Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Katherine watched them and listened , she was suddenly aware that her father seemed different than he did in New York . |
| 2 | That evening Wycliffe 's after-dinner walk took him once more to Newlyn , but it was a fine evening and still light so he continued along the coast road , past the stone quarries , to Mousehole . |
| 3 | ‘ It was interesting because he arrived for the audition clearly drunk , ’ said Hauser . |
| 4 | The occasional sly lift is one thing but I suspect Irish referee Stephen Hilditch will become suspicious when he sees Adolf Malan waving at him from upon high while he waits for the throw . |
| 5 | C. I. Lewis used to claim that basic beliefs were ‘ certain' or ‘ incorrigible ’ ( Lewis , 1952 and 1946 , ch. 7 ) ; it is not always clear whether he thought of these as the same as being infallible or not . |
| 6 | It is , in particulars the unnerving intellectuality of the life around him that Hölderlin attacks , the overvaluation of philosophizing and the promise of action that never comes , the substitution of books and words for deeds , the excessive introspection and lack of worldly competence ( the criticism has a special poignancy in that these are character traits he is intimately familiar with , which at times become part of his self-criticism ) When he speaks of Greece , it is not always clear whether he has in mind the fifth century or the timeless present in which Hyperion lives , but it is always Greece that provides the contrast . |
| 7 | Travis 's eyes were gleaming with mischief , though his face was grave when he looked at Paige . |
| 8 | It is not precisely clear when he knew of the extra cases . |
| 9 | It all seemed so clear when he appeared on the Frost programme two days before the Leader of the Opposition 's visit to Luigi 's restaurant . |
| 10 | But he made it clear when he arrived in Perth the next day that he disagreed with Marsh 's sacking , an interesting observation given that the players ' code of behaviour specifically states that they are not permitted to comment on selection decisions . |
| 11 | Juanito shook his head clear as he rounded on Trent . |
| 12 | I hoped that Mavis had n't passed on my thoughtless , remarks about his easy-going approach to work and was therefore somewhat self-conscious when he appeared in my office at half past two on the dot . |
| 13 | Things began to go wrong when he got into bad company . |
| 14 | Even the New Forest Hunt master admitted it was wrong when he spoke at a rival press conference . |
| 15 | Life in a small village could be deadly dull , and Henry had been absolutely charming when he chose to be . |
| 16 | Not that Rune could n't be charming when he wanted to , she reflected . |
| 17 | He did n't appear to have seen her in the water and Rachel had the advantage of watching him unobserved as he strolled along the poolside , a towel slung around his neck . |
| 18 | The thought was scarcely born before James Lambert himself appeared , hardly more than a shadow in the dusk , but unmistakable as he walked past the pile of kegs . |
| 19 | ‘ He was weight-weakened for the Lampkin defeat , so it was a case of being to heavy for that fight , and too light when he lost to Lewis . ’ |
| 20 | He felt foolish as he looked at Molly who was on all fours amongst the pine needles looking at him in open mouthed amazement . |
| 21 | His gaze was inscrutable as he smiled at the American couple . |
| 22 | His heavily lined mahogany coloured face was unsmiling as he looked at them . |
| 23 | He does not observe or understand them as lessons in natural history , but knows their names and as much about their habits and life-history as he needs for his purpose . |
| 24 | glowed red-brown when he spoke to the flames . |
| 25 | Even now , he 's careful when he talks about Atlanta ; you can watch the thought behind his eyes . |
| 26 | Therefore , the Minister must be careful when he argues about the principle of the matter . |
| 27 | Moreover , it is difficult to believe that anyone who can be as dull as Hoccleve can , when using literary conventions , could suddenly become as lively as he does by merely adopting a new one : the ‘ autobiographical ’ convention . |
| 28 | Is it just a coincidence that Jesus is said to be thirty years old when he embarks on his ministry ? |
| 29 | He was almost two years old when he came to me . |
| 30 | They were moving with me all the time and er , the eldest child was four year 's old when he came to this country and er , two and a half year 's old the girl , younger to him . |