Example sentences of "[adv prt] with his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below in the valley the yellow lights of Hafpor 's truck jiggled up and down with his frantic efforts to ease it through the snow . |
| 2 | He was still there lying down with his eyes shut . |
| 3 | If further proof be needed of the man 's mythical status , it is amply provided by his wife who testifies that he ‘ took the house down with his hands — we only used the JCB to move the rubble ’ . |
| 4 | He had the writer laid out , face down with his baggy trousers around his knees , on a marble-topped kitchen table , and was anally violating him with a large , unwashed carrot . |
| 5 | Chopping wood , making bonfires , sawing logs , collecting acorns , eyeing the strawberries while patrolling up and down with his special secateurs , he appeared to one neighbour ‘ like a magic gardener in a fairy story ’ . |
| 6 | Once , desperate for a full night 's sleep , he had accepted her offer of a Valium , sluicing it down with his usual nightcap , and moved about the next morning like a diver walking on the seabed . |
| 7 | Lumberjack had sawed them all down with his voice . |
| 8 | Peter mopped himself down with his napkin . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't carry on fer long , ’ he said as he swung the back gate behind him , but Willie continued to pile the earth on , levelling it down with his hands . |
| 10 | Wordsworth 's brother John , who had put his capital into this trading venture and was in personal command , went down with his ship . |
| 11 | The realization resulted in a leap of desire that was brought about as much by Rufus , by the recollection of their slippery , buoyant contact beneath the water , as by the sight of Mary as Rufus untied the knot on her neck and slid the halter top down with his hands . |
| 12 | I think that nice Captain Meek went down with his ship later on in the war . |
| 13 | The salesman was just closing the hood , and Hank walked round to the back of the car and bounced it firmly up and down with his hands . |
| 14 | He left , promising to come down with his wife and make a party of it . |
| 15 | Angalo sat down with his arms around his knees . |
| 16 | Next thing , he tried to knock it down with his lawnmower — said it ‘ ran out of control ’ . |
| 17 | Before the first blockbuster clattered from his typewriter he was back in Hull , settled down with his new wife , and started in middle management in the family business , then called Northern Dairies . |
| 18 | ‘ I expect I 'll walk over this way every day anyway , and if he does come on Saturday could Archie be here , please , to take him down with his bags to the cottage ? ’ |
| 19 | Fleury , exhausted and still quaking from his gallant dash beneath the sepoys ' glistening bayonets , had slumped down with his back to the new rampart . |
| 20 | Furious , Dr Dunstaple now seemed on the point of turning on the Padre and mowing the wiry cleric down with his fists , but by this time Louise and Mrs Dunstaple had hastened to his side and now they dragged him away , hushing him desperately . |
| 21 | When the crisis is over he 'll sit down with his team and review all the factors and identify what future improvements can be made . |
| 22 | Bob was down with his secretary at |
| 23 | Boy holds the other down with his knee |
| 24 | She nodded and sipped : he leaned his head forward and she brought the glass to his mouth : he finished it and she let it fall on a bush of discarded clothing as he swooped down with his hand , lifted her dress clear over her waist and then , as she struggled to help him , tugged it over her head . |
| 25 | He yanked down with his hand and lifted his head , biting a chunk out of the glass , then turned the rim and bit again , splintering the glass almost to its stem . |
| 26 | If you sent a great army against him , he 'd simply cut it down with his sorcery . |
| 27 | 7 The defender pins the attacker down with his left knee . |
| 28 | Durbeyfield walked on a few steps in a dream , then sat down with his basket . |
| 29 | He swung round to look at Tallboy and raked him up and down with his eyes . |
| 30 | The servant came hurrying down with his cloak but only one glove . |