Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] he [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then I used to get on to the dray and sit beside him on the box and then we 'd go as far as Road , which is quite a stretch and I used o walk back . |
| 2 | And of course , Bullitt had directly observed the man and interacted with him during the critical time at , at the Versailles conference . |
| 3 | The ombudsman claims that the jurisdiction and duty to investigate conferred and imposed on him by the scheme enables and requires him to investigate and determine complaints in relation to valuations made by employees of a building society of properties to be charged to the building society to secure further advances to an existing borrower from that society . |
| 4 | I told myself he might have meant us to meet at the Festival , so I went along there and searched for him in the crowd . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What the hell are you talking about ? ’ snapped Cardiff in return , and pushed past him to the double-doors . |
| 6 | Then she jumped up from the bed before he could grab her again and darted past him to the window . |
| 7 | As relief spread to pure pleasure she waved and came towards him across the yard like a young girl . |
| 8 | It was unlooked-for grace that after supper he should send his page to ask Mistress Hussey to be kind enough to come and speak with him in the small chamber the prince was using as a study . |
| 9 | He seizes him and disposes of him in the river like the previous three bodies , and finally gets his pay , the wife being all the more glad for having got rid of her repugnant husband . |
| 10 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 11 | ‘ Bring a horse , ’ said Hotspur , rearing up fiercely and looking about him for the nearest serviceable squire , ‘ and get him on to it . |
| 12 | We need biblical ways of practising the presence of God and to listen to him in the power of his Spirit . |
| 13 | In the first chilly greyness of dawn , before the sun rose , Sergeant Comstock , of the uniformed branch , who came of a long line of native fishermen , not to say poachers , and knew his river as he knew the palm of his own hand , thankfully abandoned what he had always known was a useless patrol of the left bank downstream , and on his own responsibility borrowed one of his many nephews , and embarked with him in the coracle which was his natural means of personal transport on the Comer . |
| 14 | By the time he had locked off the plane 's controls and opened the door , Ahmed Myeloski was out of the Lada and waiting for him by the side of the executive jet . |
| 15 | He would have had to drive to the farm , learn of Mungo 's destination from Alice , and trudge after him across the fields . |
| 16 | He saw his son sit up , lean forward and look at him with the wary expression that irritated him so much . |
| 17 | From the shops it was a short visit to the launderette , where his week 's supply of dirty washing had been cleaned , pressed and packed for him by the friendly woman who supervised the place . |
| 18 | He put a hand to his cheek and saw Angie 's reflected image float up and drift towards him from the garden . |
| 19 | She flashed the note around , proudly though covertly , and looked for him at the bus stop , but she could not look for him without some misgiving . |
| 20 | Adam wondered if Abigail sometimes woke up and looked for him in the dark , in the empty room , and fretted for a while before she began to cry . |
| 21 | I lay still and looked at him in the dusk and began to laugh , and whispered to her , ‘ It 's all right , it 's a statue of St Joseph ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You caught a breath or two and looked at him in the end , ’ said Jo-Ann . |
| 23 | Old Den turned the horse and looked about him in the yard . |
| 24 | He braced his hand on the staircase rail at his left and looked around him into the shadows . |
| 25 | 1 held the metal box and chopped at him with the side of my hand , but it struck the sharp metal of the gun and I felt the flesh tear as one round fired . |
| 26 | He he said get that , he said and go with him onto the train and see him safely in the compartment , ascertain the time of arrival in Ipswich , and go and telephone Ipswich police telling them that they were to meet this on arrival at Ipswich , and I thought that our Chief Constable really |
| 27 | Then she lit him up the stairs , and went before him into the panelled solar , where Rhodri rose from a tall chair by the fire to receive him . |
| 28 | , but Benguiat took it as like a threat to and went after him in the lobby of hall and they had to be prised apart . |
| 29 | They scratched and squeaked and ran about , and stared at him from the holes in the walls . |
| 30 | She realized this openly and laughed at him in the sun , saying that the Afghans could n't manage it either , and her blatant flirtatiousness fuelled him to perform one of his music-hall leaps over the back of the car into the bucket seat . |