Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that she might be able to leave with him did n't even occur to her . |
| 2 | He ruled out further help for the legalized opposition parties , saying that they needed time to win supporters , and that was why they had fared badly in the April elections . |
| 3 | He became quite well known for his extreme left-wing views and often aired them on rare visits home . |
| 4 | In March 1939 he gave the Boutwood Foundation lectures at Corpus Christi College , Cambridge , in which he outlined the kind of society which he wished to see established , a society which actively advanced the values and principles which he found so signally lacking in Neville Chamberlain 's England . |
| 5 | If a decision that he regarded as properly belonging to himself was taken at a lower level ( even by the prime minister ) , he invariably administered a sharp rebuke . |
| 6 | Stark however was keen to distinguish knowledge from ideology and in this he differentiated himself from Mannheim 's position which he regarded as too dominated by Marxism ( Stark 1958 : 104 ) . |
| 7 | I was wearing a large theatrical ring with an enormous ‘ emerald ’ surrounded by paste diamonds and he bent more closely to look at it . |
| 8 | Although his head was throbbing almost intolerably , he 'd felt sober enough to ring for breakfast in his room , and had done his best to contemplate the ‘ Full English ’ he 'd so foolishly ordered for 7 a.m . |
| 9 | One day , on a long walk , he 'd almost literally bumped into Fergus Urvill , crouching in a hide up amongst the folds in the hills , waiting with telescope and .303 for a wounded Sika deer . |
| 10 | So my father did n't know what to do , because he 'd only just started on his own , so he was tight for money as well was n't he . |
| 11 | There was a momentary hesitation before he explained that he 'd only just got to the room , he 'd felt too disturbed by the shamanistic experience to sleep and had sat in the hospitality suite reading . |
| 12 | You 've known for years he was devious , and he 'd never actually fallen over himself to be nice to you , had he ? |
| 13 | But he 'd never really thought about the insides . |
| 14 | He 'd never really thought about it before today . |
| 15 | William had loved his grandad , but he 'd never really listened to him . |
| 16 | He exhaled thoughtfully then sat in the armchair in the corner of the room . |
| 17 | he came round here swearing at |
| 18 | Its small herd included two sturdy calves , and he ducked down excitedly to report to his father what he had seen . |
| 19 | He swivelled round then to look at her . |
| 20 | He glanced quickly across to check on Delaney and Nell , and was turning his attention back to the others , when he frowned . |
| 21 | He supported himself by painting the portraits of the distinguished people he met on the way , and in Japan he went off alone to live among the aboriginal Ainu . |
| 22 | He managed furthermore discreetly to put into circulation the audacious proposal that he should be the first Governor-General of the two independent states . |
| 23 | All that now remained was to get the next couple of weeks over — have the party , get Karl away , see Erika settled , get the business of the accident cleared up and then , although he did not normally think in melodramatic terms — then the future ! |
| 24 | My clients were relieved , but the brothers , George and Mike Stevens , were not , and had made their feelings plain to Andrew Buccleuth in language that he did not normally hear outside the fringe theatre , of which he was a generous patron . |
| 25 | He did not even think about Greg Martin if he could help it . |
| 26 | He did not even pretend to a crushing burden of work , only enough to complain comfortably about . |
| 27 | He did not even go to London much , but lived in villages and small country towns . |
| 28 | Having reached this agreement , he allowed the king to take his time , and he did not even insist on returning to England , but renamed at Bec until a settlement had been reached . |
| 29 | He did not even wait to be told the subject of the phone call . |
| 30 | But Wycliffe 's interest was far from scientific ; he reached no profound sociological conclusions ; he did not even attempt to be objective . |