Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made straight for the big warhorse , mounted , said something to Will , and started along the street . |
| 2 | He lived right on the main road he was very vulnerable ! |
| 3 | In this way he even controverts the view that he lived up to the feared role of private sector financial disciplinarian when he brought qualified accountants for the first time into the head office . |
| 4 | Yanto 's mind was busy as he meandered slowly through the leafy lanes towards Purton . |
| 5 | SINCE he limped out of the Old Firm game on 2 January , Tony Mowbray has missed all of Celtic 's last 13 matches . |
| 6 | As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , the injection did not work and despite much medication to calm his heart , he passed away in the early hours of the morning . |
| 8 | He crept slowly towards the main corridors . |
| 9 | He skidded hard in the opposite direction anticipating attack , but none came . |
| 10 | He met frequently with the Congressional leaders of both parties ; and he made considerable use of the telephone in seeking the votes of rank-and-file members while also inviting them to the White House in groups . |
| 11 | ‘ When I first had Sammy he peed all over the blimmin' place . |
| 12 | He tumbled back against the slick damp wall . |
| 13 | He harked back to the golden age of a be-blazered world where all God 's children had the basics banged into them , and video nasties were confined to close encounters with beasties in biology lessons . |
| 14 | Later , as he rode home in the cool night air , a vision of old Bert 's delighted face as he presented him with the larger fish invaded his mind 's eye , and filled him with contentment . |
| 15 | ‘ Weel you leetle girls come here every day and buy my feesh ? ’ he asked hopefully of the two earnest children , one big , one small , who stood watching his every move . |
| 16 | Taking a firm grip on the hook , still jammed securely in place , he lunged determinedly into the rushing water . |
| 17 | Edward did not create it from nothing , but he founded a new town — King 's Town — on the old site , which he manipulated especially on the western side . |
| 18 | We went swimming with Jonathan the other night and he got up on the top board and sort of and he was sort of like hanging on to the bar like this looking over |
| 19 | He got up into the chilly darkness and went to look . |
| 20 | We never normally talked in the morning : he got up at the last moment and rushed out without a word . |
| 21 | yeah , you see , so we were laughing about this , anyway , Christopher phoned up and said he got through to the second part , he was the only one that was going through to the second part and he phoned up about forty five minutes later to say that he 'd erm , he 'd got the job |
| 22 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 23 | He got down to the serious matter of explaining to the gnomes that the intricate , almost scholarly , Fidchell that the Wolfkings had enjoyed , bore no resemblance to the horrid gruesome version that the Gruagach played . |
| 24 | I think he got out of the flat first and not out of debt . |
| 25 | He got off at the next village and waddled away up a street with his bag of guavas . |
| 26 | He got in with the wrong crowd up at . |
| 27 | By the time he got back to the white house Mungo was exhausted , and the signs of his ordeal were plain to see . |
| 28 | He got back into the front seat and we started up the coast . |
| 29 | Charles was handing round the silver tray of champagne , his smile one of pure pleasure and pride as he gazed round at the assembled family in the conservatory . |
| 30 | He gazed slowly around the bare little room , puzzled , shivering , sore , wanting to speak , and trying to hope . |