Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] he [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may easily be objected that if he had wished to avoid becoming archbishop he had simply to refuse . |
| 2 | He seemed to be talking to himself , and as he drew level he glanced suddenly in her direction . |
| 3 | In 386 Ambrose moved relics he had just discovered in a Milan suburb to one of the new churches he had built to ring the growing city with prestigious sanctuaries ; it was a well thought out act . |
| 4 | What it is you have a bit of a power twist that easy and of course that 's embarrassing so when John met Maggie he thought well I ca n't twist her over and get stuck in there . |
| 5 | Newmarket Magistrates told Youds he came close to being disqualified for a speeding offence which warranted a six unit fine . |
| 6 | A shout told Sharpe he had indeed been seen . |
| 7 | Well done Kieran he had already worked his out good boy . |
| 8 | For months SCO has resisted adopting SVR4 even though SCO co-founder Doug Michels recently told Unigram.X he had finally ‘ bitten the ideological bullet ’ and was prepared to step out on the SVR4 road provided it could get the right terms ( UX No 398 ) . |
| 9 | Finding that broking in political power was more fun than selling milk , Horsley self-importantly told Kinnock he 'd better stick to his socialist principles after being elected Prime Minister , or there 'd be trouble from NoS . |
| 10 | A MAN who attacked two sisters at a party told police he remembered little about it because of the amount of drink he had consumed . |
| 11 | With that she said no more but dropped down to her shelter and took up some food , an action that told Creggan he had best get on with it and ask no more questions . |
| 12 | As he passed Burun he nodded respectfully . |
| 13 | In his resignation press conference Michael Heseltine complained explicitly about Mrs Thatcher 's style and performance as Prime Minister , claiming that she had acted unconstitutionally in refusing him permission to discuss the issue in Cabinet and in forbidding him to restate views he had publicly expressed in the past . |
| 14 | Mr Spielberg 's told Rosemarie he hopes so , but only if he finds the money . |
| 15 | With the Gunners fading alarmingly in their pursuit of the Championship , chairman Peter Hill-Wood has told Graham he has only to knock on his door to be handed virtually an open cheque book . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's not bad I suppose ’ — David Quantick on Ecstasy ‘ From the side if you squint and wear shades he looks almost human and not Welsh at all . ’ |
| 17 | Sir Frank , who had earned his knighthood by making house calls only at houses where there might be photographers waiting outside , had once told George he drank too much . |
| 18 | Gedge recognises the irony of now being part of the property owning class he opposed just a few years ago . |
| 19 | A busy man who was prepared for ‘ another talk ’ after the prolonged exchange of a few days earlier , was not quite the self-absorbed , withdrawn person he has sometimes been portrayed . |
| 20 | When she asked him if he would come with her to see Joanne he put forward the excuse of having his article to write , so Lyn went with Kevin . |
| 21 | Under the mop of curls his face , without the emphasizing make-up he wore perpetually on the train , looked younger and more ordinary : it was David Flynn who was at the races , not Zak . |
| 22 | When Benedick mocks love he does so in prose , naturally enough ( Much Ado , II.iii.6–36 ) , but as he overhears Don Pedro , Claudio , and Balthasar in verse , beginning the plot against him , we are conscious of the gap between mockery and romance . |
| 23 | A playwright once responded to someone who asked him about the message of his play that when he wanted to send messages he did so by telegram . |
| 24 | After the changeover he soon and predictably became critical of Chamberlain , but before it took place he seemed wholly unattracted by the game of balancing one possible successor against another . |
| 25 | When he saw Burun he smiled unpleasantly . |
| 26 | Next time I saw Joe he looked maybe not 10 years younger but certainly a totally different man and ready to rock . |
| 27 | When the Nazis took power he went underground and worked in the communist resistance , was arrested and did eight years ' penal servitude . |
| 28 | somebody came to settle up bang and he was playing thinking he 'd just been wounded and in fact he 'd been shot and killed , poor chap |
| 29 | At PRO Dogs awards dinner he looked so loveable , the urge to give him a hug was almost impossible to resist . |
| 30 | The Americans are world champions and half a second faster than the British best — but I can redress that balance just by telling Christie he has only a dog 's chance . |