Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] he [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't know why he had come , hated himself for coming , but had by now tormented himself into a state of mind where he was deliberately looking for fresh spasms of anguish . |
| 2 | He hoped eventually to concentrate on diseases of the mind so he was constantly analysing people 's actions . |
| 3 | It looks as though John McVeir was a party to Moir McIlchenich 's murder although he was never charged with it , and we can only speculate as to what the three accused said before the Baillie on 16th May which induced the authorities to apprehend John McVeir and bring him before the Baillie on 22nd May 1699 — did they " split " on him ? |
| 4 | He did not see the soldier until he was almost on top of him . |
| 5 | It was sent by a sad Manc git using my Id cos he 's too scared to use his own — if anyone wishes to reply to his infantile shite they can send them to him at the following address … |
| 6 | He said to me on the phone he did n't know a great deal cos he was just getting it all together . |
| 7 | Peter had been trying to prove they should have left him behind ; it had been his father 's idea that he should go , needing the practice if he was ever to go hunting . |
| 8 | Fable 45 in R. Dodsley 's Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists ( 1798 ) describes a man buying a parrot because he is so impressed by the bird 's saying ‘ I think the more ’ when asked why it is not chattering like the other parrots in the shop . |
| 9 | Shooting at a slight angle to avoid the flash reflecting from the picture glass and cheating on the film speed setting because he was so close to the wall Maxim took three pictures of the man he had seen at the Abbey and one of every other recent-looking group or portrait . |
| 10 | But surely there has never been a case of any Hollywood actor admitting himself for therapy because he was so badly addicted to women . |
| 11 | Well I think Mick 's quite a prick because he 's so thick ai n't he really ? |
| 12 | ‘ I was n't even told about the wedding because he was largely under pressure , in a corner d' you see . |
| 13 | A team of four assassins , made up from the now disbanded Security Police , have vowed to kill Mobuto while he 's here in America . |
| 14 | ‘ They 're saying that Riddle was gagged and bound , than put into the Wheel while he was still alive — a real Scapegoat . |
| 15 | In order to cope with the enormous workload while he was away , extra staff were taken on into the Firm as the newcomers christened it . |
| 16 | Every effort was made by Gould to ensure that his business would run smoothly , efficiently , and with unremitting industry while he was away . |
| 17 | And when a half-page profile of Jean-Claude appeared in Le Nouvel Observateur I really could not make up my mind whether he was more genuinely displeased than pleased . |
| 18 | Richard split up with his girlfriend when he was about 24 . |
| 19 | He had that wonderful stretch when he was always in the frame and he won five times in Europe , including the British Open . |
| 20 | The break lasted twenty minutes ; but it was not a complete break for the horseman for he was still in charge of the horses ; and as they were not feeding they sometimes got restless , especially in the summer-time when the flies worried them and sometimes caused a horse to get his foot over a trace . |
| 21 | He received his first report card when he was only four years old from a boarding school in the South of France which domestic insecurities had required our attending rather early in life . |
| 22 | Barry was unable to give the police a description of his assailant as he was always behind him and ripped out the mirror from his car before they drove to Perry 's . |
| 23 | How , how can you call that talent when he 's just , does that with his leg and then kicks |
| 24 | In 1932 Mozart was not regarded as an infallible god-like figure as he is now , and a new biography of the composer by Sacheverall Sitwell had caused a certain reaction . |
| 25 | Charles Brown recalled Bristol Baptist College when he was there from 1879 to 1882 : there was only one instructor while the course was ‘ not altogether satisfactory ’ . |
| 26 | He was the son of a club professional in the Midlands , and had apparently first swung a golf club when he was about three . |
| 27 | She noted though that after this Felipe de Santis was prepared to acknowledge Mitch 's presence although he was stiffly formal . |
| 28 | The right hon. Gentleman also knows that we have provided more additional resources in this Parliament than he was even prepared to promise in his last election manifesto . |
| 29 | Ronnie Ross : ‘ At the time he came to see me for lessons , groups like The Rolling Stones were just beginning to come into vogue although he was more interested in jazz , and we 'd sit and talk about jazz and jazz musicians quite often . |
| 30 | Don waved back and then gestured towards The Bell Inn where he was clearly heading . |