Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 He worries that the children would be upset when they saw it , so he rubs it off the wall .
2 have to tell Bob whatever he might like to talk about that he turns it to the Poll Tax , the fact of the matter is that the Poll Tax is nothing to do with Oxfordshire County Council .
3 Brahe ‘ shows ’ Epstein his work — that is , he flies him around the 30-kilometer circumference of the accelerator which is buried deep underground , pinpointing the surface features and describing their relation to the features concealed below the surface .
4 By default he alerts us to the fact that it was the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that saw individualist arguments gravitate to the political right and become , however marginally at first , a vocabulary and strategy available to the Conservative party .
5 With feet of lead he pitches us into the high winds with the wisdom of a professional .
6 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters .
7 He restoreth my soul : he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name 's sake .
8 If he refers it to the Court of Appeal , Courtney may well spend a proper period in jail .
9 And he thinks nothing of the travelling to and from training .
10 Mr Llambias ' services do not come cheap — they are a combination of a retainer ‘ sufficient to make them think really seriously ’ and a success fee that is a percentage of the fee income of the smaller firm ( sometimes 5% or 7.5% ) — but he prides himself on the longevity of the mergers he arranges .
11 When I 'm fighting my sister he kicks me on the wotsit . ’
12 And he gets the spade and hits her on the head with it and he goes , I never want to talk to you again and he kicks her in the head .
13 It must be admitted that a great deal of what Judaeo-Christianity has to say about the ‘ goodness ’ of God is based upon claims about the way in which He involves himself in the historical process .
14 I 'll go and phone him , put ten P in the phone and he rings me at the phone box .
15 I do n't mind how many times he rings you at the phone box .
16 he holds himself on the sofa
17 He holds me like the devil himself .
18 He holds you by the voice of his demands ,
19 ‘ To the well-deserving Gaius Seius I leave and wish to be granted in addition that neither from him nor from his heirs should be claimed whatever he owes me on the basis of documents or accounts or has borrowed from me or I have guaranteed for him . ’
20 Does not the Prime Minister think that he owes it to the country to say exactly which other taxes he would put up to pay for his bribe ?
21 Holding it up , he shouts something to the two Tibetans by the fire .
22 Though my son , that 's my eldest , in the Royal Navy , wrote that he has them in the Pacific . ’
23 Because he has her in the bath with him . ’
24 He has none of the other worries or tasks that you have to deal with daily .
25 ‘ Buck thinks he has it in the bag , but there 's a long way to go yet . ’
26 She is told that if she catches sight of him when he visits her in the darkness , he will leave her .
27 Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ?
28 It is not a happy precedent and if Mr Major is to avoid it , he needs somebody at the Treasury who commands confidence , and who deserves it .
29 He is carrying the map the class have made , which his " friend " has delivered ; he thanks them for the excellent job they have done .
30 He thanks you for the toy soldiers you left behind for him but wishes The General was here to organise them in fighting order .
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