Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well obviously he 's built up his clientele over the years |
| 2 | However thoroughly he had pulled up his African roots , however , he never really felt entirely accepted in England . |
| 3 | Consultation is a form of limited participation in decision-making for subordinates , but there might be a tendency for a manager to appear to consult his subordinates when really he has made up his mind beforehand . |
| 4 | If on arrival he hands them over to someone whom he reasonably assumes to be authorised to receive them , then he has carried out his duty of delivery , Galbraith and Grant v. Block ( 1922 K.B. ) . |
| 5 | She did n't need to be Sherlock Holmes to know how he had picked up his nick-name . |
| 6 | The pattern for these accusations had been set by the young Liberal Charles Masterman in The Heart of the Empire ( 1902 ) where he had thundered out his warning of inevitable decline as the result of the ‘ perpetual lowering in the vitality of the Imperial Race in the great cities of the Kingdom through over-crowding in room and in area ’ : What was never entirely clear was whether it was merely a physical deterioration that was eating away at the ‘ Imperial Race ’ , or if a moral decay was not also in evidence . |
| 7 | She met Penry 's favourite sister Kit and her husband , Reid Livesey , ate some supper , laughed and chatted with more of Penry 's friends , and all the time she burned with the need to ask Penry what he was playing at , why he 'd thrown down his unexpected announcement like a gauntlet in front of his voluptuous ex-wife . |