Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every nerve in her body was taut , stretched to breaking-point ; gently he took something from her hair , holding up a small twig for her to see . |
| 2 | Gently he turned her in his arms to face him , and he kissed her very tenderly on the lips . |
| 3 | Gently he pulled it from her eyelid . |
| 4 | Dazedly he saw them by the sagging chaise-longue . |
| 5 | Furthermore he interpreted it in such a way that ‘ support ’ was not an empty word . |
| 6 | He said quietly , ‘ Not as beautiful as you are , ’ and suddenly he swept her into his arms . |
| 7 | Suddenly he drew her towards him and kissed her . |
| 8 | Naturally he cribbed it for the title of a pamphlet , when what I actually meant by it was some advice . |
| 9 | For years she has been complaining ‘ I never see anything of you , darling ’ and ‘ Why ca n't you spend a little more time with the family ? ’ — so naturally he expects her to be delighted to have him at home . |
| 10 | Or perhaps it could be the heart-stopping finale where they finally , sorry , break the ice , and after a quick peckeroo execute the near impossible Pamchenko manoeuvre ( basically he grabs her by the feet and spins her in increasing circles , and she prays he does n't let go ) . |
| 11 | The translation of the new book was in the hands of a very scholarly missionary , Charles Garrad , and before long he enlisted me as his assistant . |
| 12 | Thoughtfully he thrust it into the base of a bush a few feet from the path and covered it with dried leaves . |
| 13 | When Mum came down he told her about Albert 's offer and she perked up , too . |
| 14 | She thought she would fall to the floor , or faint , standing there at the mercy of his ravishing mouth , and perhaps he sensed something of her helplessness , because he raised his head again almost immediately . |
| 15 | Perhaps he expected her to curtsy . |
| 16 | Modigliani must have sensed the originality in the young boy 's personality even at that age ; perhaps he saw something of himself as a youth . |
| 17 | Perhaps he saw them as a threat . |
| 18 | But perhaps he preferred it to a haunted house , because , as he saw it , that would require metaphysics as well . |
| 19 | No answer , but perhaps he found something in the watchful face that was not quite mute , for he smiled , and deep within the hollow eyes a spark kindled . |
| 20 | This , in turn , suggests that perhaps he found himself in a dilemma — caught between his naturally humane feelings and the logic of his unsentimental , utilitarian theory . |
| 21 | Perhaps he hated her for inheriting most of the Havisham fortune . |
| 22 | Perhaps he wants it as credit to set against his future crimes . ’ |
| 23 | However carefully and reverently the job was going to be handled , obviously he expected nothing but disaster . |
| 24 | Obviously he put it across a lot better than what I did but the actual message of getting that across |
| 25 | New things had happened , the spread of the scientific temper , erm reasonably effective and cheap methods of contraception , the emancipation of women due to the development of industry , the decay of Christianity , all these various factors made the old conception of marriage out of date , and so he takes it in hand , he pillories it , and he suggests new possibilities , of which one seems to be nowadays obtaining favour , that 's trial marriage , i.e. that people should experiment with living together erm so long as they do n't intend at that stage to have children , before they finally decide to marry and settle down . |
| 26 | So he gets it at four quid but |
| 27 | So he said nothing to them , but went off and wandered about the world for three years , and then returned to King Voukashan . |
| 28 | It was out of season for rugby and so he had plenty of roving time and the nights were growing longer . |
| 29 | So he sold them for four X. |
| 30 | so he sold it in a wrong time he could have , he could have hold on to it another few months and got a lot of money for it |