Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You Americans always go for the corny ones , ’ he says , but he plays it just the same , and he delivers a good strong solo at that . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , he rubs me up the wrong way . |
| 3 | Drawing her to her feet , he led her up the wide staircase to a comfortable oak-panelled bedroom which overlooked the eucalyptus trees in the garden . |
| 4 | When he returned with her case , she was ready and he led her down the hall , through the emergency exit , past the sleeping night porter in his little room and into the car-park . |
| 5 | He led me up the cobbled yard and opened the door of one of the houses . |
| 6 | He led me down the hallway and into the communal kitchen . |
| 7 | and then he got it up the back that far |
| 8 | In the contrasting situation , when there is no convention but only agreement in conviction , everyone follows the same rule but principally because he thinks it independently the best rule to follow . |
| 9 | He invited you up the pitch to meet him on the drive . |
| 10 | He helped her up the veranda steps and , taking a large key from his pocket , opened the arched door and stood aside for her to precede him . |
| 11 | ‘ He stopped me down the village . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He wants you up the flange-plates , ’ said Tam as they sat down . |
| 13 | That sketch was written by Harold Pinter and he played it straight the way Pinter wrote it , with the nuances that Pinter intended , the pauses in the right place . |
| 14 | He personalised it , he told him exactly the benefit of escalating premiums , and he could n't say anything other than yes , because it was what he wanted . |
| 15 | Then I said that most of the money would come to me after his death , anyway — I mean , that 's what he told me when the will was read — and it would be too late then . |
| 16 | He introduced me to the local shoemender , he showed me where the gypsies sometimes camped . |
| 17 | He showed me where the little oil level was . |
| 18 | He showed me how the items of information called ‘ neurons ’ were filtered by the ‘ synapses ’ . |
| 19 | Well I mean he showed me how er er he showed me how the mallet is operated . |
| 20 | Then , both quickly and suddenly , he turned to the Reverend-who was now holding before him a photograph , of which he allowed us only the briefest glimpse . |
| 21 | He handed me back the key , thanked me , picked up his grip and left . ’ |
| 22 | He followed her down the hall to the kitchen at the back of the house . |
| 23 | He walked her out the doors and down the steps , and kissed her on the cheek as if she were an old maiden aunt he had developed a polite affection for . |
| 24 | He gets them out the day room I think |
| 25 | And yet , self-denied , he was still dominant , rampant male , she the one reduced to mindless begging for the release she now knew could only ever be temporary because she was an addict already , enslaved by him as he fed her again the fatal taste , the bitter-sweet of his passion , and her own . |
| 26 | He kidnaps her in the hope that she will accept and return his affections and when he ties her up the sexual and emotional metaphors of the title abound . |
| 27 | And it hu go And it was there and it was left all night , and next day erm the man came back again and he cut it down the back with a big saw , and divided it up and then it was taken to the house where it was er up and then salted in a big barrel . |
| 28 | But he kissed her just the same . |
| 29 | There 's no record for Chris Griffiths — but he enjoyed it just the same . |
| 30 | James Spencer QC , prosecuting , alleged Mr Nichol approached Mrs Chandler in a field but when she ignored him he pulled her down the bank , sexually assaulted her and hit her on the head with a rock or rocks . |