Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stalked off to find the airport bus to take them to the SNCF railway station at Roissy , leaving Matchsticks to struggle after him as best he could . |
| 2 | As he cruised around to land the oil temperature resumed a normal reading . |
| 3 | Allen said he agreed not to bring the children to his house and abided by her rules , including only visiting the children in the hallway of Farrow 's flat . |
| 4 | But he dropped a key ring containing a picture of himself and his girlfriend as he crept upstairs to steal the woman 's jewellery . |
| 5 | Castle of Sadaba , Saragossa , and one of El Cid 's strongholds from which he rode forth to attack the Moorish cities and castles . |
| 6 | ‘ So what have you been up to ? ’ he asked finally to crack the silence . |
| 7 | Indeed , he failed totally to answer the two questions that were asked of him , and I know why . |
| 8 | as if belatedly recalling his manners , he got out to circle the car , opened her door for her . |
| 9 | When he went up to bed he tried again to get the thing off , and so did his wife , but it would n't budge . |
| 10 | The journey took him to Harwich , then Norwich , where he tried unsuccessfully to get the medication he needed from the local hospital . |
| 11 | From this he moved on to command the airship station at Wormwood Scrubs , and then went to the Admiralty to help in airship design and allocation . |
| 12 | ‘ So , ’ Charlie was saying as he moved ahead to open the cab door for her , but then he stumbled slightly and muttered a curse . |
| 13 | He moved forward to close the gap again with the tunic back in front of him and his lips were dented white where the teeth had bitten at them . |
| 14 | He moved quickly to knot the boat 's rope through a ring sunk in the jetty . |
| 15 | Although he did not specify how this was to be achieved , he promised not to increase the unpopular goods and services consumption tax ( GST ) . |
| 16 | He bent forward to take the bouquet , and she felt something inside her tighten and twist as she shrank further behind her flowers . |
| 17 | Yanto 's head throbbed abominably as he cycled slowly to work the following morning , but at least it was Saturday , he told himself thankfully . |
| 18 | He also points out that a commitment to equality implies also a commitment to a state which will push everybody around until they are equal — Procrustes was a figure in Greek mythology who forced all those he came across to become the same height , either by chopping bits off or by using a rack to stretch their legs . |
| 19 | Whether it was the caffeine or Anthony 's taking so much trouble over her , or perhaps merely the result of laying her aching , pounding head back on the pillow , Julia felt slightly less uncomfortable in bed and she told Anthony so when he came back to take the tray away . |
| 20 | Occasionally , when he came back to Cambridge in later years , and especially when he came back to help the university elect another professor of divinity , he would be nostalgic , and say , ‘ I should like to have another go at being regius professor , . |
| 21 | ‘ I left the bloody old gate open and he came in to check the place . ’ |
| 22 | One morning he woke up to discover the entire ‘ ARCHITECTURE ’ section stacked so high around his desk he had to wait half the day before pupils managed to free him . |
| 23 | A Rottweiler club member checked him out and okayed him , and he drove over to collect the dog . |
| 24 | another winner yesterday was Gary Chapman of Chinnor … he roared home to take the chequered flag in the latest round of the formula one super karting championship at Little Rissington in Gloucestershire … |
| 25 | He turned away to open the case . |
| 26 | It was a pity that he turned away to join the others in the bar when he did , otherwise he might have seen that Kate appeared to change her mind about something and was returning towards the small reception desk . |
| 27 | ‘ There , ’ he said , the heavy , glossy pages staying in place as he turned away to bring the rabbit . |
| 28 | He turned away to face the window , a tall man with grizzled , close-cropped hair . |
| 29 | The driver was oiling an axle box when he turned round to see the trim figure of a young lady with a small boy near the first compartment of the carriage next to the tender . |
| 30 | He turned round to find the man from the other end of the village standing behind him , dubiously shaking his head . |