Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He enveloped her in a large towel and began a vigorous and painful rubbing . |
| 2 | so he sold it in a wrong time he could have , he could have hold on to it another few months and got a lot of money for it |
| 3 | And he led them in a weary canter down to the Rorim . |
| 4 | Separating the tails of his jacket , he seated himself in the opposite chair , a frown creasing his forehead as he glanced about the room . |
| 5 | It must be admitted that a great deal of what Judaeo-Christianity has to say about the ‘ goodness ’ of God is based upon claims about the way in which He involves himself in the historical process . |
| 6 | He found her in a small kitchen . |
| 7 | When Bud moved south to West Bromwich Albion in 1976 , he found himself in a deep trouble after a game against Brighton , when he was sent off for the unpardonable offence of kicking a referee . |
| 8 | But he found himself in a double bind ; the bankers said they would withdraw their support if he left and this would have killed the business instantly . |
| 9 | Extraordinary as those visits were — and as warmly welcomed as he found himself in the diverse Kesparates of Yzordderrex — the city state was an autocracy of the most extreme kind , its excesses dwarfing the repressions of the country he 'd been born in . |
| 10 | As the town hall clock struck twelve he found himself in an untidy cul-de-sac beneath the railway arches . |
| 11 | No answer , but perhaps he found something in the watchful face that was not quite mute , for he smiled , and deep within the hollow eyes a spark kindled . |
| 12 | He found them in a melancholy group , joined by Charley , in Cat 's Coffee Shop . |
| 13 | My text here is Evans-Pritchard 's unrivalled study of the witchcraft beliefs of the Zande people of the southern Sudan as he found them in the late 1920S and early 1930S living under the generally benign rule of the British raj . |
| 14 | He found it in a stoneflagged side passage , a door bearing a small brass plate : ‘ Garland ’ . |
| 15 | He helped everybody in the local community . |
| 16 | He helped her in a two-year battle against cancer and to come to terms with her double mastectomy . |
| 17 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
| 18 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 19 | We shall return to the second part of the old horseman 's description : here it is necessary to emphasize that he used it in an exceptional way . |
| 20 | Then , before she realised what was happening , he fastened her in the double stirrups , binding her hands and feet . |
| 21 | He fixed her in a maddened stare and she saw the blood running from his gashed hand . |
| 22 | I was the new boy at the office , he the old hand wondering what to make of me ; but if he was having second thoughts he dismissed them in a sudden grin . |
| 23 | He wants me in a purple gown to match the set and shows me drawings of the dancers ' outfits . |
| 24 | Patrick has plenty to say on such subjects , and he says it in the lordly way which does much to furnish the book with its presiding idiom . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , that 's the Eiffel Tower , ’ and he says it in the same tone of voice as if you had shown him a portrait of Grandpa , and he had said : ‘ So that 's your grandfather I 've heard so much about . |
| 26 | ‘ The only way you 're going to hurt me is by running away from me , ’ he told her in a rough voice . |
| 27 | ‘ I would n't bother coming back , ’ he told her in a detached voice . |
| 28 | ‘ It is a lucky man or woman , ’ he told her in a soft voice , ‘ who is blessed with the privilege of being able to pick and choose the challenges he or she must face in life . |
| 29 | One friend who was told of the contents of the letter reveals : ‘ He told her in no uncertain terms that she had to help maintain the dignity of the Crown and consider the repercussions of her actions to the Queen . |
| 30 | A close friend confirmed : ‘ He told her in no uncertain terms that she had to consider the repercussions of her actions to the Queen . |