Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [adv] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says two or three so he give us three |
| 2 | Oh it 's a job I do n't know ! weekend a day or two ago he did look a bit better tonight . |
| 3 | A day or two later he had come round to my view and , after consultation with London , had decided to drop the matter . |
| 4 | A minute or two later he drove up in a battered English saloon car with a bumper and two door handles missing . |
| 5 | A year or two later he took up a consultancy somewhere in the Home Counties . |
| 6 | When a senior executive arrived at the studio a day or two later he found parcels piling up in the reception area . |
| 7 | A day or two later he resumed the courtesies by paying mischievous tribute to the new British drill which his dentist had used to cure him . |
| 8 | Frequently , when Eddie Stratton had flown in the past , his heart had missed a beat or two whenever he heard the ‘ ding-dong ’ tones on the aircraft intercom . |
| 9 | After a moment or two when he had swallowed his steak and could speak safely , he went on , ‘ Modern theology does n't help , I dare say . |
| 10 | The court heard from Clive Murray , 44 , a gardener of Poolewe , that Ballantine , 51 , was seen leaning against a wall crying after the accident , and that later he spent three days in hospital . |
| 11 | He 's got his five fielders there , four on the leg side at the moment , so saved , er long leg as well , bowls this one and that again he thrust forward that front pad and DaSilva , and Stewart comes in from mid wicket to field it . |
| 12 | She told the court that she had known eighteen-year-old Beno for three years , that in 1941 he had lost his power of speech when his lodgings suffered a direct hit , and that thereafter he had lived with the fantasy of becoming an air force officer . |
| 13 | Mr Hatton did say he had a good many irons in the fire and that sometimes he brought off a big deal . |
| 14 | Said it , the bloke at the garage said they 've changed the oil and that now he said it ai n't bloody leaking |
| 15 | The 33-year-old son of former World Champion , Graham Hill — he will be 34 in just two weeks time — looked cool and calm when he climbed out of his Williams Renault FW15C after 200 miles flat out round the dauntingly fast circuit at Spa . |
| 16 | An absolute gentleman and popular wherever he went , Gerald 's departure sent shock waves through the Lurgan football fraternity , still not recovered from the death earlier this year of Gerald 's mentor Dick Craig . |
| 17 | 3-3 when Gloucester 's Tim Smith landed his 400th penalty for the club and 6-3 when he kicked another minutes later … |
| 18 | Only Theuderic , in the eastern kingdom of Rheims , attracted Gregory 's attention , first when he sent his own son Theudebert to deal with a Danish invasion led by Chlochilaich , the Hygelac of Old English poetry , and second when he became involved in the internal politics of the Thuringian royal family . |
| 19 | It was 5.33 when he rang through the ‘ train in section ’ and 5.48 when he put the signal to green and heard the train start up . |
| 20 | Mrs Pouncey is at present editing his diaries , drawing attention to entries such as one for October 1949 , when , between 7.17 am and 12.25 pm he visited no less than twelve Roman churches , certainly with the intense concentration he devoted to each of the many visits they made to Italy together . |
| 21 | He tries to manufacture the shot with the 5 , but it does n't quite come off , and sure enough he goes on the Road . |
| 22 | Even more remarkable , compared to the modern-day heroes , Fangio was aged 39 when the World Championship was introduced in 1950 and 46 when he won his fifth , and final , title in 1957 . |
| 23 | The Channel 7 man claimed he had received clearance from the German Wirtschaftspruferkammer allowing member firms to advertise their services outside Germany ( it is forbidden in Germany ) but that unfortunately he did not have a copy with him . |
| 24 | Abie was no youngster any more , but that much he had and he would accept any task he was given — eagerly and gratefully . |
| 25 | He liked a bit of old bluey , and admittedly they were a bit near the mark , but that aside he seemed a nice , quiet , polite man . |
| 26 | He omitted to ask whether the King intended to marry her after the divorce , but this apart he discharged his difficult duty faithfully . |
| 27 | I do n't know whether Mr Palmer read my thoughts — but it was a tight hole and there was a need for accuracy — but sure enough he opted for a 1-iron . |