Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The C.C. said that they called him in to look at the body . |
| 2 | It might be a way of tempting him down to sit in the bar , sometimes . ’ |
| 3 | It had been Sister Cooney 's idea to take him down to help in the library . |
| 4 | I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB . |
| 5 | But when Zanuck returned and found Preminger at his studio , he promptly fired him from directing Laura , allowing him only to remain on the film as its producer . |
| 6 | When visiting a church on the south coast , I saw the following notice for the Young Wives ' Social Evening : ‘ If your husband has nothing on , bring him along to join in the fun ! ’ |
| 7 | If he acts solely from self-interest , then there are good reasons for expecting him not to participate in the democratic process . |
| 8 | The Radio 5 commentators were right about him not jumping for the ball — he did n't seem interested . |
| 9 | He had crashed in the earlier 250cc race and although he appeared to be unhurt the doctors advised him not to ride in the superbike . |
| 10 | Lock , 29 , said his lawyers had advised him not to comment on the case . |
| 11 | Having earlier described calls for the appointment of a special prosecutor as " a political witchhunt " , Bush reacted to the judiciary committee 's July 10 decision in an uncharacteristically muted fashion , claiming that his lawyers had advised him not to comment upon the issue . |
| 12 | ‘ We tell him not to write on the wall , then he gets them to sign it , ’ she said . |
| 13 | I said to him just go to the toilet , I ca n't move . |
| 14 | For weeks it would go on like this and then suddenly one day you would notice him just lying in the sun instead of studying his map , or reading a novel instead of his German grammar . |
| 15 | The perception of social advantage in general abstention from collective bargaining is too remote from the circumstances of the individual worker for him ever to support through the ballot box a general prohibition on trade unions , let alone to abstain privately from their immediate protection in a world where there is no reason to expect other workers to confer a reciprocal advantage on him by similar abstention . |
| 16 | She turned and saw him still sitting at the table . |
| 17 | She turned as she went in , and saw him still standing by the gate , waving . |
| 18 | From his expression anyone would think him totally appalled at the accusation of kindness . |
| 19 | He went to live among the Nuer of the southern Sudan as a vulnerable outsider , relying on their goodwill and friendship to enable him gradually to merge into the background of their everyday lives . |
| 20 | But the accident has n't put him off taking to the road himself . |
| 21 | but oh dear but he , mum did get him off to sleep in the end |
| 22 | To this man he entrusted six wagonloads of treasure , and sent him off to wander over the whole wide world , looking for a twin brother and sister , Stoja and Stojane . |
| 23 | A former international sportsman who was stabbed while he was out jogging says the attack has n't put him off running in the future . |
| 24 | His presence of mind saw him instantly cross to the near post , where Hateley , falling to his knees , headed emphatically home . |
| 25 | His caesarean birth left him slightly crippled for the rest of his life . |
| 26 | It suggested that there was something about the man , some unknown factor which made him slightly suspect in the eyes of the authorities . |
| 27 | When you have travelled half across the world , with the background of the man you are going to meet gradually being filled in for you , a picture of him inevitably forms in the mind . |
| 28 | He clawed at the edge of the closing door , but the butt of a lance shoved hard under his ribs heaved him back gasping into the room , and the door closed on his convulsed face . |
| 29 | You were pulling him back to get on the dance floor ! |
| 30 | Apparently he promised not to attack Douglas Hurd personally , but then quotes stitched him up and hung him out to dry over the classlessness thing . |