Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | David acknowledged the complexity of Peru 's problems yet he remained an optimist , becoming most heated when he talked about those who repeated endlessly that Peru was a poor country . |
| 2 | A crumb of chocolate stuck to her lip , where Coffin watched it slowly melt as he spoke to her . |
| 3 | One patient was only diagnosed when he presented with small bowel lymphoma . |
| 4 | He was fascinated by horses — so fascinated that he came to be called ‘ The Man who Loved to Draw Horses , ’ although he could and did draw a wide range of other domestic animals . |
| 5 | He sorted through Blanche 's things deliberately , one by one , and only stopped when he came to the building-society books she had purloined and Marek 's exercise book . |
| 6 | He only stopped when he felt like it . |
| 7 | His eyes suddenly narrowed as he looked at her , and there was a silence charged with meaning between the two of them . |
| 8 | Back in the living-room Helen settled down to read while he dabbled with a crossword . |
| 9 | Boris Mavra , Oxford 's Yugoslavian three , was so exhausted that he had to be lifted out of the boat , though he recovered quickly . |
| 10 | There was a trench running down this one , too , its contents so foul that he walked with his feet astride it . |
| 11 | Burhaneddin Haydar Herevi may , from his actions , be presumed to have disapproved of Seyh Bedreddin , which is not necessarily to say that he disapproved of Molla Fenari . |
| 12 | Shimon Barash was a fine improvisatore , though his gift has apparently faded since he defected to Australia . |
| 13 | When my Noble Friend was kind enough to say that he looked to me for help as being I think he said an ornament on the front bench , was n't quite certain whether that was supposed to be a compliment or not , but I thought an ornament or something that you that sat upon a er er er er er upon a shelf and looked pretty , but did n't actually do anything . |
| 14 | In fact technically I ought to have someone else here as well , but I thought that as the sergeant knew the facts of the enquiry ( in fact he was instrumental in getting the information we 'd like to question you about ) , it would keep it in the family so to speak if he acted as my amanuensis , that 's the word , is n't it , Sergeant Pascoe ? ’ |
| 15 | Unfortunately though , Roebuck 's support was soon withdrawn as he got into financial difficulties and eventually was declared bankrupt in 1773 . |
| 16 | I am not suggesting that he arrives at the meaning of Truth as the result of philosophical or metaphysical speculation in a vacuum . |
| 17 | Endill did not know if he wanted to be hard but was too tired to argue . |
| 18 | James II succeeded to the throne but the favourite illegitimate son of Charles II , the Duke of Monmouth , did not approve so he landed in the West Country and encouraged a Protestant revolt , but much of the public supported the King and the uprising was suppressed . |
| 19 | Although Gibbons has not said whether he agrees with that analysis , he has talked about ‘ a rotation ’ in which new programmes replace older initiatives . |
| 20 | Tell the others with you that they must bow and not speak unless he speaks to them first . ’ |
| 21 | Several other counties are already regretting that he slipped through the net . |
| 22 | Libby stared at the man 's eyes ; they were blue , but she did n't take in the colour , just the fact that they did not seem to see her , they looked at something else They were like the eyes of the blind man in Mallow , which looked everywhere but did not see as he tapped along the pavement . |
| 23 | He was better known as a spirited champion of atheism , so many people do not realize that he believed in God until he was eighteen . |
| 24 | Considering his almost round physique he showed an astonishing turn of speed , his little legs pistoning , and he did not pause till he disappeared into the shop at the far end of the village . |
| 25 | He did not stop when he got to the water , but leaped in feet first and landed with a tremendous SPEELOSH ! |
| 26 | He was not prosecuted when he returned to England in 1919 and insisted that he had been employed by British Naval Intelligence . |
| 27 | She tried not to flinch as he passed within arm 's length , but he reached by her and re-opened the office door . |
| 28 | The Land Rover 's motor was already running when he arrived in the street , and when Hennessy had clambered in on the passenger side Windeler moved off without even waiting to see if the door was secure . |
| 29 | It is clear that Wagner became genuinely fond of Nietzsche , but for all the young professor 's admiration of him as a person , Wagner — it is a notorious fact — was a supremely egocentric man ; it is easily inferred that he glimpsed in Nietzsche a means of gaining respectability in hitherto hostile academic circles , and that it was this glimpse , as much as anything , that encouraged his fond feelings to grow . |
| 30 | One of Mr Thomas 's conditions , supported by Mrs Noble , was that Edward and Helen should not correspond when he left for Oxford , and they agreed to this for the first term . |