Example sentences of "[vb past] he [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tapped her on the shoulder-Excuse me — and when she turned he took her by the wrist and round the waist , holding her close , whisking her on to the floor . |
| 2 | When Paullus saw at Olympia the gold and ivory statue of Zeus by Pheidias , he declared he felt himself in the presence of a god . |
| 3 | Then one day Mr Flowerdew he went out and bought a horse , a rather special horse ; and when he wanted it shod he sent it to the blacksmith shop at Scole , Mr Woodcock 's . |
| 4 | Laming claimed he knew nothing about the drugs ring and said Black put up £10,000 towards development of the stun gun . |
| 5 | Cressy had been moored at Tardebigge for four years while Rolt undertook various forms of engineering war-work , but when peace returned he threw himself into the task of preserving the canal system . |
| 6 | In Three Men in a Boat he tells how , having gone through a medical dictionary at the British Museum — to check if he had hayfever — he decided he had everything in the book except housemaids knee . |
| 7 | Zeno ran a coin across his knuckles , this way and that , a tiny acrobat , then flipped it ; as it fell he clapped it to the back of his hand . |
| 8 | ‘ Well — yes , I knew he married her after the war , ’ said Greg diplomatically . |
| 9 | Thought he said something about the suspension . |
| 10 | Yeah Carrie went and as she , as she left he patted her on the bum which is , you know , a bit friendly and I said to Jess well look , put it this way , cos she 's really , she flirts a lot |
| 11 | And he said he noticed something on the path but he could n't see what it was . |
| 12 | Cowden said he tested one before the raid , ‘ but my pipe gave off more smoke . ’ |
| 13 | At the inquest into his death and those he killed the sergeant said he saw nothing in the dead officer to make him question his state of mind . |
| 14 | I 'm sure that 's where he said he got it from the |
| 15 | Even when Dexter took over the questioning , Marek said he remembered nothing about the car or its driver . |
| 16 | No , no he , he unstuck er a drain and then said he did something on the roof |
| 17 | Erm I have n't heard anything yet erm about the demo form from the erm City Council so I 'll give them a boot up their backside because it 'll be a week since he said he put it in the post so . |
| 18 | As the front door closed he pulled himself from the sofa and watched her drive away . |