Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] [coord] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By means of a strip of lead called a leaden tape , which he pressed around and into the fillets and hollows with his finger and thumb , he transferred the exact contour of each moulding to his drawing … |
| 2 | With his unbuttoned shirt hanging outside his trousers , and his bare feet thrust into his shoes , he clattered out and down the stairs , his socks clutched ridiculously in his hand . |
| 3 | He walked up and down the track , waiting impatiently ; he had made his mind up , he was going to lie down in front of the train . |
| 4 | He walked round and round the circle , singing a strange song . |
| 5 | He glanced up and down the road . |
| 6 | Quickly he glanced up and down the path . |
| 7 | He leapt up and down the stairs as if he was in a race . |
| 8 | With no time to wait for an ambulance , Colin , 27 , rang the midwife who issued instructions as he dashed up and down the stairs between the phone and the bathroom . |
| 9 | I started to run up , straight up the hill , erm lucky the monster was running straight at me and sticking out of the crowd and he tripped over and after the end |
| 10 | Again he falls back and at the top of the climb we wait again . |
| 11 | He looked up and down the road , saw nothing , climbed into his truck and drove off . |
| 12 | He looked up and down the street . |
| 13 | He stared up and down the street in incredulity as he watched the finely dressed women going about their daily tasks , as if a world war had never taken place . |
| 14 | Dean Jones lost no time in demonstrating his ability to hit the ball hard and often on his competitive debut for Durham , but the boundaries he scattered around and beyond the ropes during their Sunday League win over Lancashire were no more impressive than the speed with which he hurtled the singles and made ones into twos . |
| 15 | He wheeled round and at the same time Ho breathed , ‘ Tina — where is she ? |
| 16 | He ran back and into the house , first to his own room , and then into the other half of the cottage , feeling a strange compulsion to find something , as if there were some crucial thing , upon which everything else depended , which was still hidden and must not be left behind . |