Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 'E only talks about everyday fings .
2 'E just looked at all the people for a minute without saying anythink .
3 She had encouraged him rather to work as a translator , this seemed to be a safer activity .
4 The billhook had sliced into his naked thigh and , turning , she saw the great curve of red blood begin to bubble in the air , saw him slowly sink like a wounded animal , his hands plucking the air .
5 It is only after listening again to my tape-recording of our meeting that I hear him eventually say in his educated , upper-class Dublin accent : ‘ Well , over 90 per cent of people who get raped are not injured in that rape . ’
6 Dr Sasaki shouted the name of the chief surgeon and rushed around to the man 's office and found him terribly cut by glass .
7 I then went to the Grosvenor Hotel where they said Frank was , but still could n't find him so returned to the BAAB .
8 But when Zanuck returned and found Preminger at his studio , he promptly fired him from directing Laura , allowing him only to remain on the film as its producer .
9 Do we trust him enough to rely on him utterly ?
10 " Anything which could throw light on why someone disliked him enough to smash in his skull . "
11 David Tindle observed him suddenly turn on his young men in a deliberate attempt to wind them up .
12 Maggie glanced at Felipe and she was pleased to see him suddenly smile to himself .
13 Styled ‘ the world 's naughtiest dinosaur ’ , Dilly has many unlovely characteristics which will make him especially appealing to children .
14 He has an inherent desire to protect home and family and is an intelligent dog of extreme hardness and adaptability , with a strong willingness to work , making him especially suited as a companion , guardian and general all-purpose dog .
15 And a family of nephews — ’ another hesitation — ‘ and a niece — ’ Noreen looked up at this , and almost defied the Bishop with her stare , ‘ — that do him much credit in this world and I trust will be of some satisfaction to his account in the next .
16 I said to him just go to the toilet , I ca n't move .
17 For weeks it would go on like this and then suddenly one day you would notice him just lying in the sun instead of studying his map , or reading a novel instead of his German grammar .
18 Cy had him handily tucked in a couple of lengths behind her .
19 One afternoon I had seen him painfully sewing on a shirt-button .
20 I asked Jeanne to find as many friends as possible to accompany her on walks with Moby , and to give them control of the lead and take him away to explore without her if they felt confident .
21 And we talked to him about the Intercity erm presentation requirements , and sent him away to think about it .
22 It was the same thing that made him physically shrink into his scarf and his leather jacket .
23 The perception of social advantage in general abstention from collective bargaining is too remote from the circumstances of the individual worker for him ever to support through the ballot box a general prohibition on trade unions , let alone to abstain privately from their immediate protection in a world where there is no reason to expect other workers to confer a reciprocal advantage on him by similar abstention .
24 He was sealed in there to prevent him ever telling of Rassilon 's great mistake .
25 Ca n't remember him ever talking to me about this .
26 My friend answered that he would n't for the life of him ever tinker with such a volcano : ‘ If I did , ’ he said , ‘ the whole man might fall apart . ’
27 He does n't tell us anything about that side of things but I ca n't imagine him ever finishing with someone .
28 She turned and saw him still sitting at the table .
29 She turned as she went in , and saw him still standing by the gate , waving .
30 Left him still playing at midnight and collapsed into bed .
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