Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv prt] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told my Dad to keep him locked up or on his lead . |
| 2 | ‘ He never worried about exhibiting his work : never came to steal from neighbours ; he lived in and for himself ’ . |
| 3 | Well , cos with him being on night , I do n't suppose he got up till about |
| 4 | He got out but before going to knock at the door , crossed the road and stood for a moment contemplating Ivy Cottage . |
| 5 | A bad accident at Mosport nearly cost him his life but he came back and on his return to England joined the new Honda team . |
| 6 | And his brother he was in the er Spanish Civil War , he was an officer , he was a miner , but he left to join the the Spanish Brigade and er he came back and of course but after the General Strike they would n't neither set him nor his brother on the pits you know . |
| 7 | He banged on and on : ‘ Preparation , forward planning , attention to detail — it 's just like batting . |
| 8 | He climbed up and at some point he was beckoned in . |
| 9 | He danced round and round Mary , and sang a funny little song about Miss Mary and her stupid flowers . |
| 10 | 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 … |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He walked round and round his small chamber , haranguing the walls . |
| 14 | He walked round and round the circle , singing a strange song . |
| 15 | According to Bernier , who regularly visited the fort over the six years that he spent in and around Delhi : |
| 16 | He glanced up and down the road . |
| 17 | Quickly he glanced up and down the path . |
| 18 | But he pulled out because of the expected Government statement on the pit closures programme this afternoon . |
| 19 | He leapt up and down the stairs as if he was in a race . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He reached out and with one finger traced the mark on her cheek . |
| 22 | 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 |
| 23 | ‘ How can I understand it , how can I understand it ? ’ he went on and on accusingly , as though scientists are to blame for not inventing a magic serum that would give him instant knowledge . |
| 24 | His knees clicked when he went up and down stairs . |
| 25 | He looked around and within a radius of twenty yards , both on his side of the street and over there on the far corner , he could see ten or a dozen little girls , each in a pale dirty dress and with hair in a dark , tangled mane . |
| 26 | Then he looked up and for a moment he was so amazed that he forgot the misery . |
| 27 | He looked up and down the road , saw nothing , climbed into his truck and drove off . |
| 28 | He looked up and down the street . |
| 29 | He looked up and round his brothers and sister . |
| 30 | 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 . |