Example sentences of "devil [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The devil asked him to but Christ refused . ’ |
| 2 | We should look behind the artificially magnified scope of the devil to discover he is not so deserved of our admiration as once we supposed . |
| 3 | What the devil has he to do with this discussion ? ’ |
| 4 | At this point , the devil accosts her with further arguments : |
| 5 | The Devil curse you ! |
| 6 | She saw ‘ horrible sights and abominable , priests , heathen and Christian ’ , showing her their genitals , and the devil told her she must fornicate with them all . |
| 7 | Gabriel was galled with shame , though of course he could have expected the Devil to betray him . |
| 8 | Subliminally persuaded by the devil to let them out . |
| 9 | Demons broke their way into the locked church , where priests were incanting psalms round her body and the Devil called her up from her coffin and bore her away . |
| 10 | The Devil finds it easy to do his work when the world is dark . |
| 11 | The devil grabbed it and was on the loose for ever after . |
| 12 | ‘ Let the Devil take her , then , and I 'll dance on her face on Doomsday . ’ |
| 13 | Goodbye , old Europe , may the Devil take you . |
| 14 | But was hardly into my stride when the singing devil reached me . |
| 15 | The little devil bit me ! ’ ' said the Thing , conversationally . |
| 16 | ‘ Where the devil did they come from at this time in the morning ? |
| 17 | I mean , how the devil did we let things get this way ? ’ |
| 18 | Who the devil did he think he was ? |
| 19 | ‘ But grandfather , who the devil do we fight ? ’ |
| 20 | How the devil do they contro ! |
| 21 | ‘ What the devil do I care about her confounded amends ? ’ he said harshly . |
| 22 | Why the devil do you think I came haring over here ? |
| 23 | ‘ What the devil do you mean ? |
| 24 | What the devil do you want at this hour of night ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ What the devil do you think I want , fellow ? ’ came the irritable reply . |
| 26 | ‘ What the devil do you care for the opinion of such persons as these ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ What the devil do you mean by running from me ? ’ |
| 28 | She started to spring away — ‘ What the devil do you think you 're doing ? ’ — and simultaneously glanced down at her pyjama-jacket . |
| 29 | ‘ What the devil do you think you 're doing ? ’ |
| 30 | But the devil gives them work to do . |