Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ladles out the contents of the pot while I am wondering if the laibon thinks it was a handy way to get rid of a rival . |
| 2 | But this may be the grandest folly yet : a totally unsympathetic character ( a man as hard to empathize with as Mick Hucknall , whose ‘ Money Too Tight to Mention ’ graces the second commercial ) in unbelievable situations , doing ridiculous things with no discernible connection to beer at all ( unless , of course , he 's drunk when he tears up the plans , gets fired , breaks back into the offices and holds the board at gunpoint while he sells their cars ) . |
| 3 | Like a detective displaying the only clues in a case in which he has become personally involved , he holds out the croci with a shrug of quiet resolve . |
| 4 | When he scrapes back the bolts I wince . |
| 5 | He fills up the streams and the paths , like veins |
| 6 | He fills up the rivers he fills up the roads , like tentacles |
| 7 | When he fills up the gaps within the five hundred and twelve row blocks he gets . |
| 8 | He fills up the rivers he fills up the roads , like tentacles |
| 9 | On his newest album , Double Good Everything ( Capitol ) he measures out the steps a soul man must take to remain on top of the game . |
| 10 | Then , with delicate movements of his webbed hind feet , toes distended so that they form a fan , he gathers up the eggs and gently spreads them over the female 's back . |
| 11 | Keeping him in overnight was just a precautionary measure because of his age and past history , but I do n't see why he should n't go , provided he keeps up the antibiotics . |
| 12 | And so every year between Christmas Day and New Year 's Day , he takes over the kitchens at Hampton Court with his forty assistants and runs them . |
| 13 | ‘ It all depends on how he ( Brand ) plays , ’ said the Spanish star , delighted to be back in contention a week after finishing second in Switzerland and two weeks before he takes on the Americans in the Ryder Cup again . |
| 14 | Even when on top of his game the intensity of his desire often makes him appear downcast as he strides down the fairways — in direct contrast to his compatriot Seve Ballesteros , who has every emotion etched on his face . |
| 15 | He tosses up the Clothes with a barbarous swing over his Shoulders , disorders the whole Economy of my Bed , leaves me half naked , and my whole Night 's Comfort is the tuneable Serenade of that wakeful Nightingale , his Nose . |
| 16 | He pulls down the jeans , being careful not to pull the bag off , and he discards these as well . |
| 17 | When the divers return , he coils up the umbilicals . |
| 18 | Well , he collects up the tapes from the tape-recorder and takes them downstairs to Mrs Padmore . |
| 19 | Rejoice in the Lord always , yes for he heals the broken heart , he binds up the wounds , again I say rejoice . |
| 20 | In a subsequent article he sums up the reasons for de-industrialisation as follows : ‘ The most convincing explanation ’ , he writes , ‘ of progressive de-industrialisation in the U.K. is the weakening of the foreign trade sector with a slow growth of exports relative to other countries , and in relation to the propensity to import . ’ |
| 21 | He sets down the Kitchens ' salami-free , chicken-free , beef-free , pastrami-free , rib-free order , with a characteristic ‘ Enjoy ! ’ and then sits down with them at their table and lights up a cigarette . |
| 22 | He sets out the triads that can be extracted from a particular scale , then he applies various formulae for adding and subtracting notes to and from the triads in order to realise the scale type 's total harmonic potential . |
| 23 | Mr Tebbit is sometimes portrayed as a pantomime villain when he roughs up the clerics who venture to assume the prerogative in the political sphere . |
| 24 | The council decide the policy but the official carries it out , and the way in which he carries out the instructions of the council is in accordance with his recognised professional skill and knowledge . |
| 25 | He leaves out the vowels . |