Example sentences of "he [adv prt] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found another vessel whose captain ( a Scot ) was prepared to sign him on for the voyage to New York . |
| 2 | Sinn Fein failed in an attempt to co-opt him on to the council on Wednesday night . |
| 3 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | With the rough timbers pushed wide I got behind the bullock and sent him on to the opening . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I pushed him on to the bed and started to take his shoes off . |
| 8 | Ellwood spun him a dozen more times , then released him on to the sofa . |
| 9 | Jed grabbed Gorelli by the upper arm and spun him on to the balcony . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ How did that kind of line get him on to the insulin project ? ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It had once even gone so far as to empty him on to the floor for voicing an intolerant opinion on the Jesuits . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He did not qualify him for income support , he supported him on to the back of his ass , he took him to the inn . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | She followed him on to the train for the short journey to Bruges . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The shapechanger dropped him on to the ground . |
| 21 | I held the door for him on to the street . |
| 22 | They dropped the stretcher by Tommy 's side and dragged him on to the canvas before jogging back towards the trench . |
| 23 | ‘ Th'best go down first and catch his legs when I 've helped him on to the ladder , ’ Jess told Hawkins . |
| 24 | Kate followed him on to the landing and shouted : ‘ You 're another one . |
| 25 | I helped Archie to his feet and after a necessary detour into the bathroom launched him on to the landing . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | a telephone call will tell you whether you 've the papers wo n't be drawn up but they will be able to tell him on through the phone whether it 's okay . |
| 30 | We took him on after the war , when we were a bit short-handed . |