Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wordlessly , she allowed him to lead her on to the roadway and down the hill towards home . |
| 2 | She allowed him to lead her back to the living-room , her defences momentarily lapsed so that when he paused on the threshold to slide an arm around her waist and draw her into his embrace she was too shocked to remonstrate . |
| 3 | Kate said nothing , just allowed him to lead her out into the winter sunshine towards the waiting car . |
| 4 | Pray that they may be people who rely on God 's healing and allow him to set them back on the track of feeding the lambs . |
| 5 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 6 | A blow from one of the men holding him knocked him down onto the cobbles . |
| 7 | Kate knew it was no good resisting , so she meekly allowed him to shepherd her out of the flat down to the basement where he kept his car . |
| 8 | She walked with him to the bus-stop , would not let him walk her back to the flat , said not to follow her ; she 'd watch , be angry . |
| 9 | She sought his mouth again , wrapping her arms around his neck , offering and receiving a kiss so fierce , impatient and demanding that she clung to him and she lost her balance , fell against him , felt him gather her up against the inflammatory hardness of his body and lift her on to the bed . |
| 10 | He soon had it back with Granny 's belongings intact , and I could hardly believe my ears and eyes when I heard her thank him and allow him to lift her back onto the driver 's seat , in gratitude for which she kissed him on the cheek . |
| 11 | No , Caroline thought , as she let him lead her down to the ancient ground , no , it had n't . |
| 12 | Why do we let him lead us out of the Windsor , along that murky little lane they renamed Finch Street ? |
| 13 | She had earlier persuaded him to allow her out of the bank in Greater Manchester on the pretext of getting the keys to the safe . |
| 14 | But instead , she had let him drive her back to the flat ; had stood by in mute acquiescence while he 'd ransacked her drawers and cupboards and packed her a bag . |
| 15 | I let him pick me up at the Marski . |
| 16 | Then they watched him pull himself up from the support of the couch and , keeping his eyes on Emma until he had passed her , he strode from the room . |
| 17 | She let him help her down from the carriage and lead her inside a shop where there was a strong , pastoral smell of grain , and Sarah wrinkled up her nose to sniff it . |
| 18 | She let him help her off with the mackintosh , hang it in the cupboard in the hall . |
| 19 | Somehow , he made it through to the end . |
| 20 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |
| 21 | Shaking his big head slowly he lowered himself on to the chaise-longue and sat back carefully . |
| 22 | He lowered himself on to the sofa and unzipped the top of his leather suit . |
| 23 | He lowered himself down to the bed and her hands frantically flew to his bare chest . |
| 24 | But he laid her down on the horsehair sofa , and said Mrs Patten would not be in yet , and there was time ; and time there was , and what had happened last night was repeated , once and then again , until she , flushed and dishevelled , pulled down her dress , and said ‘ She is coming . |
| 25 | He laid them out on the desk , got a plastic bag out of the bottom drawer of the filing cabinet and swept all the bits and pieces into it . |
| 26 | He pinned her down at the CI5 computer centre , and over the phone briefly explained what he and Doyle needed of her . |
| 27 | He passed it on to the others at their dinner time meeting . |
| 28 | He lines it up on the shiny sideboard . |
| 29 | The grocer , a hard-faced ex-soldier whose right hand lacked a thumb ( Melanie wondered , had he lopped it off on the bacon-slicer ? |
| 30 | But beneath it she understood , accepted , found it far easier to hate him , when he fought her back to the bed , than to ignore him ; the bitings and scratchings of anger coming near enough to passion so that when he entered her again she found it possible , in her loathing , her detestation , her bitter resentment , to wrap her own strong , hard limbs about him in a grip designed to wound and crush him but which could also excite . |