Example sentences of "[subord] he [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an Imperial and he was so proud of it , although he sometimes had considerable difficulty in making it go . |
| 2 | Returning towards the island he saw five Ju88s heading out to sea and although he now had little ammunition left , attacked and thought that he had managed to damage one . |
| 3 | Bernard , however , realized that unless someone with a sound financial background took the company 's problems in hand , its continued existence was threatened , although he too showed little enthusiasm for the idea . |
| 4 | However Mr Northfield added there was no scope for compromise , and it was possible tougher action would be required , although he still hopes common sense will prevail . |
| 5 | T : It sounds like he only knows one programme on the drum machine . |
| 6 | ‘ Goodnight , ’ — Boy was not sure if he was yet allowed to address her by her name , did n't know if he yet had that right . |
| 7 | It occurred to Rostov that there would be more point to the information if he also had some control over the pod 's guidance system , but at least he now knew where he was going . |
| 8 | If he ever reached that point , contrary to what her natal sign would seem to suggest , she might explode . |
| 9 | If he ever found this girl he would thank her for choosing to live in that quarter of the city . |
| 10 | Philip Larkin , when asked by an interviewer if he ever read foreign poetry , archly replied ‘ Foreign poetry ? ’ ; and there is a celebrated photo of the poet seated at the Scottish border , where the boundary-stone reads simply ‘ England ’ . |
| 11 | Accordingly the accused is at present guilty if he negligently caused such injury . |
| 12 | A little later she indicates that I am partially returned to favour when I plan to write to The Times condemning the industrial action that was taken by the consultants : ‘ If he really produces this letter to The Times I shall begin to have some faith in him . ’ |
| 13 | If he never kicks another goal for England SIMON HODGKINSON will have the consolation of knowing that nothing , least of all ball-doctoring , can damage his figures . |
| 14 | It made her feel as if he still had some sort of claim over her , and she really hated and resented that . |
| 15 | Kubrick can posit only a mystical promise of future ( individual ) development because he fundamentally has little faith in human nature or society , unlike Clarke ( most sci-fi writers seem to have a deep-down streak of optimism , even when as downbeat as Philip K Dick or as ironic as Kurt Vonnegut ) . |
| 16 | Beatty , on the other hand , was making $450,000 a picture by then and was shooting Bonnie and Clyde with Gene Hackman and Faye Dunaway which turned Beatty into a multi-millionaire overnight because he also prised some percentage points from the backers . |
| 17 | The pre-existence of matriliny was important for Engels because he wrongly believed that matriliny , as opposed to patriliny , was associated with communal corporate descent groups . |
| 18 | Honecker had undergone surgery for a malignant kidney tumour on Jan. 10 and was briefly arrested upon leaving hospital on Jan. 29 , being released on Jan. 30 because he still needed medical attention . |
| 19 | Edvard Munch , whom many art historians would describe as one of the greatest print-makers of the century , fails to qualify as ‘ blue-chip ’ , despite occasional high prices at auction , because he often used poor quality paper and the impressions are not always of the best quality . |
| 20 | Strach has been on his last legs for the past 2 seasons and while he still produces high quality performances more often than not he is looking more tired with each game he plays , not suprising for someone of his age . |
| 21 | ‘ I also had to give up my part-time Communications course which the Jo'burg job was paying for , because the salary in Durban was much lower and my parents could n't help me when it was all they could do to meet Dad 's medical expenses , since he never made any sort of provision for the future . |
| 22 | ‘ Because Vechey was probably dead , strangled before he ever reached that bridge , and what else could the murderer do with the corpse ? |
| 23 | And when he finally married last year , it was to a glamorous foreigner , the French-Canadian skater Isabelle Duchesnay . |
| 24 | When he eventually leaves that employer how far can the latter control the ex-employee 's ability to deal with the clients which he brought with him . |
| 25 | His espousal of Blast closed to him just those doors that were on the point of opening ; and twenty years later , when he desperately wanted such access to the power-wielding centres of society , he was condemned to the world of fantasy in which he thought he could influence United States policy by way of such unlikely intermediaries as Senators Borah and Bankhead , and Italian policy by way of Ubaldo degli Uberti . |
| 26 | The clear , imperious voice , lately gagged by the folds of an archer 's cloak , was singing gently to itself , and did not fall silent even when he instinctively took one dancing step back from the collision , and then as readily translated the movement into a forward lunge that almost passed Adam 's startled guard . |
| 27 | Motor writer John was test-driving the £415,000 supercar when he accidentally hit first gear … at NINETY . |
| 28 | It was an artistic relationship that ultimately cost the composer his life as he repeatedly delayed vital heart surgery to complete the role that he knew would also be Pears 's last . |
| 29 | ‘ I was delighted with the run as he definitely wants faster ground , ’ he said . |
| 30 | ‘ Where 's Terry ? ’ he demanded as he expertly spooned instant coffee into numerous cups . |