Example sentences of "he [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd of kept him in a bit longer |
| 2 | He would have to bring him down a level . |
| 3 | Well you 'll have to put him down a bit more carefully than that . |
| 4 | The priest led him down a passage , knocked and opened the door and entered the room . |
| 5 | He was nearly always right , too , so very seldom did anyone get the chance of really taking him down a peg or two . |
| 6 | The men led him down an alleyway , stinking from dog urine and heaps of excrement . |
| 7 | ‘ I mean , when I saw him down the prom he did n't look the type at all — smart , respectable-looking lad . ’ |
| 8 | She walked behind him down the passage to the living room and watched , smiling , as her brother and her friend hugged each other . |
| 9 | We made the cut in 1970 for my first British Open with Tom , but a bad last round put him down the field . |
| 10 | The butler led him down the hall to a veneered door which he opened . |
| 11 | Athelstan led him down the cold , darkened passageway and into the small chamber . |
| 12 | He would let her father row him down the lake and dangle out a few lines to see if a tickle of fish would tickle his mood . |
| 13 | When at last Hazel had got him back to the ditch , he refused at first to go underground and Hazel had almost to push him down the hole . |
| 14 | The second policeman managed to get a shot off in panic , but before he could take aim properly , one of the skinheads smashed his shoulder with a baseball bat and knocked him down the aisle steps . |
| 15 | I follow him down the aisle and throw random packages into the basket . |
| 16 | Coffin saw him down the staircase and out of the front door , where they stood , still talking . |
| 17 | I heard him scramble to his feet and his metal-tipped boots took him down the stone corridor at better than the track record . |
| 18 | Now , everybody 's instinct is to think , ‘ My goodness , I must give way , I , you know , they really need it , I must talk to him down the telephone . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Come round the side , ’ he said , and I followed him down the tarmac path which was about a yard wide , between the school building and a six-foot wooden fence which isolated the first house in the terrace . |
| 20 | Chen returned the man 's bow , then followed him down the hallway to another door . |
| 21 | She put her hand out to him down the table , imploring him . |
| 22 | Kisling was livid , and with the help of some friends managed to grab the sculptor and throw him down the stairwell from the seventh floor . |
| 23 | Next day I seen him down the transport club . |
| 24 | She sweet-talked him down the line , worming her way into his heart , and talking money . |
| 25 | ‘ I saw him down the bus station this morning . |
| 26 | Surface worker Peter Moran , 40 , lowered him down the shaft but then stopped the winding gear , leaving him dangling half-a-mile from the bottom of the pit . |
| 27 | The German turned round obediently and the orderly followed him down the wire . |
| 28 | Joy and Alan came back , and it was decided that we would wait until dark and then bring him down the fire escape ; luckily there was one right next to his room . |
| 29 | The gardener , Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke and I pursued him down the garden and into the bluebell wood . |
| 30 | Anna moved towards the bus steps and saw the driver looking behind him down the length of the bus , waiting . |