Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Trouble is , Danny , they beat the watchman up an' 'e picked 'em out in an identification parade , so the copper told me. 'E said I might be 'earin' from 'em . |
| 2 | She snuggled down and began to drift to sleep , memories of Alain holding her here as she wept on that first day , memories of him bringing her up to bed after he had kissed her in the kitchen , fluttering like moths in the light , easing her into sleep . |
| 3 | Wordlessly , she allowed him to lead her on to the roadway and down the hill towards home . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Kate said nothing , just allowed him to lead her out into the winter sunshine towards the waiting car . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She waited , holding her breath , wondering whether he would really answer all the questions that had been buzzing around in her head ever since she had first met him , or whether he would skirt around the subject and depend instead on the overwhelming attraction she felt for him to talk her back into bed . |
| 8 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 9 | Yes , er he took a couple of steps away from the bed , er then I told him to lower himself down onto his knees and then eventually lower himself down onto his chest , down onto his front . |
| 10 | ‘ Our father and mother wrote back — kindly and understandingly I am sure — but advising him to stick it out like a man . |
| 11 | If you 're on your own , treat his display with cool disdain and simply ignore him as you walk past ; or strongly assert yourself and tell him to cover himself up at once — but remember , no threats . |
| 12 | She invited him to cover it up with a paper bag but he snapped the band round the back of his head and ran off into the street , an elephant ramping above the collar of his jersey , his new trunk bobbing . |
| 13 | ‘ I would like to have seen him holding us back with an old sword in his hand . ’ |
| 14 | A blow from one of the men holding him knocked him down onto the cobbles . |
| 15 | Let's face it , all she 'd have to do would be to sit and let him sleep it off for a while , it was probably what the kid needed most , and he 'd never remember anything different . |
| 16 | Pennethorne 's version was that Hall had approved the scheme and directed him to draw it out in more detail , which he did , and submitted a set of drawings along with perspectives and an estimate to Hall in February 1856 . |
| 17 | refer him refer him back to Office Services . |
| 18 | And she had been fool enough to let him draw her in to it . |
| 19 | He came to the orphanage just after I went in there , and they let him take me out to tea . |
| 20 | But it was his birthday , so he invented a hiccup in the engine to let him take it up for height testing . |
| 21 | However , she allowed him to squire her to the desk , without comment and with a straight face , told him the number of her key , though keys were almost an affectation at ‘ The Salmon 's Return ’ , more for ornament than use , and let him take it down for her and escort her to the foot of the oak staircase , which wound in slightly drunken lurches about a narrow well , the polished treads hollowed by centuries of use . |
| 22 | Erm I have sent a t tape recorder to my father-in-common-law in Liverpool , and I need the address for him to send it on to . |
| 23 | Let him sell it off to a museum . |
| 24 | ‘ You do n't mind ? ’ she asked , thinking it more than good of him to use his morning squiring her around , without him letting himself in for an afternoon of more of the same ! |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | He noted how frequently she made excuses for their hands to touch or for him to lift her down from her horse . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | No , Caroline thought , as she let him lead her down to the ancient ground , no , it had n't . |