Example sentences of "he [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I met him somewhere south of the river , I do n't know where . |
| 2 | We waited for him all Saturday . |
| 3 | The Bishop began to tidy up the parchment rolls in front of him so Corbett , tired of the farce , rose and refilled his goblet . |
| 4 | The dice players ignored him so Corbett lay on his cot bed and tried to marshall his thoughts . |
| 5 | Ambulancemen told his parents that when they first attended Craig they gave him only minutes to live . |
| 6 | But it 's difficult , who should you look after — your solicitors who are trying to increase or break into criminal work or should you look after the client 's interests by giving him only solicitors who are already tried and tested . |
| 7 | He invested £60,000 in his obsession with a venture which broke his health and gave him only £12,000 back . |
| 8 | By taking seriously Eliot 's debt to the French symbolistes ( as before him only Allen Tate had done , in The New Republic , 30 June 1926 ) , Wilson was still stressing Eliot 's Americanness by showing at any rate how un-British he was . |
| 9 | Told him only Moira F. had seen it so far . |
| 10 | Though closing the door shut her off from the rest of the boat , she was still acutely aware of him only inches away on the other side of the deckhead . |
| 11 | One of those accused told me that a proper legal defence cost him only £140.00 with legal aid , which he got back because they won . |
| 12 | As a result , at least off the track and in business , he had about him only sycophants . |
| 13 | It had taken him only half-an-hour to reach the heralded target figure , and it was poetic justice that Graham Gooch was his partner at the time . |
| 14 | It took him only seconds to notice the smell . |
| 15 | He was intelligent enough to realize that his father would never allow him much freedom in the business and so he started his own training centre at Heald Grove , Rusholme . |
| 16 | The old farmer did not pay him much money . |
| 17 | Another episode that gave him much reassurance was the time when Kate invited him in for tea at the Rectory . |
| 18 | The travelling chaos of a modern party leader 's election entourage had carried Major within a few miles of the home of the founder of the profession , a few of whose more troublesome contemporary practitioners are said to have caused him much irritation over the 16 months of his premiership . |
| 19 | Frank , 49 , who had requested the inquiry himself [ see p. 36843 ] , was a generally liked and respected member of the House , whose openness had originally won him much sympathy , although a detailed interview in Newsweek caused some offence . |
| 20 | I mean , their loan periods are somewhere about twenty five years whereby you probably realise in this country if a young er person wants to start a firm and he 's go to the bank they 're not gon na give him much scope at all ! |
| 21 | The quails and devilled bones , also the mutton cutlets give him much pleasure . |
| 22 | If they confirm that he left at one-thirty , then that does n't give him much time to have entered Randall Lodge and killed Wetherby ; he was practically at Ollerton by two a.m. , driving slowly despite being in his Daimler . |
| 23 | Unfortunately his work as art adviser did not allow him much time to paint , but some years ago , moving from urban to country surroundings , he found himself most excited by the wild moors and dales of Yorkshire , and once more began to paint . |
| 24 | Sparhawk , just back from questing in the Elenium , ready to claim the kingdom and woo the girl , discovers that his creator David Eddings does n't give him much time to breathe , and he 's off again : the A format of Domes of Fire ( Grafton , £4.99 ) is out this month — stay tuned for further instalments . |
| 25 | He was thirty-six years old and not yet married , mainly because his trips to Africa — where most of his work had been done — had not left him much time to find a suitable wife , though others in similar positions seemed to have achieved wives and marriages , whether suitable or not . |
| 26 | Charlotte seemed too distracted to give him much attention . |
| 27 | His short visit has given him much information about the courses but , more importantly , he now has an intimate feeling of how these young men and women , drawn from all walks of life , are trained . |
| 28 | He had asked Charles to post it for him , given it to him just hours before his fatal car drive … |
| 29 | His passage cost him just £10 . |
| 30 | Mr Hill 's huge jackpot cost him just 54p . |