Example sentences of "he [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Never went pro , but I used to put him on as part of my act . |
2 | No but they thought he was far too good for him , put him on as trainee manager then they sacked him ! |
3 | Call him on for appointments . |
4 | I put him on to Kinsella . |
5 | Mrs Eckersley 's friend at the German Foreign Office , to whom he now offered his services as a full-time employee , passed him on to Dr Erich Hetzler , private secretary to the Nazi Foreign Minister , von Ribbentrop , whom Joyce was rather ungratefully to refer to in future as ‘ Ribbentripe ’ . |
6 | But some irresistible compulsion drove him on to hazard again the life he relished so much , and to put at risk my happiness as well . |
7 | They 've had him from the Wednesday , was it the Wed er , no from the Saturday to the Wednesday cos she was working and they took him on to seaside somewhere and when come home , he 's having stitches in his head where he 'd fell , he hit it on the stone or summat and I said oh did he enjoy it apart from that , she said he was a swine last night , he was screaming and hitting me and she called her husband down from work , she could n't control him , said she should of smacked his arse and put him in the cot . |
8 | As well as capturing Irwin from Elland Road , they picked up defender Andy Linighan for £45,000 and sold him on to Norwich for £350,000 — and they got an extra £150,000 when he moved to Arsenal for £1 million . |
9 | There are times , however , when even that motivation is not enough to push him on to success and the Spartathlon is the perfect example . |
10 | Full-back Irwin left on a free transfer to Oldham — who sold him on to Manchester United for £750,000 . |
11 | I had to tag him on to group deals as a makeweight — you know , like the contract I did for twelve of my players with UK Airlines . |
12 | The Head gaped , and passed him on to Sylvester . |
13 | I entreat you both That , being of so young days brought up with him And sith so neighboured to his youth and haviour That you vouchsafe your rest here in our court Some little time , so by your companies To draw him on to pleasures , and to gather So much as from occasion you may glean , Whether aught to us unknown afflicts him thus , That opened lies within our remedy . |
14 | GUIL : Draw him on to pleasures — glean what afflicts him . |
15 | We , Rosencrantz and Guildenstern , from our young days brought up with him , awakened by a man standing on his saddle , are summoned , and arrive , and are instructed to glean what afflicts him and draw him on to pleasures , such s a play , which unfortunately , as it turns out , is abandoned in some confusion owing to certain nuances outside our appreciation — which , among other causes , results in , among other effects , a high , not to say , homicidal , excitement in Hamlet , whom we , in consequence , are escorting , for his own good , to England . |
16 | Later it was to lead him on to Oz , Ink , and Friends . |
17 | His success projected him on to Channel 4 's comedy series Packet of Three and its follow-up , Packing Them In , which starts this month . |
18 | Instead , David pointed out landmarks they passed and eventually Julia led him on to talk about his childhood holidays at Fiesole . |
19 | and you assume something 's gon na happen and just cos , I mean I was too embarrassed to speak to him on like Monday and Tuesday |
20 | Hazel and the others followed as best they could , with Pipkin limping and staggering behind , his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw . |
21 | ‘ Unless you 'd rather I brought him in as chaperon ? |
22 | He was high up in the syndicate , which tied him in to Truro Daine . |
23 | Esther was saying , returning to the guest list , recalling scores not settled a quarter of a century ago : ‘ Yes , the very man , he 's a something or other in the DES , he 's a very important chap now , you ought to have a go at him , ’ Liz replied , and as she spoke the doorbell rang , and there was the first guest , on the dot of two minutes past nine o'clock , tall , thin , grey , anxious , clutching a bunch of yellow roses , ex-priest turned analyst Joseph O'Toole , standing stranded on the black and white marble tiles , not knowing where to turn , how to divest himself of his coat , to whom to deliver his roses , a lost man , gazing mildly at the unexpected butler , waiting for the arrival of familiar Liz Headleand , who advanced upon him , took the roses , embraced him , restored him , and led him in to Charles , Alix and Esther : a quarter of an hour earlier she had predicted the time of his arrival accurately , to the minute , and now smiled triumphantly as she effected the introductions , a smile of complicity in which Joseph O'Toole , who was acutely aware of his own punctuality problem , was able with a pleasant relief to share . |
24 | She had had him in to hospital . |
25 | Cos they did n't smear Biff right away , and when he did n't fight back they took him in for terrorgation … |
26 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
27 | And of course everyone knew all about it , just as they knew that the Mackays , poor souls , had done everything they could for the boy ever since they took him in for adoption . ’ |
28 | ‘ We 'll keep him in for observation just for tonight . |
29 | Finally Kaas ordered his torturers to stop and they dragged Adam down to the wooden chalet and threw him in with Billie . |
30 | And she called him in on Sunday night , I mean I would n't have . |