Example sentences of "[pron] he [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clutching himself he crawled back to the cabinet and ran a tentative hand over the woodwork . |
| 2 | To steady himself he sank down on the side of the bed . |
| 3 | Later that month , the Archbishop of Tuam delivered a sermon in which he came out against the mining . |
| 4 | For example a salesman may operate with his own briefcase computer unit which he plugs in to the telephone system when he wants to obtain or transfer information . |
| 5 | In Berkeley 's view , the mistaken doctrine of abstraction is also involved in the distinction between primary and secondary qualities , a distinction which he rejects along with the materialism it involves . |
| 6 | He dwelt on the " great historic victory " of 1989 , which he summed up as the " three great victories " : suppression of the counter-revolutionary riot in June , rectification of economic order , and " a new favourable turn on the ideological and political front " . |
| 7 | Devlin rammed the muzzle of the Walther into his neck and reached inside Berger 's coat , removing the Mauser which he tossed on to the bar . |
| 8 | She was shuddering in distaste when Travis came in carrying an armful of kindling , which he tossed down by the fire . |
| 9 | Etchings were sent to a printer to make some impressions and someone surreptitiously made copies which he passed on to the defendant who intended to display them in an exhibition which the public could attend on payment of an admission charge . |
| 10 | Super Mario exists on a sole diet of mushrooms , which he gobbles up during the game , but Mario 's favourite food is pasta . |
| 11 | His hair was reddish below the hood , which he swept back despite the freezing of ice on his lashes and brows . |
| 12 | He shrugs off his legacy of injuries — a fractured bone in his back , ripped Achilles tendons , the deep bruise on his face which he picked up on the way to winning a bronze medal in Poland . |
| 13 | He hopped in and unzipped the rucksack , taking out only the scope which he pointed back towards the lakeside . |
| 14 | This was to be the visit on which he linked up with The New York Dolls . |
| 15 | In addition to being an executive director of Mirror Group Newspapers , Mr. Haines cringingly wrote the authorised biography of the late Robert Maxwell , in which he threw out of the window what little journalistic integrity he ever had . |
| 16 | I think I 'll have a beer tonight Knock , give the jake a rest , ’ said Yanto ‘ Suit yourself , ’ Knocker replied , and drew off a pint of bitter , which he held up to the light . |
| 17 | — This trend to professional academic specialization is confirmed by G. B. Harrison , writing in 1940 on the Review 's first fifteen years : " It will hardly be denied by anyone who looks through the files of the Review that the earlier numbers were more interesting than the later " , which he put down to the " increasing specialization in English , as in all forms of study " . |
| 18 | Carole had said that the style of warden could really make a difference , and I was relieved to see that Aj was far too easy-going to be a slave-driver ; a non-conformist , his regulation chocolate-brown corduroy trousers were bleached white , a phenomenon which he put down to the use of Ariel automatic . |
| 19 | As he thrust his hands into the fire and pulled out a burning branch which he waved around without the slightest sign of discomfort , the goat-headed figure thrust his arms out for silence . |
| 20 | While Baldwin 's succession to Bonar Law in 1923 has been almost overdiscussed , practically no attention has been given to the way in which he slipped in for the third time in 1935 . |
| 21 | They were the gate by which he entered on to the path which led ultimately to his acceptance as the authority on the distribution of arctic-alpine flora in Britain . |
| 22 | Prince Adam promptly donated the entire museum to a foundation which he set up for the purpose , to which he also ceded all his rights to his pre-war estates and property . |
| 23 | As I was pulling the institutional door of his office shut behind me he looked up from the reading matter he had taken up again and said , ‘ And Ian — ’ |
| 24 | Four Trix is a former winner of the Scottish National and has inconsistent form but Richards is more keen on the chance of On The Other Hand whom he bought out of the John Mulhern stable at the end of last month . |
| 25 | As soon as she took it he went over to the window and stood gazing out at the rain . |
| 26 | quite what he wrote down at the end |
| 27 | Branson was not a record man , he was an entrepreneur ; and it was clear that what he wanted out of the record business were new and different opportunities . |