Example sentences of "he [vb past] [noun prp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hegel himself , regarded as one of the ‘ deflated balloons ’ of German philosophy by his former French admirer , Hippolyte Taine ( 1828–93 ) , went out of fashion in his native country , and the way in which ‘ the tiresome , conceited and mediocre epigones who set the tone among the educated German public ’ treated him moved Marx in the 1860s ‘ to declare myself publicly a disciple of that great thinker ’ . |
| 2 | On Friday at school he passed Nutty in the corridor and gave her a fierce stare to remind her about their appointment and she said , ‘ I have n't forgotten , ’ in an aggrieved voice . |
| 3 | When he passed Stella in the corridor she could smell scented soap . |
| 4 | He partnered Dwyer in the foursomes against vastly experienced Yorkshire captain Steve East and ex-professional Chris Bloice and they fought all the way before going down 2 & 1 . |
| 5 | He met Pilger in the foyer and they went up to the room . |
| 6 | Charlie is still with Hughes who along with Noel Meade , has first claim on him , although he rode Cahervillahow in the Gold Cup for Mouse Morris , his old partner . |
| 7 | It was there that he rode Evichstar in the Lincoln Handicap in 1990 — and notched his first big race victory . |
| 8 | He waylaid Stella in the paint-frame where she had been sent to boil rabbit glue on the Bunsen burner . |
| 9 | What did Drew do when he found Karen in the street ? |
| 10 | He found Joseph in the Hungerford area , where he had rented a small farm . |
| 11 | He found Dimity in the sitting-room , close to the fire . |
| 12 | He cast Nicholson in the lead role and all he needed was a female . |
| 13 | He fixed Warton in the unrelenting stare of his cold green eyes . |
| 14 | Mention should be made of the report of Alfred Barnard when he visited Lagavulin in the 188Os . |
| 15 | That had been rather pointedly obvious when he played Ferdinand in The Tempest at Stratford in the glorious summer of 1951 : a lightweight romantic figure with no menace or drama about him — Burton was not good . |
| 16 | He received Mark in the central lobby and took him to the Members ' tea room for a chat over a pot of tea . |
| 17 | He poked Benny in the ribs and pointed to it , a thrill of expectation going through them both . |
| 18 | Henry sent a message to his eldest son to come and help and then he joined Richard in the business of subduing the Limousin . |
| 19 | He joined Phillis in the pudding eating . |
| 20 | Thrusting his big red face forward he jabbed Luke in the chest with a thick forefinger . |
| 21 | Once he had warned them , he contacted Kragan in the main house . |
| 22 | In 1582 and 1586 he served Leicester in the Netherlands and later in 1586 he was returned to Parliament for Callington , Cornwall . |
| 23 | In the third game , he outplayed Karpov in the late middlegame and early ending , and then made a fatal blunder after almost six hours ' play . |
| 24 | He watched Richard in the mirror , newly combed hair oddly neat against unshaven chin and eyes dull with tiredness . |
| 25 | On the same day , the eighteenth of October , Mr came back and spoke to Miss about this telephone call and he rang Peter in the afternoon of that Friday and he asked again if it was possible to withdraw because of the landlord 's failure to consent to the er assignment and again er after what will er be described as a fairly easy discussion between the plaintiff and er Mr , er he was told very clearly that it was not possible for him to withdraw , contracts had been exchanged and he was advised that what the landlords er failure to consent did was in fact er provide Mr with more breathing space in order to obtain proper funding and re-arrange his finances er , that again is denied . |
| 26 | He hit Tanner in the stomach , a short punch to wind him , then snapped him around in a half-nelson and throat-hold . |
| 27 | Then he hit Carl in the face . |
| 28 | Then he hit Harald in the face , looked at Carl , and laughed . |
| 29 | That night he hit Wallis in the mouth . |
| 30 | If he saw Doyle in the pub he 'd slide out of buying him a drink . |