Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] the two " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones ' best data did not exist until 1989 ; by the time that he met with the two chemists he had measured ‘ run number 6 ’ ( see Figure 4 , page 69 ) which is shown in his paper as the most dramatic signal and which proved to the BYU team 's satisfaction that they were right . |
| 2 | He gazed at the two scraps of blue thread and the single button as if they were the contents of Aladdin 's cave and then turned admiring eyes on Melissa . |
| 3 | He gazed at the two Sub-prioresses who were staring fixedly at him . |
| 4 | This of course is what inspired Thor Heyerdahl 's dramatic Kon-Tiki expedition in which he sailed on a raft from South America to Polynesia , thus hoping to prove that he was following in the wake of ancient migration routes which could explain the cultural similarities he found between the two culture areas . |
| 5 | As he moved towards the two men , Harry savoured the moments of secret observation that preceded their awareness of his presence . |
| 6 | He shouted to the two cops to turn me over to Harvey . |
| 7 | He saw how Wolfe 's leg muscles flexed impotently as he tried to scrabble to his feet ; how he squirmed in the two men 's grip , trying to get away . |
| 8 | As he gave out his text , his voice rose like a steam of rich distilled perfumes , ’ and when he came to the two last words , which he pronounced loud , deep , and distinct , it seemed to me , who was then young , as if the sounds had echoed from the bottom of the human heart , and as if that prayer might have floated in solemn silence through the universe . |
| 9 | He turned towards the two men , smiled at them for the first time . |
| 10 | He turned to the two men who had followed him up the gangway . |
| 11 | He nodded towards the two captives . |
| 12 | Disappearing into a back room , he emerged carrying a gold watch and chain which he handed to the two policemen . |
| 13 | From then until 1980 he commuted between the two , never disappointing his admirers , from Cardinal Bellarmin in Galileo ( 1980 ) to Perchikhin in The Philistines ( 1986 ) . |
| 14 | When he returned to the two worried women , decisions were made . |
| 15 | He glanced at the two men in the back . |
| 16 | He glanced at the two silent Myrcans , but Isay and Luib did not appear to notice him . |
| 17 | He glanced towards the two students at the table , and lowered his voice . |
| 18 | He thought about the two girls in the shop doorway , surprised by the detailed impression they had left on his memory . |
| 19 | The more he thought of the two carpet-baggers standing up at the podium , the more intense the pains in his head became . |
| 20 | The week before they were going to Dublin he went with the two girls and Rose to Boles in the town . |
| 21 | He looked at the two people standing by him . |
| 22 | He stared at the two assistants in their smart white blouses and green aprons . |
| 23 | Then he dragged in the two devil dogs and left them guarding the door so Mr Mounsa could n't leave , Liverpool Crown Court was told . |
| 24 | ‘ This is Dr Penrose , ’ he said to the two women behind the reception desk . |
| 25 | As he drank from the two glasses so he was able to strut wider and leap higher , until with the glasses empty he was spinning and soft-shoe shuffling , and the dancers had stopped dancing and were finger-clicking and hand-clapping and the atmosphere built like a house of cards , thin and precarious but high and beautiful . |
| 26 | He pointed at the two sheet-wrapped packages . |
| 27 | He pointed to the two killers the Earl of Angus had sent south . |
| 28 | Waterworth still wanted to fight , claimed Mr Prescott and he stood between the two men trying to get his girlfriend back into the pub . |