Example sentences of "he [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had always been a trap waiting for him somewhere along the way when Isambard loosed the reins a little , and it would be the same now . |
| 2 | Was there a part of his career that had helped him most in the development of My Kinda Town ? |
| 3 | He found another vessel whose captain ( a Scot ) was prepared to sign him on for the voyage to New York . |
| 4 | Sinn Fein failed in an attempt to co-opt him on to the council on Wednesday night . |
| 5 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 6 | Yeah well we 've got a little antique box a jewellery box and it 's embossed the pattern round it , and the pattern round it is a boar hunt and it 's beautiful , there 's a little boar galloping his heart out with horsemen after him with spears and he 's all the way round the box and I thought of adding him on to the copper kettle you know as engraved all round the outside . |
| 7 | With the rough timbers pushed wide I got behind the bullock and sent him on to the opening . |
| 8 | An advanced manoeuvre used in stronger winds in which the sailor lets the sail pull him on to the board from a position in the water . |
| 9 | I pushed him on to the bed and started to take his shoes off . |
| 10 | Ellwood spun him a dozen more times , then released him on to the sofa . |
| 11 | Jed grabbed Gorelli by the upper arm and spun him on to the balcony . |
| 12 | Not our questions about the problem of God , but God 's call and invitation to us determined the direction of his thought and shaped his writing ; and it was this basic orientation that led him on to the restatement of christological and trinitarian dogma as the foundation and horizon of theology itself . |
| 13 | Provided that you have reduced the distance between you , your turning hip will jar against the opponent , lifting him on to the ball of his foot . |
| 14 | ‘ How did that kind of line get him on to the insulin project ? ’ |
| 15 | His whole body felt bruised from the speed at which Doyle had dragged him round and thrown him on to the floor when they heard the shout outside . |
| 16 | It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits . |
| 17 | With a considerable effort the men got him on to the stretcher , and Redpath noticed that his trouser pockets seemed to be bulging rather curiously . |
| 18 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 19 | Richardson , too , made a mediocre start being one over par for his first six holes , but then birdies at the seventh , ninth and 10th moved him on to the leaderboard . |
| 20 | She followed him on to the train for the short journey to Bruges . |
| 21 | The fear followed him on to the table at the Rothmans and the man who had pillaged nine titles last season lost to world No 52 Tony Chappel — a player who had managed to take just one frame off him in two previous meetings . |
| 22 | The shapechanger dropped him on to the ground . |
| 23 | I held the door for him on to the street . |
| 24 | They dropped the stretcher by Tommy 's side and dragged him on to the canvas before jogging back towards the trench . |
| 25 | ‘ Th'best go down first and catch his legs when I 've helped him on to the ladder , ’ Jess told Hawkins . |
| 26 | Kate followed him on to the landing and shouted : ‘ You 're another one . |
| 27 | I helped Archie to his feet and after a necessary detour into the bathroom launched him on to the landing . |
| 28 | Now Amsterdam seem to be willing to take him on despite the scandal , and are presenting him as an exciting and controversial figure , while many of his former colleagues in The Hague admire him , as do the public ; he is seen as decisive , inspiring and provocative . |
| 29 | She let him kiss her , his tongue on hers , and then she eased him on across the field , her arm curved closely round his waist . |
| 30 | While the bull 's head was low , the bull-leaper might dive between the horns to land , head and hands first , on the bull 's back : momentum carried him on over the bull 's tail , to land on his feet behind the bull . |