Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Watch me , ’ said Amiss , as at high speed he put on the clothes Pooley had just brought him . |
| 2 | Reaching into his car he hauled out the powerful pair of binoculars he always carried . |
| 3 | The Empress was in great beauty … the Emperor also looked very impressive , and when after the ceremony he held up the child in his arms to present him to the multitude , the enthusiasm was genuine and great . |
| 4 | In other words he opened up the circles , squares and longways sets to show what gave rhythm and life to the movements . |
| 5 | And when Lugard came to look back on what had been accomplished in the early years of British administration he singled out the improved character of the native rulers , which he attributed to ‘ the unceasing efforts and devoted ability of the British staff , who have by precept and example made them what they are today ’ . |
| 6 | I said he 's my father and then he falls out the fucking bed when they put him in it because they admit negligence , they forgot to put the cot side up , dad has got lack of oxygen to his bra brain , he thought it was the Battle of Hastings going on but they said there was nobody there , well surely they must have known Joy he fell out the bloody bed because he 's laying like this and he 's falling and he 's falling and bang come out , he split all his bloody head open , do you know the blood was there from the night he fell out , he fell out at half past ten at night and they never informed us , which is against the law and the blood still sat there at quarter to four the following day , all over the floor , he 's got a bloody stitch in his head which they done to him while he were in the bed , and ripped three tubes out of his arm , split all his bloody arm open |
| 7 | As Polly took his place he started down the companionway . |
| 8 | When he caught up with the spectators following the last match he picked up the information that had filtered back through the crowd 's grapevine . |
| 9 | In a subsequent article he sums up the reasons for de-industrialisation as follows : ‘ The most convincing explanation ’ , he writes , ‘ of progressive de-industrialisation in the U.K. is the weakening of the foreign trade sector with a slow growth of exports relative to other countries , and in relation to the propensity to import . ’ |
| 10 | The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall . |
| 11 | The policy of austerity and a strong franc , which he had so staunchly defended for the best part of a decade ( and which had earned him such praise abroad ) , was being blamed within France for recession and for the record level of unemployment ( it broke through the symbolic 3m mark the day he handed over the reins of government ) . |
| 12 | On the platform he picks up the local rumours . |
| 13 | For nearly half a mile he went back the way he had come , only to become more lost and confused than before . |
| 14 | Two months later in a game against Hearts he moved down the human anatomy , this time fouling the opposition fullback Steve Hamilton , who was helped off the pitch with stud marks on his stomach . |
| 15 | Layton put it somewhat differently when he added that ‘ the two great qualities a young writer has are his arrogance and inexperience , ’ and on another occasion he picked out the twin characteristics of ‘ precocity and independence . ’ |
| 16 | By night he lived out the fantasies he had internalised from avidly watching his collection of over 6,000 slasher videos and pornographic manga comic-books . |
| 17 | Sombre , though with a pacy , filmic sequencing he whipped up the orchestra to a marvellously stylish finale . |
| 18 | Despite the opposition of his father he took up the study of medicine , first at Leipzig University and then in Vienna , where his funds ran out , forcing him to take employment for a time with the Governor of Transylvania until he had accumulated sufficient money to continue his studies . |
| 19 | Every morning he went down the three flights of stairs the mail was there to be shuffled and dealt . |
| 20 | In the morning he picked up the van in Hilderbridge and drove to Jackley the long way round through Byss , having a newly upholstered chaise longue to deliver before he made the Jackley collection . |
| 21 | Early in his career he turned down the title role in David Lean 's Lawrence of Arabia ( eventually played by Peter O'Toole ) after producer Sam Speigel insisted he sign a long-term picture deal . |
| 22 | In a footnote he held up the Greek Doric style as the model for a reformed modern architecture . |
| 23 | Taking an envelope from his pocket he wrote down the names of his guests . |
| 24 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |
| 25 | Otis Ferguson had immediately spotted the flair of Capra and in reviewing his next film Broadway Bill he spelt out the lesson that Hollywood was rapidly learning : |
| 26 | When his mother knocked on the door he pulled up the sheet . |
| 27 | In fury he scooped up the gelatinous mess and hurled it at Fairbrother , who kicked him in the balls . |
| 28 | Strangely enough , though , when he left Oxford he wound up the business and joined the Navy , despite the fact that he could have lived handsomely off his investments . |
| 29 | He spent as long as he could going round the Smoking Room at a snail 's pace , cleaning clean ashtrays and polishing polished tables , and when summoned once or twice to wait on other members he dragged out the process of serving them for an inordinate length of time . |
| 30 | Sitting down opposite without a word he picked up the glass and emptied the contents down his throat . |