Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] his [noun] [conj] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shelley has performed these works consistently in live concerts and broadcasts , so has obviously formulated his ideas and polished the interpretations well . |
| 2 | There seems a note of valediction in the loving intensity of his description , a desire to record for one last time the scenes which , for more than a year , had so filled his mind and shaped his thoughts : |
| 3 | Marek gently lowered his eyelids and laughed . |
| 4 | ‘ An estate agent submitted a gadget he had invented years before which was sitting up in his loft , but he needed the money so tried his luck and sent it in . ’ |
| 5 | Sir Brian suddenly lifted his face and whispered in Athelstan 's ear . |
| 6 | Once he suddenly opened his eyes and said , ‘ Is n't everything lovely ? ’ |
| 7 | In the back , Myeloski suddenly opened his eyes and found himself staring straight above , straight into the great silver underbelly of the Ilyushin . |
| 8 | But Kraal only shook his head and stared mournfully out on to the lovely morning , seeing only a memory of an old eagle he had argued with but always loved and who would never come back . |
| 9 | The train rumbled nearer , Ian was still jigging about on the parapet , he could see the smoke box lamp flickering , then as the train was almost on the bridge the smoke enveloped the structure as Ian was doing his Highland jig ; he suddenly lost his balance and fell down onto the smoke box frame , the force of the fall did its lethal work and killed Ian Watson . |
| 10 | James Courtney from Dundrod only broke his wrist and suffered severe bruising of his back and shoulders , despite being hurled into a field backwards as he skidded off the road . |
| 11 | But she loved him enough to understand his silence and found courage from somewhere for both of them . |
| 12 | Besides having confidence in his artistic and physical abilities , he had a great passion for Nature as she showed herself in the Lake District which not only initiated his venture but maintained it all his life . |
| 13 | It merely broke his fall and carted him a couple of miles up the road . |
| 14 | The lorry had not long come out of the tunnel when Tony suddenly clicked his tongue and applied the footbrake . |
| 15 | Every morning at Mass he sought her smiling eyes as if she alone understood his loneliness and felt for him . |
| 16 | He felt himself in danger of laughing out , loud , so cleared his throat and addressed the boy in a firmer voice . |
| 17 | Schiller none the less continued his research and provoked controversy by his estimate that , by the mid-1950s , though space heating sales had fallen to only a fifth of domestic sales , they still accounted for some three-fifths of the peak : significantly more than the BEA had ever publicly admitted . |
| 18 | But in the days immediately after the General Election defeat , Mr Smith not only launched his bid but got into an impregnable position thanks to his support from the big unions . |
| 19 | The calf shook its head lamely , but Kalchu merely tightened his hold and stroked the underneath of the throat to make it swallow . |
| 20 | Joe recovered enough to rejoin his battalion and sailed for home on 7 March . |
| 21 | He finally got his passport and left for Russia in 1958 . |
| 22 | One minstrel was supposed to have not just glorified his master but saved his life as well : |
| 23 | ‘ He already played his hand and lost . |
| 24 | Voeller could not believe his luck and had the simple task of tapping the ball into an empty goal . |
| 25 | He just turned his back and walked away , leaving me in the hall . |
| 26 | Jenna could not understand his attitude and looked up at him with wide , puzzled eyes . |
| 27 | Cicero , whose stamina had been in doubt , could not keep his place and dropped away , but Bachelor 's Button and Pretty Polly — the mare on the stands side , her rival on the far side — were closing rapidly on the leader . |
| 28 | The fact that he obviously thought she was a good nurse pleased her and gave her confidence , while the fact that Belinda had not betrayed his secret and gossiped about his wife and her illness earned his gratitude and respect , so that now they were allies and she knew she would be able to go to him if ever she had a problem at the hospital . |
| 29 | This time , the garage attendant just shook his head and walked away , not wanting to know . |
| 30 | I asked Benjamin but he just shook his head and pointed across to the dark fringes of the forest . |