Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He trudged on down a wide muddy road , past the weird triangular shapes of sod-built huts , glimpsing through the smoky windows the red light of a fire , and outside the pools of yellowish water with the bits of sky that had fallen into them , and bog trunks lying half rotten . |
| 32 | It was only in 1946 that he came up with a practical scheme for using the manyattas for higher purposes . |
| 33 | In 1990 he came up with a middling conclusion : brontosaurs had bones as strong as those of modern elephants in terms of comparative scale . |
| 34 | ‘ He used his resources to try and trace it and he came up with a French jeweller who 'd been offered it about twenty-five years ago . |
| 35 | He came up for a few days and stayed in Mackay 's Hotel in Ardallt . |
| 36 | Donald was in full cry but he came up against a rejuvenated Kapil Dev . |
| 37 | He came down with a First and started his civil service career in the humble surroundings of the National Assistance Board . |
| 38 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 39 | He came back with a strong cardboard box and helped Mum to pack everything in it . |
| 40 | He came back with a young fellow in lycra suit , dark glasses , poser gear and all , whom he claimed to have grabbed off the streets of the town with a £10 inducement ! |
| 41 | ‘ Custom , ’ he came back with a satisfied smile . |
| 42 | He came back from a serious back injury last season , but was injured again at the weekend . |
| 43 | He came in with a long stride , with head erect , and calm authoritative eyes . |
| 44 | Faldo just stayed in touch thanks to putts of 15 and 30 feet at the 14th and 16th for a round of 69 , while Ballesteros felt he had been robbed when he came in with a 68 . |
| 45 | Lillywhite , from Walton-on-Thames , started the day with just 20 seconds to spare over Norway 's Ole Simensen , who jumped from ninth to second place when he came in with a four-strong leading group in Liverpool City Centre . |
| 46 | When we started rehearsing , we arrived at the cello 's first entry and he came in with a dreadful slow grumbling noise . |
| 47 | By the time he came off to a huge ovation , Essex were dawdling along at 99-3 off 36 overs . |
| 48 | He came out with a fantastic shot , but it screwed off to the right of the green , and went down oft the mound instead of falling in towards the flag . |
| 49 | He came out with a wonderful phrase which has stayed with me over the years . |
| 50 | When the Friar left the children beneath the tree he went hurriedly but surprisingly lightly for a man of his bulk through the bushes until he came out on a narrow path that twisted this way and that into a deep ravine both sides of which were dark with yews . |
| 51 | He drove on for a few minutes , the headlights cleaving a way through the darkness . |
| 52 | ‘ Barns to the right , grooms ’ quarters to the left , Alejandro 's straight ahead , ’ said Luke as he drove up to a large ugly mulberry-red house with flowerbeds full of clashing red tulips , primulas and wallflowers , and a water tower completely submerged in variegated ivy . |
| 53 | A minute or two later he drove up in a battered English saloon car with a bumper and two door handles missing . |
| 54 | He hands over to a young man with a toothless grin under a Coca-Cola hat who has been elected locally as the group 's ‘ popular educator ’ . |
| 55 | In Brockton , he turned up with a dozen fellow-students to revitalise local politics from the bottom up . |
| 56 | When he turned off at a small junction taking a no-through road , she stopped and watched him out of sight . |
| 57 | 7 He ends up in a weak position , open to many follow-up techniques . |
| 58 | He frowned down for a few moments at the damp patch on the matting at his feet , then he shook his head , as if ridding himself of some unwelcome thought , and looked up at me again . |
| 59 | Well why 's he got on like a big thing round his neck , a ruff . |
| 60 | I thought he had seen the enemy aircraft and , as he winged over into a steep dive I followed him without question . |