Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [vb past] he [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He looked as though a cannonball had hit him amidships and left him with a hollow chest and a permanent arch in his back . |
| 2 | She thought again of the clever pastry-cook who baked her man to her liking , and of La Carmellina , who lost her true love when he climbed a cherry tree into the clouds and found himself in the lair of the sorceress Zenaida — Zenaida , who had been robbed of sleep by the curse of another fairy , and had stolen Carmellina 's love away and changed him into a songbird . |
| 3 | A man pulled him backwards and pushed him against a wall . |
| 4 | ‘ Then I got Harry out here and put him in a dinghy and we … er … floated down to the lock . ’ |
| 5 | Blinked a few times instead and told him in a croaky voice that I 'd met Erica Upton twice and had sat next to her at dinner . |
| 6 | She rang a bell to be let out again and left him without a backward glance . |
| 7 | The group entertained the Bishop to coffee afterwards and presented him with a memento to mark his 49 years in the priesthood . |