Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] he [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He even patted Nick on the head and called him ‘ Young Nicodemus ’ , which amazed Nick so much he sat with his mouth hanging open and barely touched the roast meat on his plate . |
| 2 | Because he was a father and no longer young he confessed to himself that he would prefer the latter . |
| 3 | His seat throughout was Taunton , and once successful he sat until his death . |
| 4 | The producer 's girlfriend kept getting John on to the dance floor , and the more John drank , the more intolerant he became of her . |
| 5 | He 's obviously been doing that since your pregnancy , yet you 've only just begun to notice how little he confides in you . |
| 6 | He wanted to know why , so I asked him how much he knew about me . |
| 7 | In a way , this is just what he needed to make him realise how much he cared about me . ’ |
| 8 | She could have kicked herself for the remark , for allowing Piers to see how much he got underneath her skin , but she could n't prevent herself . |
| 9 | Dennis is lovely , and you can see how much he thinks of you . ’ |
| 10 | He , say , needs a new roof on his house , so he checks how much he has in his account , gets a roofer to do the job , and writes him a cheque in pints . |
| 11 | But my ex heard about this and sent me two letters , full of how much he cares for me and that the break-up was his fault . |
| 12 | Trevor began to explain why not , about the pointlessness of formal education in an area where knowledge depended so much upon intuition , and also about how much he earned with his overtime at Batsby Ball Bearings . |
| 13 | How much he liked about my hair . |
| 14 | I knew er lots on beat and pic bits and pieces out of them but er , bloody amazing how many , how many he wrote in his life time . |
| 15 | Dad came in and I was struck by how handsome he seemed with his moustache freshly waxed and his hair brushed flat and parted in the middle . |
| 16 | The railway made it worth while for Louise : Gustave was never really far away , however severe he sounded in his letters ; the next one would surely say that they could meet again , that only two hours separated them . |
| 17 | He said well you 're very lucky he said by my estimation that 's worth four thousand pounds |