Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made it just in time , for Scamp had reloaded and fired again . |
| 2 | His feet sank into a carpet whose blues and creams evoked a summer sky and , at Vigo 's behest , he lowered himself uneasily into a chair with a yellow satin seat and legs of rearing dragons . |
| 3 | He lowered himself gingerly to a gilt chair and stirred his coffee , the spoon circulating slowly until it finally stopped and he sat staring at it . |
| 4 | He lowered himself creakily beside her and felt for his own packet . |
| 5 | Throwing back its bearskin cover , he lowered her carefully to the mattress and stood looking down at her . |
| 6 | He hated them before the war and he hates them now with a depth you gentlemen here would find hard to understand . ’ |
| 7 | RUBBER-faced funnyman Rowan Atkinson has admitted he plays it strictly for cash . |
| 8 | Well away from the beaten track he laid her gently on a bed of moss and bracken , and she opened her arms to him , loath to lose his touch for even a second . |
| 9 | The light from the hall spilled across the multi-coloured counterpane , and he laid her gently in the middle . |
| 10 | Counting out seven pound notes , he laid them carefully on the table . |
| 11 | " Where — " He checked himself just in time . |
| 12 | He checked himself just in time , went down flat on his stomach , peering through the tough grass that grew on these dunes . |
| 13 | There he stabbed him repeatedly on the head , body and neck . |
| 14 | As he adds detail he records it simply to his own satisfaction and in a form adequate to his own purposes . |
| 15 | When my hon. Friend meets the chairman of the East Cumbria authority , will he congratulate him warmly on the fact that having , since 1982-83 , secured a budget increase , after inflation , of almost 15 per cent . |
| 16 | As he hugged her brusquely to him , she was aware of the tense muscles of his jawline against her cheek , and knew what an effort he was making to hold himself in check . |
| 17 | Then he said to Rain : ‘ He attacked me only with words . ’ |
| 18 | Temper defeated pity and he attacked her rabidly for , of all things , going to her Anglican church . |
| 19 | He pecked her lightly on the cheek . |
| 20 | He expected him henceforth to be both a Congregationalist and an Anglican . |
| 21 | He applied himself enthusiastically to his studies , to the extent that during one term he was attending night classes after completing his normal day classes at Queensbury Highter Elementary School in Stoke-on-Trent . |
| 22 | She drew herself up , stilling her racing pulses , as he asked her now with a wave at the drinks table , ‘ Would you care to indulge in a drink before dinner ? ’ |
| 23 | He led her upstairs to Rose 's room . |
| 24 | Apparently Richard thought so , too , for after a moment he led her away to the bar . |
| 25 | When he led her away down the back steps the Tibetan followed and so did most of the crowd . |
| 26 | He led her gently to the sofa and sat down with her , holding her hand . |
| 27 | When they arrived at the barn , he led her silently by the hand , through the living-room , and then up along the gallery to his bedroom . |
| 28 | I wished everyone goodnight and he led me upstairs into a small dormitory room . |
| 29 | I arrived early and he led me upstairs to a comfortable polish-scented lounge and made coffee , before returning to the bar to finish off . |
| 30 | They did n't move either until they got one of the old horsemen : he got them away without any trouble . ’ |