Example sentences of "[verb] he [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man , whose name has not been released , was a well known visitor to the libraries in question and was not suspected until the police were able to catch him red-handed lifting a title-page from a book . |
| 2 | So what about Russell today then David , has he still got a sore throat ? |
| 3 | Has he ever cooked a pie that comes out the oven cold ? |
| 4 | There were some valid defences , particularly the poor state of most of the pitches and the injuries to Gatting ( having returned from getting his nose repaired he promptly had a thumb broken and played in only the final Test ) , but some of the criticisms were very valid , too . |
| 5 | It was this habit of self-mastery which made one expect him always to maintain a standard of behaviour which other people felt themselves excused from emulating . |
| 6 | Poyntz had married the illegitimate daughter of earl Rivers and was clearly suspect as a result , although the choice of Berkeley , a kinsman , to replace him perhaps implies a wish not to antagonize Poyntz 's associates . |
| 7 | Poyntz had married the illegitimate daughter of earl Rivers and was clearly suspect as a result , although the choice of Berkeley , a kinsman , to replace him perhaps implies a wish not to antagonize Poyntz 's associates . |
| 8 | Haldane 's personal convictions and family connections caused him quickly to assume a prominent role on the more extreme wing of Anglican Evangelicalism . |
| 9 | But by all means if you 've got something bring it along and that would give us a starter for five I 'm keen to see us also trying to once we 've got this going going down the S P Q road ah had lunch with the other day at I mean it was I mean she was n't meeting him necessarily wearing a B A I E hat of not um and I think she I think she touched on that though while while while they were lunching. erm I put down progress because I was thinking of the Pilgrims Progress at the time |
| 10 | Let him get together all the composers in Munich , let him even summon a few from Italy , France , Germany , England and Spain . |
| 11 | St Francis Xavier says he without turning a hair . |
| 12 | Now he says he also took a batch of papers and a bit of film , negative film . |
| 13 | He says he too likes a spot of gardening . |
| 14 | The local council says he only has a licence for the fruit , and he needs another one to sell greens . |
| 15 | ‘ He says he never saw a body when he moved it . |
| 16 | One assumes he also had a Christian name and that his mother loved him , but one thing is certain , nobody else at Binbrook did . |
| 17 | I hope he just needs a couple of goals to help his confidence — or maybe we should n't use him just as an ariel target man 'cos when he gets the ball on the deck he looks okay ( if a bit Chapmanesque ) . |
| 18 | I hope he soon makes a full recovery . ’ |
| 19 | Circumstances had obliged him to sell out to three younger partners , but until they came he never had a telephone or typewriter . |
| 20 | But Mr Jackson realises he still had a duty to correct the advert . ’ |
| 21 | By repeatedly mentioning the example of the access to the Duddon and naming very few other rivers which may be used he probably paints a truer access picture than he intends . |
| 22 | But I remember he never had a trap or anything . |
| 23 | Let's hope he never had a connection with the other American icon — or I dong — he 's writing about : JOHN HOLMES . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , tell 'im ter get a move on , luv . |
| 25 | She watched him nonchalantly swinging a vicious-looking little whip , and feared it would be a part of his interrogation technique . |
| 26 | When we are rehearsing and recording he never touches a drop of alcohol ; but afterwards there are many toasts and celebrations . |
| 27 | His pioneering interest in Tiepolo led him also to gather a large collection of his drawings , which filled twelve albums . |
| 28 | John Coffin walked away , marvelling at the strangeness of life which made him now mourn a petty criminal whom he had not liked and whom no one had appeared to love , and who might , just possibly , have also poisoned three people . |
| 29 | As the first law of kung fu is defend , then attack , the student who has gained knowledge of the basic strikes , has next to be trained in parries and blocking manoeuvres to enable him effectively to stop a punch without being hit himself . |
| 30 | I sent him outside to make a start on the exterior painting , and went back to tidy up the mess . |