Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [conj] he " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 At one point there was real concern about his future but he is now back and playing better than when he was first picked by England . ’
2 So if if he blows his nose in Australia , we know about it today .
3 On the other hand , the court will order by mandamus a visitor to exercise his jurisdiction if he refuses or fails to do so since if he does not , no one else can .
4 He knew that she and Massingham had worked together before when he had been a newly promoted divisional detective inspector and she a sergeant .
5 He took no part in the digging but squatted on the edge of the ditch , fidgeting backwards and forwards , sometimes nibbling and then starting up suddenly as though he could hear some sound in the wood .
6 He had carried her in his arms as naturally as if he had been doing so for years , and she had felt right there .
7 Gently as though he might disturb it , he pulled back .
8 That the cripple lived near the stream there was no doubt because his crutch prints were heavily marked on the path for a hundred paces or so as though he often came there , but beyond that point there were none .
9 So when and he gets blown up .
10 And he walked away from the manor as though he had arrived there as empty-handed , half-naked and alone as when he left .
11 A letter card came from France , but it told them little except that he was well and a letter followed .
12 What is most disappointing though is that Nashwan is not to return to Paris to try to prove that his defeat in the Prix Niel by Golden Pheasant and French Glory , who now occupy prominent positions in the Arc betting , was because he was having an off-day rather than because he has deteriorated since his magnificent victories in the 2,000 Guineas , Derby and Eclipse Stakes earlier in the year .
13 The tsar probably dissolved the committee in December 1855 on the grounds of inefficiency rather than because he planned to treat writers more liberally , but while he planned a suitable alternative censorship became less stringent .
14 What is more , de Man argues , metaphor overcomes the opposition between inner repose and outer action because Marcel 's imagination gives him access to the outside world ; of a kind that allows him to possess it " much more effectively than if he had actually been present in an outside world that he could then have only known by bits and pieces " ( 1979 : 60 ) .
15 ‘ Charlie ’ as he was known to everyone , joined Douglas Reyburn in 1940 and left shortly after when he was enlisted in the Army .
16 The sun was just as hot , and the sea was just as wet , and the stars just as starry when he went away as when he was there .
17 Rincewind took a few steps forward , cupidity moving him as easily as if he were on little wheels .
18 He could command her responses as easily as though he held her in thrall , and that made her more than a little afraid .
19 Now she saw him , standing on the pavement outside the church , holding his thumb out to her and grinning beseechingly as though he were some hopeful teenager off on the hippy trail .
20 Just as though he had not been going to walk past into the kitchen , he wheeled , and pounded up the stairs in front of her .
21 Dr Graham was , as you might expect , most eloquent and , when he appealed for people to come forward and dedicate themselves , quite a few got up and went towards the screen just as though he was really there .
22 ‘ And do n't they have rooms enough to house an army ? ’ she demanded just as though he was about to deny it .
23 But Nocker , the part he played in Camel was no Bilko , even though he threw his weight around just as though he were head of the transport squad at Fort Baxter .
24 ‘ I 'll see you at the weekend , then , ’ Leith said lightly , and was once more wanting to do something of a pugilistic nature to her employer when , just as though he lived there , he went to the door with Travis and saw him out .
25 Ellen twisted away and Sweetman laughed at her obvious discomfiture , then , as coolly as though he owned Wavebreaker , he stepped down into the central cockpit where he first brushed at , then sat on , one of the white cushioned seats by the ship 's wheel .
26 Ray Shepherd looked up at them as coolly as if he had just driven in to work on a routine day .
27 Then she noticed the walking stick jammed up against the wall between the table and the chair , exactly as though he wanted to hide it or disown it .
28 Erm he is obviously aware that er by not having the vehicle taxed it 's going to cost him considerably more than if he had er taxed the vehicle at the right , correct and proper time .
29 Erm he is obviously aware that er by not having the vehicle taxed , it 's going to cost him considerably more than if he had er taxed the vehicle at the right , correct and proper time .
30 ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her .
  Next page