Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recognized his limitations , but he made little attempt to develop another technique . |
| 2 | Only last year , on the instructions of Luther Reynolds , David had brought the boy out of the mines and begun to teach him the way of business ; Matthew often accompanied him on his rounds , and though he made little attempt to befriend David , the boy worked , and learned , and spent so many hours closeted in the ‘ den ’ with the old man , that Beth was obliged to voice her concern . |
| 3 | He made loud wailing noises as he sailed back and forth over the wall , missing the top by inches . |
| 4 | A friend of his who was a district nurse in the area where he lived once spotted him chatting to a shopkeeper in his usual congenial fashion . |
| 5 | Legend has it that ZEUS granted the boy immortality on condition that he remain forever slumbering . |
| 6 | NIGEL MANSELL last night gave a glimpse of how much he will miss Formula One when he limped forward to collect his World Drivers ' Championship trophy at a glittering ceremony in Paris . |
| 7 | He turns away to face the sea . |
| 8 | Her husband , Avery George , denied similar charges , which were dismissed after after he agreed never to keep animals again . |
| 9 | But he dropped a key ring containing a picture of himself and his girlfriend as he crept upstairs to steal the woman 's jewellery . |
| 10 | He goes straight to work . |
| 11 | He goes right thought for ages and he thought right what do I really need ? |
| 12 | And erm , he throws the corn on the cob , he goes inside gets a drink , eats some food cos there 's loads of food cos you know and he goes outside and he goes quick , quick , quick loads of food , loads of food , quick , come on , come on , come on , loads of food ! |
| 13 | God he goes early does n't he ? |
| 14 | He goes there talking about paper sovereignty , when the country 's real sovereignty is increasingly dependent on the actions of our European Community partners . |
| 15 | Harvey said , ‘ Not when you are around maybe , but when he goes across to see the Wilsons ’ cat … ’ |
| 16 | He goes now turn round and go to sleep ! |
| 17 | If the patient has poor balance , he sits well supported on the plinth , with his feet flat on the floor . |
| 18 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 19 | He sits there sucking on a dead cheroot , staring at the board like he 's forgotten a phone number . |
| 20 | He sits there panting er it 's not Warren it is Wesley , alright ? |
| 21 | well he sits there talking at dinner times well then when she goes |
| 22 | so he sits there erm , and you know you involve in our conversation , but he sits there talking to her and then he sort of feels out of it and then he storms off |
| 23 | He darned nearly did it . |
| 24 | Castle of Sadaba , Saragossa , and one of El Cid 's strongholds from which he rode forth to attack the Moorish cities and castles . |
| 25 | He fought hard to overcome his disability and established the W. H. Ross Foundation for the Study and Prevention of Blindness in Edinburgh in 1935 . |
| 26 | The young paratrooper turned to look at me , his eyes alarmed , as if he expected somehow to see that his buddies had caught him in a moment of vulnerability . |
| 27 | If Moby became nervous or anxious , I suggested Jeanne and John tried to ignore it and simply jolly him along unless he became overtly upset , in which case they were to offer short , protective verbal reassurance , insist gently on a ‘ sit ’ , then gradually lead him off again toward the object or person which had spooked him . |
| 28 | Ghatak wanted to combine insights from Marxism with elements from India thought , as well as the work of Jung , with which he became increasingly fascinated . |
| 29 | He became increasingly agitated . |
| 30 | He became increasingly attached to an almost Greek sense of the hero , but recast in a mould similar to Nietzsche 's superman . |