Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he [vb past] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived the part of a blind man so much so that he tripped and fell after leaving the set and damaged the cornea of his eye because he had trained himself not to blink ! |
| 2 | Whitlock kicked out at the man , catching him on the leg so that he overbalanced and fell against the wall . |
| 3 | She twined her arms so tightly round his neck that he almost choked , pulling him down so that he overbalanced and fell on top of her . |
| 4 | If this were ever done , then unless some other constituency took him on board in time for the general election , or perhaps unless he stood and won in his constituency as some kind of independent Labour candidate with at least PLP support , then , on the declaration of the result in his constituency , he would lose any right to remain Prime Minister . |
| 5 | It took him a considerable time to do so but he succeeded and left a deep mark on Korea only equalled or exceeded by his arch-rival , Kim Il Sung in north Korea . |
| 6 | She was rocking him gently as he fed and gazing in abstraction at the far corner of the room . |
| 7 | He found himself smiling gently as he sat and watched her , and pulled himself up sharply , realizing that the girl was annoyed by what was obviously a familiar reaction . |
| 8 | Course then he finished , they finished dredging at night on , at nineteen thirty two cos they said it was costing too much the did and erm they were building some new cranes down there , so I said to my father , and he was very friendly with the Harbourmaster , he said erm was there any chance of getting one of them cranes so when he went and saw the Harbourmaster he said no he said the boy do n't know nothing about electricity either so he said no nor did no other buggers he said they did n't know anything about it so he got the job . |
| 9 | just because he knew and liked Dysart , the man was not necessarily above suspicion . |
| 10 | She went and fetched out the folded garments for him , and went about her business at the clay oven outside while he stripped and dressed himself again in the good Welsh clothes that had been made for him . |
| 11 | Lord Home ordered his agents in Scotland to seize Brown as soon as he landed and to impress upon him ‘ what is very trew that if he oppose me he will dissoblige Prince Waldeck and all his officers ’ , and thus presumably ruin any chance which he might have of advancement . |
| 12 | She blurted it out quite innocently and he stood and looked down at her upturned face . |
| 13 | Jack could go no further and he turned and ran terrified back to the engine . |
| 14 | One thing I thought was nice was that one little boy , was more noisy than the others but it started thundering once and he came and held my hand as he was scared . |
| 15 | Harold got more because he sang and told jokes , but my mother maintained that he did n't sing well and that his jokes were blue . |
| 16 | The PC stole it when he was sent to the man 's home after he collapsed and died , Sheffield Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 17 | A COMMUTER was badly injured yesterday after he awoke and leapt from a moving train in a tunnel near Chatham , Kent , thinking it was in a station . |
| 18 | The shrieking sent shivers up Tallis 's spine , and Wyn-rajathuk paled even more as he straightened and stared , alarmed , through the lodge walls , towards the mortuary hill . |
| 19 | She smiled the more as he preened and kissed her hand gallantly . |
| 20 | Well I remember being aboard the Brandon , because Uncle John came and stayed with us at the cliff and er , er father was at sea somewhere but he came and stayed with us and then he now went down into er to see his captain cos they were sailing on on the tide the next day . |
| 21 | The bodies were discovered at eight forty-five on the morning of Wednesday 18 September by Miss Emily Wharton , a 65-year-old spinster of the parish of St Matthew 's in Paddington , London , and Darren Wilkes , aged 10 , of no particular parish as far as he knew or cared . |
| 22 | Gazzer leaned over as far as he dared and gave her a hand , holding on to her arm while she helped Simon to hoist himself up . |
| 23 | He rushed along London Street and Bridge Road so fast that he puffed and staggered the last few yards to the cottage where he lived with his parents and two younger brothers . |
| 24 | And even if that did n't happen , even if he listened and said he 'd do something , it would n't be any good because Hepzibah would n't have any part in it . |
| 25 | If he loved Emmie , then , his love was only a projection of his need , and even if he found that need curiously weak and shameful , it was common enough . |
| 26 | He made his press speech this morning saying that she could n't even cos he thought that go down the hospital . |
| 27 | Did he tell you to plant this here while he wined and dined me ? |
| 28 | It is true that even as he complained and tried to protect the British position , so he could sometimes admit to the desirability of American support . |
| 29 | ‘ Yet , ’ Agrippa interrupted briskly , ‘ Ruthven was poisoned , even though he ate and drank only what we all did yesterday evening . |
| 30 | And on a Saturday with Jenny going in if there 's any overtime you and old what's-a-name was there and he came and tapped me on the shoulder . |