Example sentences of "him and [vb past] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And she brushed past him and continued down the road until she came to a place where two paths crossed and there was a little clearing . |
| 2 | She dodged around him and ran into the road as he made a grab for her . |
| 3 | If that was so , Doyle won , because the Woman suddenly crossed the room , pushed past him and ran down the stairs . |
| 4 | She was waiting for him and ran across the entrance court to meet him . |
| 5 | With one last blinding cry of pain she brushed past him and ran from the room . |
| 6 | As he moved his way down on to the beach , he clumsily knocked the stones and the girls saw him and rushed to the rocks where they picked up not clothes , but sealskins which they wrapped around their bodies and then dived back into the sea . |
| 7 | Making a mental note to drop the watch into Merryfields watch repairs on his next visit to Berkeley , Yanto hitched the blanket around him and walked through the silent house into the kitchen . |
| 8 | Anne introduced John and when Eileen moved away , Anne said goodbye to him and walked up the road with her sister , wheeling her bicycle . |
| 9 | Abruptly she turned away from him and walked into the apartment 's lounge , not consciously knowing why she did so , but driven by a need to get away from this man and the harshness of his condemnation , which should n't matter to her , because he did n't matter , but which nevertheless called up a churning confusion of resentment and frustration , as well as a new , unnerving hurt . |
| 10 | And she 'd never want to , she reminded herself resolutely as she turned her back on him and walked towards the house , acutely conscious of his eyes following her every step . |
| 11 | She abused him and walked round the room . |
| 12 | Willie Noolan gave him a distant wave ; Ted Morgan did an almost military about-turn when he spotted him and disappeared through the door ; even Jacko Roberts seemed to consider his offer of a drink with more sardonic suspicion than usual . |
| 13 | He took the seat to which Carson had gestured him and glanced at the message slip . |
| 14 | Scott looked up at him and motioned towards the policeman . |
| 15 | Robyn looked at him and flirted with the idea of telling him where to get off . |
| 16 | She turned her back on him and stared through the window . |
| 17 | I lay in the bed beside him and stared at the ceiling . |
| 18 | She halted , hesitated , flicked a glance at him and saw from the surprised look on his face that he was putting his own interpretation on why she was scurrying to her room . |
| 19 | He wiped his hand on the cloth his Dad gave him and went into the living-room . |
| 20 | ‘ Good night , Superintendent , ’ I told him and went down the steps to the police car . |
| 21 | He called ‘ Goodbye , see you tomorrow , ’ and closed the door behind him and went to the lift and pressed the button |
| 22 | She left him and went to the table . |
| 23 | Oliver scowled at him and went behind the plant , muttering a spell he had made up that morning . |
| 24 | Carrie walked around to face him and gestured towards the mess of papers . |
| 25 | She made the connection for him and gestured towards the phone at the end of the counter . |
| 26 | Mr Roberts buried him and prayed over the grave . |
| 27 | They took one look at him and scampered over the fence as quickly as rats over the timbers of a sinking ship . |
| 28 | She stole an anxious look at him and withered from the frosty blast of his basilisk stare . |
| 29 | Charlotte thanked him and passed through the barrier into the station yard where a uniformed coachman was waiting with a trim little gig to take her to meet the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt . |
| 30 | Taking advantage of Guy 's momentary stupefaction , she wriggled out from under him and leapt off the bed , everything forgotten but the need to escape from something she dared not put a name to . |