Example sentences of "he [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 Provided that you have reduced the distance between you , your turning hip will jar against the opponent , lifting him on to the ball of his foot .
2 In this case , you should put him on to the defensive by maintaining a series of very strong attacks delivered from the correct distance .
3 She let him kiss her , his tongue on hers , and then she eased him on across the field , her arm curved closely round his waist .
4 He was impelled to say something : it was in his blood , his whole being drove him on .
5 She grappled with him as he pressed against her , pushing him away and urging him on .
6 This wanting teased him on as it happened — contingent naturalism — to murder .
7 A Polish farmer fits him out with a complete set of dry clothes and sends him on to the West German embassy in Warsaw .
8 Godfrey Carey , for the prosecution , said PC Anderson admitted that sexual intercourse took place , but claimed the woman was a willing partner ‘ and indeed egged him on .
9 As they lifted him on to a stretcher and then on to the jeep the blanket slipped away from his shoulders revealing his red hair and a very white arm covered in freckles .
10 The Prince became fascinated and vanished from sight into the mountain bikes , and it was twenty-four minutes before anyone could extract him and move him on .
11 THE man responsible for uncovering South Africa 's hit-squad scandal , the condemned security branch policeman Almond Nofomela , is being brought to court tomorrow by the authorities who are seemingly intent on hurrying him on to his postponed appointment with the hangman .
12 It 's not the police-who move him on regularly , arrest him occasionally- that he loathes so much : it is the public .
13 I remember on one occasion the four of us went down to Glastonbury Fair where he sang , but due to a balls-up over the sound and the electricity , they did n't put him on until the next day and that was at about 5.00 in the morning when the sun came through .
14 The Soviet people who once cheered him on now jeer at him .
15 His whole body felt bruised from the speed at which Doyle had dragged him round and thrown him on to the floor when they heard the shout outside .
16 I pushed him on to the bed and started to take his shoes off .
17 We did n't half cheer him on .
18 He ran with the blood pounding in his ears and the words of a half-forgotten rhyme spurring him on :
19 It 's hard on him , being let off the leash Daddy kept him on , being shown the promise of Arcady and then being dragged over here .
20 Shortly after appearing on an independent television programme to discuss his views ( no BBC programme invited him on ) , Altrincham was hit in the face by a furious official of the League of Empire Loyalists .
21 And kept him on .
22 With Jackie it was a mixture of pride and the fear of being sent back to London that drove him on .
23 But , by keeping him on as State Secretary , Mr Yeltsin is ensuring that his trusted colleague from his days as Communist Party chief in Sverdlovsk ( now Yekaterinburg ) remains firmly in charge of all presidential structures .
24 Its prime time is shortly before the 8 am news , but it decided to put him on at 8.20 am , when many listeners will be on their way to work .
25 He tried to touch him , but Mr Fractor , who was in charge of the front of the queue , moved him on .
26 But some irresistible compulsion drove him on to hazard again the life he relished so much , and to put at risk my happiness as well .
27 Swing , he screamed at himself as his arms crashed into the pine , not holding , but the weight of his body already carrying him on in the next arc of his trajectory .
28 ‘ Cathy Henderson better not hear him on like that , ’ Natasha said .
29 Ever since Zborowski took him on , Modigliani had been urging Zbo to act as Soutine 's dealer , pointing out his greatness .
30 As ale and songs flowed and inhibitions retreated , Farmer Blagrave 's boasting increased , the price he received for his corn became more exaggerated and an Appreciative audience egged him on .
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