Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.

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1 Apparently he 'd got it wrong yet again .
2 Apparently he did use it but with a different he did n't put nutrients in it did he .
3 Well apparently he 's sold it so maybe the ne .
4 Only he had to do it every day .
5 ‘ As I said , it 's up to you , ’ said this stupid young man , who could have done anything he liked to me — or so I felt at that moment — if only he had done it , and not talked about it first , trying to strike a bargain .
6 Oh , if only he had deepened it .
7 If only he had meant it .
8 A quietness , a mystery , a peace , as only he has painted it . ’
9 And perhaps he had heard it , because he shot a quick glance at her .
10 Perhaps he had brought it on them by not being there .
11 ‘ she has never seen what is good , how can she be good ? ’ — Vincent quoted from Zola 's L'Assommoir to back up his contention ; or perhaps he had read it there in the first place and appropriated it .
12 Perhaps he 'd planned it , perhaps it had n't been a lightning urge but the first of his traps .
13 Perhaps he 'd timed it perfectly .
14 But perhaps he 'd left it too late .
15 ‘ Uncle Albert often came to borrow various garden tools , perhaps he 's got it .
16 At other times he looks at the sky , his jaw clenching and unclenching as if working a particularly stubborn wad of chewing gum while the Kansas City Glee Club harmonises solemn music : perhaps he wants to turn it off — but they are unstoppable .
17 Obviously he 'd decided it was worth putting up with the foul-smelling smoke for the sake of picking Michael 's experienced brain .
18 Obviously he had to put it in a letter .
19 Obviously he had judged it unpropitious to broach the subject of his own predicament right now .
20 He knew that the office staff might open it and read it so he had to make it impersonal .
21 So he 'd had it all the time .
22 So he 'd enjoyed it too .
23 So he agreed to call it a day .
24 So he 's done it before .
25 So he 's lent it to me .
26 So he 's moved it
27 So he 's renamed it ’ The Miners Arms ’ .
28 So he 's got it there and then what he 's done then , is he 's deducted the non fee earning element of the organization .
29 There has to be a reason why , all the male baboons who have got no particular self interest in , well there 's no obvious sign , in a fight between two youngsters , nevertheless he intervened to stop it , and he had realized that the reason , well he ultimately realized , development of parental investment , the reason they intervened to stop it , is that parents do not have the same self interest as their offspring do , when it comes to behaviour of offspring .
30 Nicholson could not now appear in the film because he was too old for the original role which had been designated for him , and anyway he wanted to give it his fullest attention as director .
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