Example sentences of "then [vb past] him [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clawed at the broken wheel that first dragged him across , then pinned him to the road . |
| 2 | Another guard frisked him expertly then led him up the steps into the house . |
| 3 | I tucked a ten-dollar bill into the pocket of his jacket , while he tried to wave my arm away , then clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 4 | He remembered how Izzy Kleiber had fought and kicked right to the end — until the moment when they lifted him up , then lowered him over the outer wall of the harbour , where the greedy river licked its oily lips and waited , invisible in the darkness below … . |
| 5 | While the pub had been emptying of its customers , and Fritz had been covering down behind the counter , Mrs Nora had grabbed a broom and , holding it in both hands like a bat , had waited until the Turk had turned to face her — and then cracked him across the forehead . |
| 6 | The proposed closure at Cortonwood , Rotherham , in the heart of the militant Yorkshire Area , then provided him with the opportunity to launch a strike , under Rule 41 and the 1981 Yorkshire ballot , without , as he perceived it , any need for the potentially damaging national ballot which Rule 43 demanded . |
| 7 | Holmes then told him about the death of Sir Charles . |
| 8 | Mark then told him of the occasion when he had been driving down O'Connell Street some twenty or so years before , when he had inadvertently misunderstood the hand signals of the policeman on traffic duty , and had moved off before he had been cleared to do so . |
| 9 | Michael , indicating the stairs and implying that he had to go straight on , then directed him to the left , upon which he said quietly , if a trifle reproachfully : ‘ You said straight on ’ . |
| 10 | Nicholas knelt , then lifted him to the base of the wall and knelt again , to make certain . |
| 11 | He describes it as being initiated by the Burgundian king 's brother , Godegisel , who made secret overtures to Clovis , persuaded him to invade Burgundy , and then joined him on the battlefield . |
| 12 | She resisted for no more than a second , then joined him in the secret dark underneath . |
| 13 | He was pursued by the customer who had been threatened , who caught up with him and knocked him off his motorcycle ; the offender then threatened him with the gun . |
| 14 | She smiled as she leaned over then kissed him on the cheek . |
| 15 | When Culley passed , Jackson gave him a count of ten , then followed him towards the departures gate . |
| 16 | Helen had waited for five minutes , not knowing at all why , then followed him into the bedroom . |
| 17 | Paul Sharp , 27 , and David Sweeney , 28 , argued with the manager of the Step In Indian restaurant in Foregate Street , Chester , and then followed him into the kitchen , Chester Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 18 | He said , ‘ Angie … ’ and she stood aside to let him in , lost for words , then followed him to the kitchen , as if he were showing her the way . |
| 19 | David McPherson had deceived John O'Donnell , 25 , into going to Argyll with him then delivered him into the hands of several other men . |
| 20 | Fawcett then hit him with the hammer . |
| 21 | We then hit him over the head with the punt-pole and paddled off out of range of his piteously outstretched hands , cackling demonically as he went down for the third time . |
| 22 | She once again passed Drew in the street at about 5.10 and then saw him at the theatre at 6.30 , when he came into her dressing room to ask if his make-up was correct . |
| 23 | But she then took him through the house pointing out china and furniture which he was interested in . |
| 24 | She even detached herself composedly when he was within , to have both hands free to drop the heavy wooden bar into place and fasten the door , and then took him by the hand again to bring him safely to the door of the undercroft , across the uneven stones . |
| 25 | Whitlock shot Kolchinsky a knowing look then ushered him into the lift . |
| 26 | They threatened him with a spanner and screwdriver , then forced him into the back of his Sierra . |
| 27 | Dean Walker , 18 , of Lambton Drive , Bishop Auckland , approached Andrew Harrison from behind and began hitting him repeatedly and then forced him against the shutters of a shop . |
| 28 | He shouted angrily in a voice that sounded American , but the hijacker hit him and then pushed him to the front of the plane with his machine gun . |