Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E went into the bathroom , and I went . |
| 2 | It finished 'is boxin'. 'E was goin' ter fight fer a title before 'e went in the army . ’ |
| 3 | Beauty to him came from the soul , as we say , and he saw it as his task to exteriorise it in some way that harmonized with the subject matter . |
| 4 | President Fernando Collor de Mello resigned on Dec. 29 as impeachment proceedings against him began in the Senate . |
| 5 | The balustrade beside him looked like the shelves of a hosiery shop : dozens of pairs of silk stockings hung from it or lay in piles on the flagstones beside the brass six-pounder . |
| 6 | And that was how her love for him felt at the moment — as cheap and useless as a dollar . |
| 7 | Multiple shadows of him fell on the perimeter wall , leaping like pale giants . |
| 8 | Goons to either side of him took in the air through their foreheads . |
| 9 | He jacked it up and watched as a station logo which meant nothing to him appeared on the screen . |
| 10 | ‘ You were a soldier , ’ I said , not as a question , but as a straight assertion of fact , for almost everything about him spoke of the military . |
| 11 | They 've used old tiles which of course helps — but the proportion , the way the thing 's built … ‘ by the old people of the old materials in the old unhurrying way' ’ but at the same time ‘ ‘ sweet to all modern uses ' ’ … and who do you think did this for her ? — a young chap called Lutyens , 27 he is — and I 've always heard him derided by the Schultz school as a ‘ ‘ society , , architect . |
| 12 | That is the implication of a very suggestive comment that he made at the time to Edgar Faure : " At certain periods there are some problems that have no solution . " |
| 13 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 14 | Then , ignoring her indignant gasp , he made for the chest of drawers with the clear intention of searching that also . |
| 15 | He made for the Druid 's Well , a mile or so to the east of the town . |
| 16 | He made for the surgery , saying , lying in his teeth , ‘ I have some work to do , McAllister . |
| 17 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
| 18 | As he made for the road , the crickets hopped from him , all around , as if he 'd launched them . |
| 19 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
| 20 | As he made for the door he heard the phone ringing in the hall and when he entered he saw Joe turn from the telephone table towards him , saying , ‘ It 's for you , Martin . |
| 21 | As he made for the door she said , ‘ You wo n't forget to take that bottle in for her , will you ? |
| 22 | He made for the door , sweeping out of the office with Rebecca in tow , stopping only to add as an afterthought , ‘ Ignore Rourke 's bad temper . |
| 23 | Penry smiled faintly as he made for the door . |
| 24 | His tongue hung from his mouth as he made for the south — and dust pothered up from his feet . |
| 25 | He pulled on a pair of folding sunglasses ( the sort you pay an extra load for to have ‘ Porsche ’ stamped across your field of vision ) as he made for the driver 's door , but even with them and the soft brown leather blouson jacket , which made him look a bit like an off-duty copper ( they get them cheap down Brick Lane ) , I still recognized him . |
| 26 | His whole body jerked in denial as he made for the drawing-room . |
| 27 | He made for the side exit , away from the man . |
| 28 | So he made for the Jackley road from which nearly all the traffic had now disappeared . |
| 29 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
| 30 | He screamed and almost lost his footing as he made for the stairs . |