Example sentences of "[adv] he [modal v] [verb] [adv] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More literally translated that verse runs like this : ‘ I may cover his face with the present that goes before my face ; and afterwards I shall see his face ; perhaps he will lift up my face . ’ |
| 2 | So he will talk up his investment tax credits and a break on capital gains tax for shares held in some small companies for at least five years . |
| 3 | He had a calm lean face never to be called handsome and if he looked up he would put on his quick protective smile to say Do n't ask about me I 'm all right talk about somebody else … |
| 4 | Every so often he would glance over his shoulder . |
| 5 | Sometimes he would throw away his francs to the soldiers and go home without a sou . |
| 6 | Sometimes he 'd throw up his hands and storm out of the front door , returning to my apologies and his apologies and yet another spice cake . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll persuade him to sell it and return to Hastings , where he 'll take up his old life as an accountant . ’ |
| 8 | Pitt was almost the only British politician ever to think that acquiring colonial possessions was the main purpose of European war ; by 1759 he had reached a position where he could carry out his objective almost at will . |
| 9 | Over and over again he would read out my favourite stories , sometimes with deliberate mistakes for me to correct . |