Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb past] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The BIL says he worked out a Paul Daniels routine to deal with all the people who came in complaining about it ( count to three — say the magic word — now look in your wallet ) . |
| 2 | He says he found out the calves ' tongues were grey and pink . |
| 3 | but then on the erm , Saturday , and the , that 's , and then on I say then on the bloody Friday night what happened he fell out the bed I phoned |
| 4 | As it happened he pulled up a shattered Kersil seven from home . |
| 5 | While waiting he brought out a penknife and began whittling away a table-top . |
| 6 | Another alleged he carried out an illegal abortion at her home . |
| 7 | Remember he walked out the lost . |
| 8 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |
| 9 | In the weeks that followed he built up a regular round of customers and boasted that it was better than going to work , especially on cold winter mornings . |
| 10 | The jury heard he carried out the attack on a post graduate Russian student as she cycled home across Oxford 's Port Meadow last July . |
| 11 | The court heard he set up a bank account with the Royal Bank of Scotland in Darlington in the name of Momen Garawand and then used cheque books to spend almost £6,500 . |
| 12 | It was n't that he would n't help , often he did , but he believed that by delegating he brought out the best in people , that they would rise to the challenge , and he had other things to be done . ’ |
| 13 | A few minutes after restarting he picked up the autobahn to Salzburg . |
| 14 | When tea was brought he took out a book he had been reading over his lunch . |
| 15 | The ideas were always Durance 's , he always initiated the paintings and when his hands permitted he carried out the work , but as he had become increasingly crippled the execution had been left more and more to his protégée . |
| 16 | When he was certain they were not being followed he darted down a narrow , stinking court and knocked at a door . |
| 17 | ‘ So … if the kitchen bag had just been changed and the photos were on the top outside , it can only mean he threw out the photos in the last couple of days . ’ |
| 18 | After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message . |
| 19 | Unfortunately his foot was in it at the time and I slammed it , at which point he pulled out a badge and said he was a cop . |
| 20 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 21 | well I , apprehensive is the word really , but he , I think he came down the other , this week just for a day and spent back here and saw one or two people and I think he 's happier now |
| 22 | I mean I I think he put up a very good show and er I know it 's very disappointing to lose , is n't it ? |
| 23 | The offender held his pistol to the head of a customer who was being served and demanded that the assistants filled two bags with cash ; when one of them hesitated he pulled back the breech of the gun and threatened to shoot the customer . |
| 24 | Mr Power ca n't have done because now and then when rebellion stirred during overlong film repairs he rushed down the aisle cracking a whip . |
| 25 | While he waited he switched on the television , flicked it on to CNN . |
| 26 | She hoped he picked up the phone quickly . |
| 27 | Venables , who freely admits he took on a huge financial burden for his 22 per cent stake , is alleged to want more say on the financial side , but Sugar prefers him to concentrate on coaching . |
| 28 | You said he turned up a few hours after the event , so it seems likely he left London at short notice . |
| 29 | The London driver said he picked up the brothers at Grosvenor House Hotel after the Players ' Union awards dinner last Sunday . |
| 30 | See he smashed up the house on Christmas day . |