Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only he had thought of recorking his wine after dégorgement , then the perfectly limpid sparkling wine he had managed to achieve for himself and , no doubt , passed on as a ‘ tip ’ to others , would have been available to everybody . |
| 2 | Years earlier he had resided briefly at a clinic with Vivien , where Robert Sencourt claimed to have first met them both : and earlier still he had spoken of a mental condition of ‘ long-standing ’ . |
| 3 | Yesterday he had thought of himself as a character in an obscene novel . |
| 4 | Jack often thought he was n't quick enough to match Charlie 's easy repartee , but now he had thought of something that would make his friend smile . |
| 5 | So now he had to think of something different . |
| 6 | It was surprising , now he came to think of it , that this had n't scared him off , but he 'd been lulled by her flippancy . |
| 7 | The odd , persistent tourist might have come and , now he came to think of it , there were animal footprints , presumably of the goat , or , in the light of Miss Tilley 's remarks , the cattle . |
| 8 | ‘ Or has he become possessive now he 's come of age ? ’ |
| 9 | In confession now he has spoken of but one blow , and I am convinced he struck but once . ’ |
| 10 | He 's probably give her one and now he wants rid of her . |
| 11 | Since becoming vice-chairman four months ago he has thought of changing it to Owen More Money . |
| 12 | Sometimes he ventured to think of his role as that of a sparring partner . |
| 13 | Then he seemed to think of something , and said , ‘ Why did you say I needed someone lively ? |
| 14 | He shakes his head like he ca n't understand summat , then he lets go of my hand . |
| 15 | Until then he had thought of her as sulky , even wilful , and had in truth been no more anxious for the match than she . |
| 16 | When Patrick had stormed out of the room , his head pounding , bile in his throat , he had started for his room , but then he had thought of Jane , and he had turned and headed back down the hall towards the room she shared with her sister . |
| 17 | Then he let go of my sleeve as if he 'd confessed what it was he had to confess . |
| 18 | Then he let go of my arm . |
| 19 | He was received by old Mrs Ferrar and Nicholas , to whom he spoke frankly of how he had heard of ‘ their watching and praying at night , of their altar richly decked with plate , tapestry and tapers , of their adoration and genuflections on entering therein , which might savour of superstition and popery ’ . |
| 20 | Copernicus , on the left , raises the possibility of the earth 's motion , Galileo produces his telescope , and Kepler expresses a desire for wings that he might visit the new world — as indeed he had dreamed of doing in his unpublished Copernican text Somnium . |
| 21 | The quicker he got rid of her the better . |
| 22 | Instead he has thought of a number . |
| 23 | Trees and plants do project different subtle atmospheres around them , as Dr Bach discovered when he used come of their flowers to produce remedies containing their subtle vibration . |
| 24 | Yet he hated to think of Wheeler , who represented everything bogus and hollow , desecrating his beloved church . |
| 25 | I wonder if that 's where he 's heard of you then because he you know he introduced me to N S A. |
| 26 | He has had to gamble on selling before he can buy , that 's why he got rid of first Ray Houghton and then Dean Saunders . |
| 27 | Twoflower wondered why he had thought of the phrase ‘ a sliver of a scream ’ … and began to wish he had n't . |