabbit-punch him in the throat . |
| 4 | ‘ Do n't talk rot , ’ said Meredith and , taking him by the arm , frog-marched him along the corridor . |
| 5 | Lewis was tired , and Waqar off-glided him for two and straight-drove him to the pavilion boundary . |
| 6 | Rufus smiles lazily , ‘ Well , this boss-man may like to stay up till past three in the morning , but more likely he under the blanket . |
| 7 | Iain slid away from that , cross-examining him about the details of the electronic equipment . |
| 8 | The 27-year-old suffered a nasty head wound from an object thrown by the burglar , but caught up with him and rugby-tackled him to the ground . |
| 9 | But like most of his class , he got over that little difficulty by more or less refashioning Him in the guise of an eighteenth-century English gentleman . |
| 10 | But the word backside outraged him to the depths of his soul . |
| 11 | And after the curtain call , when he was going upstairs to the extras ' dressing-room and had bumped into Mr Potter — she was n't talking at second-hand but had actually witnessed the scene — far from showing remorse he had confronted him as though he was going to head-butt him for the second time . |
| 12 | While I have him by the lapels I head-butt him across the face , to give him something else to think about . |