Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] he [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After somewhat flippantly suggesting that he head a couple of hundred miles south to the banks of the River Thames , I pointed him in the direction of a purple clad stand just two along from our own . |
| 2 | Daylight had long broken when he reached the inevitable conclusion : he was ready to confront the murderer . |
| 3 | Carloman , however had been born after Pepin had been crowned king in his own right and so considered that he held a superior claim to kingship . |
| 4 | The seaman — Gustave continued as if this were the best story he had heard for many years — apparently claimed that he had no notion of how the section of mast had reached the position in which it was found . |
| 5 | For example , if an employee writes a computer program to help with his work but he is not employed as a computer programmer , his job is not to write computer programs and an employer can not necessarily assume that he owns the copyright in that particular program . |
| 6 | Hickery Holler , so named because he hiccups a lot and hollers when he wants feeding , was born to first time mother , Menga in captivity at the park . |
| 7 | ‘ Of all the stupid , careless — ’ Flinching beneath contemptuous anger that gave each word the force of a blow , Polly could only watch as he made a visible effort to control himself . |
| 8 | GUIL taps a hand , changes his mind , taps the other , and ROS inadvertently reveals that he has a coin in both fists . ) |
| 9 | General Francis said it so happened that he owned the fishing rights on a fairly respectable stretch of water . |
| 10 | ‘ I only know that he drove a lorry . ’ |
| 11 | He was so inspired that he became an artist too . |
| 12 | So even if he believed that from an economic point of view the best decision would be to deny any recovery for emotional injury , he would still ask whether the role of law in encouraging reliance and coordination would be much damaged if he ignored the precedents , and , if it would , whether this loss would be made up in the gains he foresees from the change . |
| 13 | Fascinated despite herself , Fran could only stare as he pulled the shirt free from his trousers and tossed it aside , then stretched up to open the upper casement , his torso backlighted by the lamp in the room . |
| 14 | Seymour Hicks , the famous singer , once became so infuriated that he stopped the orchestra in the middle of his song , turned to the girl and snapped , ‘ Dear Lady , shall you finish your story or shall I finish my song ? ’ |
| 15 | We were just having it put into its box when the Manager suddenly remembered that he had an almost identical model out the back , £25 cheaper . |
| 16 | By a notice of appeal dated 1 March 1991 the defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the donee of the power of appointment , the defendant 's mother , Mrs. Mary Steed , did not know that she had been appointed attorney by the defendant and accordingly could not have known that she had any power to deal with his property when she executed the transfer of 4 September 1979 , and that in those circumstances the plea of non est factum ought to have succeeded on the judge 's finding that the donee was tricked into signing the transfer ; ( 2 ) the judge having rightly concluded that the transaction as affected was not a sale , save possibly at such a gross undervalue as to vitiate it as a sale , should therefore have held that the transfer was void and ineffective ; ( 3 ) the judge having rightly concluded that he retained a discretion to rectify the charges register against the registered holder , notwithstanding , as he found , that ( i ) the title of the mortgagors , Mr. and Mrs. Hammond , was merely voidable and not void , and ( ii ) that the registered holders of the charge were bona fide mortgagees for value without notice of the facts giving rise to voidability , then wrongly exercised his discretion to refuse to rectify since the considerations in favour of rectification could hardly have been stronger and his refusal to exercise his discretion was tantamount to denying the effective existence of such discretion , as if it was not exercised on the facts of this case it could never , or virtually never , be exercised at all ; and that , in the premises , the judge had erred in law in placing excessive reliance upon ( i ) and ( ii ) above to the exclusion of the other considerations which favoured rectification . |
| 17 | One can only suppose that he preferred an effective ruler , however unpleasant , to an ineffective one , however much recommended by his personal qualities . |
| 18 | Conversely , the presence of the defendant in this country , either at the time of the transaction or when proceedings were initiated , will not necessarily mean that he has a sufficient connection with this country in respect of the relief sought against him . |
| 19 | His first realization that he was not alone came when he booked a return Business-Class ticket at the Sabena counter . |
| 20 | I asked Gennaro how he came by the letter and he merely said that he knew the right people to approach . |
| 21 | This was only changed when he became a Christian and was ‘ surprised by joy ’ . |
| 22 | Santos preaches the virtues of working legitimately for a crust and our hero merely sneers until he spies the seductive posterior of Amber Evans ( Stacey Dash ) , follows her into her swanky office and obtains a job in the mailroom despite having a criminal record to rival Al Capone . |
| 23 | It was halfway through a brilliant performance that Lowell scarcely heard when he remembered the present he 'd bought her . |
| 24 | As I talked to him , however , I soon realized that he had a great aura of authority and self-assurance . |
| 25 | The image of the policeman had faded back into the trees , the fear of pursuit was momentarily forgotten as he relived the saga of his escape . |
| 26 | She soon discovered that he had a remarkable aptitude for learning words , especially if he liked them . |
| 27 | We have already noted that he interprets the Gītā as a call to action and it is not without significance that he has been described as one of the foremost activist theoreticians and as a karmayogin . |
| 28 | It does n't just mean that he loved a mass of humani , he does that , but he does n't love the mass as a mass , he loves the mass as individuals , one by one , God loves you ! |
| 29 | It had only just started when he rang the bell . ’ |
| 30 | Bodie just smiled as he handed the letter across . |