Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] [adv] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She always observed every move he made out of the corner of one eye , though , and if he stirred in any way , even just to stretch or yawn , she would immediately react and flex herself to take defensive action . |
| 2 | During our first informal meeting he spoke chattily of the barrier drawn by other male gynaecologists between their professional response to female patients and their private sexual relationships . |
| 3 | ( Bantam , who have bought Nigel Lawson 's memoirs-in-progress , could face a similar problem : great book the day he walked out of the Cabinet , but a year from now ? ) |
| 4 | From Montrose , on 3 February 1716 , he wrote a final despairing appeal to the French regent seeking immediate help , but the following day he sneaked out of the back door of his house , just as his father had left Whitehall nearly 30 years before , taking Mar with him , having appointed a new Commander-in-Chief in Scotland , Lieutenant-General Alexander Gordon . |
| 5 | For a whole minute he stared out of the window and wondered . |
| 6 | At the door he saw out of the corner of his eye the black limousine was still there . |
| 7 | During the journey he looked out of the window . |
| 8 | Then with it and the blanket he slipped out of the room , shutting the door quietly and letting the knob go back slowly without a sound . |
| 9 | He might also have added the examples he cited earlier of the ‘ material content of the cultural tradition ’ , such as cave-paintings and hand-axes , since these also serve as repositories of meaning which may persist over time . |
| 10 | Before he could answer , the doorbell rang , and after one more astonished glance at Jenna 's furious face he strode out of the room to answer it , leaving her struggling with odd feelings . |
| 11 | Well , the first time he came out of the door when he was a little better , he shouted for Dick , who was in the top pasture . |
| 12 | An hour after noon he wandered out of the room he shared with Bessie 's children and went into the kitchen , where he splashed water on his face . |
| 13 | Until noon he stayed out of the cottage , walking across the Northumbrian moors with a knob-headed stick and humming Anglican hymns , whose verbal schemes he admired for their metrical embodiment of depression . |