Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [verb] something " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless he had to get something , and quickly , before the shops closed for lunch . |
| 2 | Already he has looked something special in our 125cc races and has notched doubles at Bishopscourt and Aghadowey but more than that he was third in the 125cc Euro round at Mondello so he is heading the right way . |
| 3 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 4 | Lukic , whenever he decided to do something with a cross , punched it . |
| 5 | Then he started to say something . |
| 6 | Once or twice he began to say something , paused and then branched out to another subject which had no connection with the one before . |
| 7 | Still short of the halfway line now we 've already played over a minute of added time in the first half and the referee oh I thought he was gon na blow for half time , instead he 's spotted something on the nearside of the field , it 's a free kick to Blackburn . |
| 8 | Their contents had usually turned out to be machine parts but there had been a couple of times when he had found something a little more palatable — once a case of French Burgundy , on another occasion a case of German hock . |
| 9 | Eric and I had to restrain him at times when he wanted to do something like throw little Paul into the water to see if he 'd float , or like when he wanted to fell a tree over the railway line that goes through Porteneil , but as a rule we got on surprisingly well , even though it rankled to see Eric , who was the same age as Blyth , obviously in fear of him . |
| 10 | I think I knew in my heart that once again he wanted to do something ‘ useful , in the sense that it 's got to be done ’ . |