Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] and he [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the year , the shipping trade was badly depressed and he was forced to confess , despite his brave words in public , that " the power of the union had practically been destroyed " . |
| 2 | His drawings were so clear and he was always able to get directly to the important issues . |
| 3 | ‘ My older son would like to make friends , too — he gets so bored and he is a bit jealous of the baby . |
| 4 | He 's only six and he 's a Lego freak . |
| 5 | His home is stacked with literally hundreds and he 's made almost all of them . |
| 6 | He just has n't got a clue , apparently he said last night he never thought it would be so hard , he had a confession with Liz or something , never thought it would be so hard and he 's really struggled this year , really , really hard work , nothing like being a deputy which to me he 's an idiot if he did n't know that , he 's feeling guilty about the phone bill , but has n't got any money at all for anything |
| 7 | His touch is so sure and he is stoutly unruffled — apart from when he was embarrassingly run out . |
| 8 | On the other hand , his wound went so deep and he was such a vengeful man that he had wanted his wounder dead . |
| 9 | Paddy was actually flying the aeroplane that did it , cos he 's landing and take off was so impeccable and he 's training . |
| 10 | He 's only one and he 's talking . |
| 11 | No one spoke so she felt driven to continue : ‘ I expect you know that I was Gifford 's second wife ; I married him when I was only twenty-two and he was sixty-one . |
| 12 | Upon each occasion the contact was only fleeting and he was careful to leave her longing for more . |
| 13 | From 1912 though , his health was not good and he was no real threat to Law , but he retained the backing of a large section of the rank and file in the House of Commons . |
| 14 | A one-time Italian band singer , Donald Forcillo-Rose , came out of the woodwork in October 1980 to claim that he and June were lovers when she was just sixteen and he was twenty-six , and that she became pregnant . |
| 15 | He was no longer shocked and he was n't really upset . |
| 16 | It 's not malignant and he 's coming home , so we 've got to pick him up tomorrow morning and he 's smashing ! |
| 17 | Well Peter I sa la one night last week oh it was the week before I was going up past and this fella was walking and he was fucking staggering and he was going on the road and Peter 's came back and fucking him . |
| 18 | Sims 's smile had gone a little rueful and he was looking down at his hands , turning a gold-tipped cigarette in his small fingers . |
| 19 | As regards my right hon. Friend 's personal position , he is usually right and he is inevitably honourable . |
| 20 | Laura gave a low moan as she struggled to sit up , one half of her still almost unconscious mind noticing that Ross must have recently had a shower , since his black hair was still damp and he was wearing nothing but a short white towel about his waist . |
| 21 | His judgement is more balanced and he 's better educated and better informed . |
| 22 | He is still unconscious and he is sick every time they move him . |
| 23 | Rajk was secretary-general of the party but his internationalism branded him as dangerously Titoist and he was hanged as a fascist spy and traitor . |
| 24 | But the time and inspiration for such apparent frivolities were rapidly passing and he was soon explaining to Bonamy Dobrée that the Bolovian period had ended . |
| 25 | His father died while he was still young and he was brought up by his mother and paternal grandfather , who owned a tailor 's shop in Moor Street , Birmingham . |
| 26 | By February 1938 he sent a complete script to Browne , but major changes were still necessary and he was seeking advice until the end of the year . |
| 27 | His voice was more cultured and he was cleaner , his black hair close-cropped and his beard neatly trimmed . |
| 28 | I had a bit of a problem with Mr Hamilton when he first arrived — I did something rather stupid and he was furious , but the patient was OK and he was great after that . |
| 29 | Ah now you think about it , I mean there was this question in our maths test and I was chatting to him in the dinner queue about it and I was going yeah it was this and he goes oh you 're probably right and he was agreeing with me and I found out later that I was wrong but he still agreed with me . |
| 30 | He said : ‘ Watts had to play alone up front and he was a revelation . |