Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Carrie 's bruvver Danny was a good boxer , ’ he went on amiably. ‘ 'E used ter box in the army . |
| 2 | The ‘ Carry Ons ’ allowed him to go home to read in the evenings , to sit playing his classical piano records in the still sparsely-fitted flat at Farley Court , an apartment even more spartan than his previous homes , complete with whitewashed walls . |
| 3 | What had made him take up writing in the first place ? the interviewer asked . |
| 4 | I do n't remember him doing much digging in the garden but in my memory he is always mowing the lawn and fussing over a particular type of grass which evaded the blades and sprang back upright after the mower had passed over it . |
| 5 | Well everybody that was working for him had always worked in the quarries all their life , and they er they just been working for the slater company before the quarry shut down . |
| 6 | And he goes on to reveal in the letter that he had just taken a day off ‘ work ’ to watch a Tennessee high school football game with Ginger Alden , the 20-year-old Tennessee beauty queen who bore a startling resemblance to his mother and whom he called ‘ little Gladys ’ . |
| 7 | In attempting to return to Afghanistan in 1840 , he became accidentally embroiled in the Baluchistan revolt and was imprisoned by the British authorities without either charge or good reason ( described in Narrative of a Journey to Kalat , 1842 ) . |
| 8 | Relations between Modi and Madame Hébuterne became so strained , with Jeanne refusing to give him up and Madame cursing him and his art , that after a time he moved away to stay in the Hôtel Tarelli , 5 Rue de France . |
| 9 | He has even got in the habit of joining in , stumbling after me ( not that I 'm very dazzling ) like a giraffe . |
| 10 | So you 're quite sure he has n't gone in the other rooms then ? |
| 11 | ‘ Some guys might knock him because he has n't won in the States this year but I would n't . |
| 12 | He has n't play in the 1st team since a long while and will be bring some enthusiasm to the team . |
| 13 | During his exile he has also lived in the US and worked with migrant Mexican workers . |
| 14 | He who does not believe has been judged already because he has not believed in the name of the only son of God . |
| 15 | He has willingly assisted in the murder of an ANC operative , Sizwe Kondile . |
| 16 | To be summarily told that he has now dropped in the county pecking-order , that he can not expect to graduate to the captaincy , came as a shock . |
| 17 | But what Sheriff Irvine Smith has , with compelling cause shown , denied us in his Introduction he has amply redeemed in the justiciary cases he has placed before us and in his commentary thereon . |
| 18 | — he takes his Wife and Bairns with him , a Waggon the size of a Squatters Cabin and all such apparatus as will imcumber [ sic ] him not a little — he has never travelled in the Woods , never salted his rump Stakes [ sic ] with Gun Powder and how he will take to it , will be a ‘ sin to Crockett ’ . |
| 19 | The Dungarvan Leader once commended a candidate " with a record of achievement " in these revealing terms : " He has consistently fought in the Waterford County Council ( of which body he has been a member for many years ) for amenities for the town , and it was thanks to his representations that the long-suffering residents of the old road had a footpath provided in front of their homes to prevent flooding . |
| 20 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman could have made the shortest speech that he has ever made in the House . |
| 21 | Providing a refreshing exception to the plethora of Goochies and Emberses , he has long revelled in the nickname of ‘ Map ’ , one reflecting an uncommon knowledge of the circuit 's quickest routes and choicest hotels . |
| 22 | She looked round her bedroom and saw that David had left his wristwatch on her bedside table ; the scent of the citrus aftershave he used still hung in the air and when finally , in despair , she turned and buried her head in the pillow , the bed beneath her was still warm with the imprint of his body . |
| 23 | He ca n't he wakes up sobbing in the middle of the night . ’ |
| 24 | It was in fact a humble beginning , for the cast was enormous and his crowd work was not exceptional ; he received neither credit in the programme nor any mention in the press for his direction . |
| 25 | But to have to sit here and pretend interest in an endless parade of painted mannequins wearing bored looks and the ridiculous fashions he 'd already glimpsed in the huge sketches plastered on the wall as decorations — Nicolo shifted again . |
| 26 | Some days he would follow a man , a man he 'd just seen in the street , for minutes or for hours , thinking he would go up to him and ask him if he knew the way . |
| 27 | He asked the old man if he 'd ever worked in the sandpaper factory and added that he 'd probably be going to work there himself when he 'd finished at the Comprehensive . |
| 28 | I just hoped that Tom would feel better about the situation when he came back to work in the New Year . |
| 29 | A few days after that Norman Prince , the founder of the Lafayette , flying long and late in an attempt to avenge Rockwell , hit a high-tension cable as he came in to land in the dark . |
| 30 | There he halted , staring down into the flames , but his stillness had a taut , barely restrained quality that kept her heart beating much too fast , and though he seemed totally absorbed in the glowing fire Isabel sensed he was aware of her every movement . |