Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willie turned back to look at the comics so that he missed the surprised expression on his face . |
| 2 | I told him that when he came up the ramp he must accelerate on the throttle at speed so that he got the front wheel up in the air , so he would n't nosedive and hurt himself . |
| 3 | He was several paces past when he heard the car doors open and realised just how outnumbered he was . |
| 4 | The depth of Nizan 's commitment to the Soviet Union was similarly visible a few months later when he described the great steps made by the mass of the Soviet people in terms of cultural development : When you have seen young workers in Moscow or Tashkent … speaking passionately of Gogol or Gorky , you realise that the Soviet people have gained admission to the high culture that was previously a privilege of the bourgeoisie … |
| 5 | ‘ Well , it 's nice not to find yourself dead , ’ she said , but she closed her eyes submissively as he drew the sheets up over her . |
| 6 | Scudamore has opted for Chatham instead of stablemate Rushing Wild who first sprang to prominence on Gold Cup day 12 months ago when he demolished the opposition in the Foxhunter Challenge Cup . |
| 7 | The composer 's father , Leopold , unwittingly started the rot over two centuries ago when he took the six-year-old Mozart to market , as it were , on the celebrated tour of Europe 's courts and palaces . |
| 8 | He nodded and the bookie nodded back , his eyes everywhere as he scanned the other faces , looking for takers amid the din . |
| 9 | ‘ How do you find yourself now , my dear wife ? ’ said the locksmith , taking a chair near his wife ( who had resumed her book ) , and rubbing his knees hard as he made the inquiry . |
| 10 | She makes a little lurch forward and he has the tray . |
| 11 | Or has the right hon. Gentleman changed his mind again because he wants the key to No. 10 ? |
| 12 | Pulling on the reins with one hand and pushing the big horse with the other , she backed him straight into the drunken lout just as he flung the cloak aside . |
| 13 | So they ate bread together while he read the paper . |
| 14 | He managed to get his question in as he crossed the Hammersmith Flyover . |
| 15 | The Reverend W Awdry has lived and breathed Thomas the Tank engine ever since he wrote the first book about the lovable locomotive in 1945. 25 more books about Thomas and his friends followed Mas well as popular TV series . |
| 16 | Mr Bush accepted the Pentagon proposal even though he told the United Nations that he believed ‘ we can achieve the level of verification that gives us confidence to go forward with this ban ’ . |
| 17 | Q. — A , finding B , a stranger of rough appearance , in his shed , locks the door in order to keep B there while he fetches the police . |
| 18 | He learned to play golf one-handed , although he could also use a two-handed grip sometimes if he controlled the left hand carefully with the right . |
| 19 | It can be an insurance scam , of course ; some owner who needs money more than he needs the family heirloom . |
| 20 | Left-booted , he forced the bike upright as he hit the water , which was less than a foot deep . |
| 21 | In Manchester in 1779 ‘ he acquaints the gentlemen of the town etc. that he practises the art of Land Surveying , as measuring and planning estates , setting out land for building on , dividing of ground , levelling etc . ’ |
| 22 | I think he treated the dogs better than he treated the women , actually- ’ Markby broke off embarrassed . |
| 23 | There is one place only where he lifts the curtain . |
| 24 | " What list is that ? " asked Matthew idly as he shut the car door . |
| 25 | Willie gazed at the shop dreamily as he crossed the road . |
| 26 | So that is what he did in the Commons yesterday as he launched the Maastricht debate , not realising the only relevant list was the one to starboard as his Government had been holed below the waterline . |
| 27 | He told the writer Constantine FitzGibbon some years later that he disliked the idea of poets " cashing in " on other people 's misery ; his scepticism about his own motives as well as those of others , and his general belief that one should not comment on any situation until one understood it thoroughly , made him refrain from making the kind of easy judgment or fashionable " stand " in which others indulged . |
| 28 | His greatest triumph came seven years later when he defeated the seemingly invincible Jimmy Connors to capture Wimbledon , with brilliant variations of pace and style . |
| 29 | It was over 150 years ago that he saw the need for working men to have somewhere to meet in their spare time , to talk and relax . |
| 30 | George Canning got it exactly right almost 200 years ago when he addressed the House of Commons : |