Example sentences of "he [verb] [art] [noun sg] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 11th minute he threaded the ball through for Evans whose shot brushed the outside of a Sunderland post . |
| 2 | They heard that in 1989 , when he was treasurer of the Oxford Polytechnic student union , he made a cheque out for five pounds to a fellow student . |
| 3 | When she was two years old she had seemed to be of a cheerful disposition and laughed obediently when he made a witch out of his knotted handkerchief or cast a swan 's shadow against her bedroom wall with his fingers . |
| 4 | At the Witney Conservative Club , Mr Hunt explained why he made the trip down to Oxfordshire : |
| 5 | He made the journey along with the 26-odd winning captains from the recent past , including ‘ Monsieur Rugby ’ Jean Prat ( Lourdes ) , and to the most successful captain in the history of French club rugby , Béziers scrum-half Richard Astre . |
| 6 | Then , very gently , he lowered the calf on to the rug by the fireside . |
| 7 | When the water boils , he swishes a bit around in the pot to warm it . |
| 8 | Former first team captain Peter Crossley , now fixtures secretary and holder of the coveted Golden Duck award , insists that once when Smith rang he laid the phone down , did the week 's shopping and returned 90 minutes later . |
| 9 | He laid the sheet back over the face . |
| 10 | He laid the ball back to Vasey , it was far too short , Ballwood latched on to it like a greyhound , drew Vasey , put the ball into the opposite corner and everybody all around was celebrating . |
| 11 | He laid the diagram out on the desk-top , weighting each corner down with a pile of papers . |
| 12 | He braked and grabbed up the shotgun as he laid the bike over , sliding into the shelter of the woodpile . |
| 13 | He laid the message down . |
| 14 | He laid the can down on the teak coffee table and spread his hands . |
| 15 | He laid the pistol down and crossed to the drinks cabinet , pouring glasses of whisky for himself and for Carol . |
| 16 | Then he laid the file down and sat back , his eyes on her . |
| 17 | He laid the puppet out , a corpse on a slab , wailing : ‘ Poor old Bothwell ! |
| 18 | He laid the cross down and his mind flew back to the day his sisters were born … . |
| 19 | He laid the picture down and seated himself before the table . |
| 20 | He laid the Walther down and Ilse Huber said , |
| 21 | And I think it was , we were willing to go back to work and carry on discussions , albeit without earning any bonus because we were working to rule at the time , but it was what happened in er the quarry that really started the strike , when he laid the workforce off because they were helping us , or joining us in sympathetic action , you know there was a lockout up there , so I think that speeded up things considerably . |
| 22 | He checked the building off . |
| 23 | Without bothering to bag it , he stuffed the jib down into the sail-locker and lashed the main to the boom . |
| 24 | He scribbles the absurdity out . |
| 25 | The lanky Ormondroyd was proving to be a nuisance and when he chested the ball down to Thompson he was unlucky to see his shot flash wide . |
| 26 | West 's cross was met by skipper Cornforth and he chested the ball down before shooting wide . |
| 27 | He turns the voice off , a remedy still available to him , but for how long ? |
| 28 | He ruled the objection out of order . |
| 29 | But the memory lane he points the audience down is n't one that starts in Britain . |
| 30 | He passed the memo on , as requested , but scribbled in the margin : ‘ Almost too absurd to comment on . |