Example sentences of "[prep] him and [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Closed it after him and pushed the bolt . |
| 2 | Then she flew after him and snatched the box away . |
| 3 | Farrell took a step towards him and swung the butt of the .45 hard , catching him across the forehead . |
| 4 | With a frown he pulled a file towards him and buzzed the outer office . |
| 5 | ‘ The point is this , Bob , ’ said Mounce , leaning across the bar towards him and swilling the whisky round in his glass , ‘ I 'm away a lot , as you know . |
| 6 | But Merry crawled and got into the pigsty ; and I almost fell on top of him and slammed the door . |
| 7 | I squat in front of him and let the water ride up to my armpits . |
| 8 | She was entirely concentrated on the curved grip of her hands on his loins , and the rhythmic swing of her body as she leaned and relaxed , forcing the water out of him and dragging the air into him . |
| 9 | Then , like lightning , he had dived in with fists flailing , thrown him to the ground , jumped straight on top of him and finished the fight by virtually knocking his brains out . |
| 10 | And something stilled within her as in that instant she caught a tantalising waft of the rich , dark scent of him and felt the hard , powerful warmth of him press against her . |
| 11 | Kolchinsky waited until Whitlock was seated before opening the file on the desk in front of him and outlining the sketchy details Philpott had received from their UNACO contact in Beirut earlier that morning . |
| 12 | ‘ Keep an eye open , ’ he told Ryker , pushing Donna into the small cubicle in front of him and pulling the door shut behind . |
| 13 | I looked past him and saw the old motor bike , which he parked in our front garden . |
| 14 | She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes . |
| 15 | Furious with Gilbert 's panic , Rohmer pushed past him and yanked the door wide . |
| 16 | He stares at the streets near him and hopes the grief he sees there is something that happens to other people . |
| 17 | Magistrates made a commitment order against him and asked the court to issue a warrant for his arrest . |
| 18 | The youth snaked his hand behind the door but as his fingers curled around the hilt of the sheathed poniard Graham appeared behind him and pressed the Beretta into his back . |
| 19 | He opened the door for her , closed it behind him and indicated the chair , then lounged against the window sill and grinned . |
| 20 | Waiting for the King to speak , he could hear the gust claw through the heather behind him and set the flowering whin , silk and tinsel , rubbing together , bough against bough . |
| 21 | She held the door open as he shuffled through sideways with the bag , and then closed it behind him and led the way up the stairs . |
| 22 | He could sense her there behind him and felt the hairs rise along his spine and at the back of his neck . |
| 23 | Jack Elam shut the doors behind him and turned the OPEN sign round to CLOSED . |
| 24 | I got down on my knees behind him and pushed the ashtray under his raised leg . |
| 25 | Without a word she untied it and stuffed it into Werewolf 's lapel pocket until it looked like a dress handkerchief , then she moved behind him and pulled the sleeves of his jacket up to the elbows . |
| 26 | Rachel allowed herself to be swept along in her father 's excitement , drinking champagne on the sunlit , steamy terrace with him and seeing the difference in his face and demeanour as the news gradually sank in . |
| 27 | To receive Sainteny he asked the former emperor Bao Dai to stand with him and endorse the agreement . |
| 28 | Finally , he forced himself to leave the room , pulling the dog out with him and locking the door behind him . |
| 29 | Well he wanted me to go with him and get the curtain rail . |
| 30 | I wanted to dance with him and celebrate the renewal of our friendship . |