Example sentences of "and he [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a wide area where the passage broadened out and he lingered by the steps until the raincoat came in sight . |
| 2 | She walked up and down for some time , looking and sniffing , but not touching , and he waited by the door in the shadows and watched her . |
| 3 | William of Malmesbury said King Edward ‘ clapped spurs to his horse , but one foot slipped and he dragged by the other through the wood , his blood leaving a trail until he was dead . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I sat on my bed and he sat by the door and we talked and I tried to persuade him to use his money to educate himself and he said he would but I did n't feel convinced . ’ |
| 5 | In one of the most touching passages , he recalled coming up to America on his emigrant ship in 1955 , his father and brother and he standing by the rail , feeling this sense of opportunity , this relief that the bad times were over , that a new world was out there waiting to be conquered . |