Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He laid her down and held her head against him |
| 2 | Look at that place in Southampton , can do me a disc drive for two hundred quid or whatever it was , I do n't know why but I ca n't remember the price , but let's keep it at two hundred pound , And he phoned them up and said oh your price is very good on that one . |
| 3 | He snatched it up and tore the bronze ring from its wrist . |
| 4 | Turning a violent red , he snatched it back and rubbed it clumsily against his trouser leg . |
| 5 | He stubbed it out and turned towards her . |
| 6 | He stubbed it out and threw it in the fire . |
| 7 | And I tears of course , you know , and er the poor old man he was a very small man , Mr , and er he lifted me up and told me never to mind , i could get another shilling . |
| 8 | He lifted her up and felt her nearly rigid in his arms . |
| 9 | He lifted her up and perched her on one of the kitchen stools , then filled the kettle . |
| 10 | He lifted it up and dropped it in the white plastic bag which lines the litter bin . |
| 11 | He lifted it out and replaced the block of wood . |
| 12 | At first I thought he was using it to wave at people , but then he bundled it up and threw it at a police car . |
| 13 | He turned her about and held her imprisoned against him , the better to control her , and the better to feel her body against his own . |
| 14 | Well — he would not , and the laird turned him out for it — he turned him out and sent him off and we have had no land since and he put nobody else into Upper Farrochil — he only wanted it for himself . |
| 15 | Somebody offered him five million , the owner of it , and he turned it down and got ten million . |
| 16 | Later , he showed her around and told her in detail the things that needed doing to the house , and she imagined her father here , sliding down the banisters or across the ballroom floor , and she felt a sentimental attachment to the place creep over her like the muffling fog . |
| 17 | ‘ He poured it through and tried to light several matches before one took hold and was tossed through the gap , ’ said Mr Joyce . |
| 18 | He handed it back and said : |
| 19 | The official seemed to take for ever examining the passport before he handed it back and waved them on . |
| 20 | He fanned it out and tried to read the addresses inside . |
| 21 | He opened it out and smoothed it flat on the table . |
| 22 | He screwed them up and sank to the floor . |
| 23 | He shook her off and made his way , groping through a dark lit only by the red light of the fish-tank heater , to the front door and out into the street and away . |
| 24 | But he shook it off and came forward again . |
| 25 | He followed her out and stared where she pointed . |
| 26 | He peeled it off and threw it to one side then sat facing the three Americans . |
| 27 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 28 | He plonked it on and got his first four . |
| 29 | His mouth brushed her lips and Robyn felt the strength of his arms as he scooped her up and carried her through the doorway . |
| 30 | He scooped it out and moved on , never breaking his rhythm , the expression on his face never changing , like a robot pre-programmed to perform this sequence of movements until someone clicked the ‘ Off ’ switch . |