Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He swooped down on to the grass and took stance by it . |
| 2 | He drifts slowly up into the air . |
| 3 | When he turns up back at the flat , he has a bunch of red gladioli . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's the Dalestour , Sundays only into North Yorkshire , ’ the driver said as he passed hurriedly on to the next customer . |
| 5 | He crept inconspicuously back to the dashboard , switched on the ignition , and looked at the gauge . |
| 6 | He rode straight up to the gateway of the monastery , not daring to stop for second thoughts , and said to the first monk he saw , ‘ Can you read and write ? ’ |
| 7 | The ‘ Sean Astin digs up a caveman and he fits right in in the Valley ’ plot does n't add to the suburban dumbnation routines but rather reworks the Eighties ' ‘ innocents abroad in America ’ genre ( eg anything from Starman to Crocodile Dundee ) . |
| 8 | But a little matter of a birdie for Bernhard was n't going to unsettle Seve , and he got straight back to the job , hitting some lovely shots to the green . |
| 9 | He gazed dully out of the little window at a dark , neatly-clipped laurel hedge and the gravel path where the black cars were parked . |
| 10 | He gazed briefly down at the new baby , pink in its cradle ; and said nothing . |
| 11 | He reviewed the situation as he gazed unseeingly out of the rain-lashed windows , at the huge bows of Titron , as she wallowed helplessly in the heaving seas . |
| 12 | ‘ You see — we did n't wake the children , after all , ’ Ross drawled , his eyes glinting with amusement as he gazed warmly down at the soft figure in his arms . |
| 13 | He gazed mournfully out of the window into Fleet Street for some minutes . |
| 14 | Sometimes the little boy climbed from his cot and played for a while indoors , though more usually he toddled out on to the terrace , in search of her and a drink |
| 15 | Then clutching his suitcase , he tottered down on to the platform . |
| 16 | At Monaco , a race which Hunt does not greatly admire — since the race is meaningless if one is not well up on the grid at the start and passing is well-nigh impossible — he qualified well back on the grid , spun in frustration and then had his engine blow on him . |
| 17 | He glances uneasily out of the window " ( p. 44 ) , but it is also a noteworthy example of his conversational meandering . |
| 18 | He moved slowly up by the side of the bed , and now he said , ‘ Are … are you all right ? ’ and he saw the bedclothes that she was holding under her chin rise and fall with the movement of her neck before she said , ‘ Yes . |
| 19 | Then , lurching to his feet , he moved over on to the only empty seat in the shrine — a patch of floor covered with a sheepskin rug . |
| 20 | Then he moved round on to the flower-bed at the side of the path , to muffle his footsteps . |
| 21 | Intrigued , he moved forward on to the balcony and peered down cautiously . |
| 22 | When the first frosts came he moved back down to the village . |
| 23 | He worked the slide as quietly as he could , chambering a round , then he moved back out into the sitting room towards the door . |
| 24 | He moved quickly back into the bridge and picked up a phone . |
| 25 | He moved out on to the starboard wing and trained his glasses over the starboard quarter . |
| 26 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 27 | He sank down on to a convenient chair and shook his head dolefully . |
| 28 | He sank down on to the edge of her bed , and she scurried over towards the wall , taking every inch of her covers with her . |
| 29 | By the light of the fires he could see Paul already sitting cross-legged on a buffalo skin by the pholy , and he sank gratefully down on the other side of him . |
| 30 | ‘ Yeh , ’ he answered , and he sank happily back into the soft white pillow . |