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Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb base] his " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	( 204 ) It was Traddles , whom Mr Mell instantly discomfitted by bidding him hold his tongue .
2	She had been content to stand by and watch him dig his own hole with a shovel .
3	She refused , because as she said she had no urge to sit on a draughty hillside and watch him break his miserable neck .
4	When at last they did see him coming they had to follow his slow path from the road , watch him lean his bicycle carefully against the wall under the yew and plod slowly up between the two rows of boxwood .
5	Whether the Ipswich directors who watched him blow his top with the unwitting journalist believe that is debatable .
6	They watched him shoulder his way jovially through the dancers towards the door of the committee room at the far end of the social room .
7	‘ I want to look at you without any clothes on , ’ she said suddenly as she watched him suck his chocolate .
8	Her pulses were racing madly as he watched him tug his tie undone with a rough impatience , shrug off his jacket and begin to dispose of his shirt in the same cool , determined style .
9	She watched him drain his cup and thump it onto the table .
10	He watched him drain his glass then smile back at him .
11	He enjoyed it as the boy watched him sign his initials on the letter and then sprinkle sand on it .
12	Mouth agape , she watched him take his seat beside her and gather up the reins .
13	I sat with him in the canteen before a programme and watched him eat his way steadily through eight Eccles cakes with a glass of milk .
14	I sat with him in the canteen before a programme and watched him eat his way steadily through eight Eccles cakes with a glass of milk .
15	She watched him unfasten his belt , and drop his trousers .
16	She watched him fight his way across the room to hang up the coats and then to the bar .
17	But as I watched him pick his way along the lifeless paths , I understood how much of him expected the whole world to be mournful now that Montaine had abandoned it .
18	Like other children , I watched him propel his chair up the chapel path , where he would wait in the porch till the beginning of the first hymn , then come just inside the door for the service .
19	She watched him remove his jacket and , standing before him , coyly began to unknot his tie and unbutton his shirt front .
20	She watched him whip his horse and drive away at breakneck speed .
21	Her eyes riveted on his broad back , she gave a slow , naughty smile as she watched him thread his way towards his elegant companion .
22	She watched him find his way deftly down the hill towards the tiny rectangle of blue that was the swimming-pool .
23	Theda huddled against the bedhead , drawing the covers up and over her breasts , as she watched him tidy his clothes and wrap the wrecked neckcloth carelessly about his throat .
24	There , we demand he unlock his secret safe stuffed with laundered readies and produce sky's-your-limit expenses so that we can fly First Class to foreign lands and unearth bigger , better , albeit often unprintable , goss no other column will have access to .
25	These concerns were forgotten a few days later when Diana rose at dawn and travelled to the Lambourn home of Nick Gaselee , Charles 's trainer , to watch him ride his horse , Allibar .
26	Manager and mentor Don Revie lost patience with Bremner and demanded he keep his temper in check .
27	He did n't want to race but your father insisted he take his place on the grid .
28	‘ A small one would do , ’ said Druellae , watching him curl his lips in a frenzy of anger and embarrassment .
29	We were here when I woke up , ’ she explained , watching him raise his head to search the area .
30	‘ Do you and Cindy plan — ’ but Ruth was coming into the room with a tray , setting it down on his desk , handing one of the white bone china cups with the delicate gold rim to Cashman , watching him take his first appreciative sip .