Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the implication of a very suggestive comment that he made at the time to Edgar Faure : " At certain periods there are some problems that have no solution . " |
| 2 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 3 | Then , ignoring her indignant gasp , he made for the chest of drawers with the clear intention of searching that also . |
| 4 | He made for the Druid 's Well , a mile or so to the east of the town . |
| 5 | He made for the surgery , saying , lying in his teeth , ‘ I have some work to do , McAllister . |
| 6 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
| 7 | As he made for the road , the crickets hopped from him , all around , as if he 'd launched them . |
| 8 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
| 9 | As he made for the door he heard the phone ringing in the hall and when he entered he saw Joe turn from the telephone table towards him , saying , ‘ It 's for you , Martin . |
| 10 | As he made for the door she said , ‘ You wo n't forget to take that bottle in for her , will you ? |
| 11 | He made for the door , sweeping out of the office with Rebecca in tow , stopping only to add as an afterthought , ‘ Ignore Rourke 's bad temper . |
| 12 | Penry smiled faintly as he made for the door . |
| 13 | His tongue hung from his mouth as he made for the south — and dust pothered up from his feet . |
| 14 | He pulled on a pair of folding sunglasses ( the sort you pay an extra load for to have ‘ Porsche ’ stamped across your field of vision ) as he made for the driver 's door , but even with them and the soft brown leather blouson jacket , which made him look a bit like an off-duty copper ( they get them cheap down Brick Lane ) , I still recognized him . |
| 15 | His whole body jerked in denial as he made for the drawing-room . |
| 16 | He made for the side exit , away from the man . |
| 17 | So he made for the Jackley road from which nearly all the traffic had now disappeared . |
| 18 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
| 19 | He screamed and almost lost his footing as he made for the stairs . |
| 20 | Then he was striding away from her , his boots echoing on the wooden boards as he made for the stairs . |
| 21 | Straight and fast flew Bower-bird as he made for the mountain top . |
| 22 | He made for the travelling bookshop , where he found Jeffrey Archer sitting at a portable desk to one side of the bookstall . |
| 23 | And a young man , certain of his own strength and skill , running with balanced ease round all opposition as he made for the line . |
| 24 | Their scent came up to him as he made for the stage door , thrusting his note carefully among the rain-wet blooms . |
| 25 | Smuts 's own notes for the great speech he made on the occasion of the dinner in the Royal Gallery ( see above ) of which over 1 , 000 , 000 copies were sold in the English language alone . |
| 26 | Will he tell the House a little more about what representations he made to the Government of India on those important matters ? |
| 27 | Is that what he has been seeking to negotiate in the references that he made to the limitations on deficits ? |
| 28 | He remembered now ; he always felt the same by this stage of every visit he made to the Dysons ' house in the daytime , while the children were about . |
| 29 | Out through the swing doors he made to the Rendezvous Coffee House . |
| 30 | He was one of the earliest arrivals at Augusta , playing his first practice round on Saturday , which was a direct contradiction of a statement he made to the Augusta Chronical when he said he tried to treat the Masters like ‘ any other tournament ’ . |