Example sentences of "[prep] he [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Peter did not look at her as she walked towards him up the chancel : he stood waiting , holding the paten , the first moonlike communion wafer ready between finger and thumb . |
2 | She walked behind him down the passage to the living room and watched , smiling , as her brother and her friend hugged each other . |
3 | Anna moved towards the bus steps and saw the driver looking behind him down the length of the bus , waiting . |
4 | Now , everybody 's instinct is to think , ‘ My goodness , I must give way , I , you know , they really need it , I must talk to him down the telephone . ’ |
5 | She could n't face speaking to him down the wires of a telephone again , not after yesterday , and , besides , he might have cancelled their arrangement and she had n't wanted that . |
6 | She put her hand out to him down the table , imploring him . |
7 | K ! sdra squinted at him up the length of the sword . |