Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] the [det] " in BNC.

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31 He dodged past the few remaining couples who still danced , then turned into the supper room .
32 By a different route , he arrived at the same conclusion of ‘ proportionality ’ as retribution required .
33 I think it 's just that he arrived at the same conclusions .
34 Then , it states that every citizen of the union erm residing in a member state shall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate at municipal elections in the member state in which he resides under the same conditions as nationals of that state and that the right shall , not may , but shall be exercised er before the thirty first of December nineteen ninety four by the council acting unanimously on the proposal from the commission and after consulting the European parliament which arrangements may provide the derogations where warranted by problems specific to a member state .
35 In portraiture he obtained at the same time a good likeness , much appreciated by the sitters and their families , and , in these works and in his more fanciful subjects , he engendered feelings of respect and admiration .
36 At the end of the news conference Mr Levy was asked a question in Hebrew , to which he replied in the same language ; there was no translation , and Mr Hurd was forced to summon a member of the British Embassy staff to translate .
37 Collinson 's first garden at Peckham was a modest one , but from there he took nosegays and potted flowers to grace his City window , and when Kalm visited him in 1748 he remarked on the many rare American plants already established there .
38 He walked along the same three or four streets twice until it seemed pointless to continue .
39 His eyes never left Lamarr Dean , but his right hand closed on the Spencer and it was down at his side as he walked over the few steps to the bar .
40 He returned to the same theme in 1953 , but this time to counteract the ambitious European Political Community .
41 He returned to the same matter during the Report stage and his amendment was carried , against the Government , on a division .
42 But ten days later he returned to the same Thornaby service station , filled up with petrol and then paid by cheque .
43 He brushed with the same dead regard the face of the man his agents were still seeking in the matter of the Leicester treason , and Brother John gazed back at him earnestly and impartially , and was moved to distant pity .
44 And the bill he , that he gets at the same as the time as the delivery , and what 's normal credit conditions ?
45 ‘ Wrote to each other for a while , ’ he echoed with the same derisive twist to his mouth .
46 We quickly downed ours and he called for the same again .
47 He decided on the latter , for once on impulse , not form .
48 Lowe was in Auckland promoting a video of his life and times — inevitably referring to him as a ‘ master coach ’ which is now becoming one of the more boring sporting clichés — and was asked what he thought of the All Blacks ' failure to bring home the Cup .
49 What does he mean by the all ?
50 What does he mean by the all then ?
51 He went to the same school as Steve and Paul , Christopher Wren .
52 He went into the same room as before .
53 well certainly I believe Mr he , I do n't think he went into the same detail as Mr I , but Mr certainly left me the impression that some at least of the brochures were , went into more than one addition , yes
54 He went through the same process in another shop , where he typed : Lodge in gazebo at WSW .
55 Was he cast in the same mould ?
56 As agriculture had so near a connection with horticulture therefore he kept at the same time an observant eye on everything which occurred in rural economy , particularly the cultivation of ploughed lands .
57 He listened to the few men who had survived for more than a few weeks and talked of ‘ Blighty ’ and prayed only for a ‘ cushy wound ’ so they could be moved to the nearest hospital tent and , if they were among the lucky ones , eventually be sent home to England .
58 He looked to the former ducal retinue , including such non-northerners as Pole , Tyrell and Houghton .
59 He looked to the former ducal retinue , including such non-northerners as Pole , Tyrell and Houghton .
60 They did notice that , contrary to his usual custom , he showered at the end of the morning 's gym classes ; but since he put on the same grubby and sweaty old clothes he had come in , that was practically a wasted gesture .
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