Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.

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1 She always observed every move he made out of the corner of one eye , though , and if he stirred in any way , even just to stretch or yawn , she would immediately react and flex herself to take defensive action .
2 ( Bantam , who have bought Nigel Lawson 's memoirs-in-progress , could face a similar problem : great book the day he walked out of the Cabinet , but a year from now ? )
3 From Montrose , on 3 February 1716 , he wrote a final despairing appeal to the French regent seeking immediate help , but the following day he sneaked out of the back door of his house , just as his father had left Whitehall nearly 30 years before , taking Mar with him , having appointed a new Commander-in-Chief in Scotland , Lieutenant-General Alexander Gordon .
4 For a whole minute he stared out of the window and wondered .
5 At the door he saw out of the corner of his eye the black limousine was still there .
6 During the journey he looked out of the window .
7 Then with it and the blanket he slipped out of the room , shutting the door quietly and letting the knob go back slowly without a sound .
8 Before he could answer , the doorbell rang , and after one more astonished glance at Jenna 's furious face he strode out of the room to answer it , leaving her struggling with odd feelings .
9 Well , the first time he came out of the door when he was a little better , he shouted for Dick , who was in the top pasture .
10 An hour after noon he wandered out of the room he shared with Bessie 's children and went into the kitchen , where he splashed water on his face .
11 Until noon he stayed out of the cottage , walking across the Northumbrian moors with a knob-headed stick and humming Anglican hymns , whose verbal schemes he admired for their metrical embodiment of depression .
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