Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 He has not yet written off the possibility of putting his ideas on a ‘ four-eyes basis ’ — a meeting of just two people — to Thatcher and Bush .
2 He has not yet come off the fence and told us whether he supports the barrage project .
3 But what of the driving force behind it all — if he suddenly had an offer to take charge of a major opera house in the west , would he leave behind what he has so painstakingly built up ?
4 Indeed , he has never really fitted in since Kendall brought him down from Scotland more than a year ago .
5 He has never really taken off , but keep with him , he has steady sales .
6 It was in keeping with the determination of the man , and he 'd probably only held off because those bobbies had to be somewhere in the vicinity .
7 Of course , he 'd long since grown out of it .
8 She found herself peering into nooks and crannies , not that he could manage to conceal himself into one , with his breadth , and was almost disappointed when she realised that he had most probably gone out .
9 In 1648 he was serving as a commissioner for the militia and for the collection of tax arrears in London , by which time he had also already branched out into commerce , being recorded as a shipowner .
10 He had not yet made up his mind whether he would speak in Thursday 's debate on immigration .
11 For he had not yet fallen on upon any of them .
12 He was almost as hostile to his own mother as he was to Elinor 's , even though the politesse observed by his family meant he had not yet worked out a way of expressing it .
13 The omission meant , Tuathal knew , that he had not yet found out .
14 At twenty he had not quite grown out of the gangling stage either in the control of his long limbs or in the expression of his most deeply felt thoughts and emotions .
15 But to this day he had not once sat down at a table prepared by Beth , and both she and David knew only too well that it was a deliberate snub .
16 Or : ‘ The swift blinking of his eyes and the trembling of his sensitive hands … aroused feelings in him that he had not ever owned up to even to himself ’ ?
17 She smiled down at him and realized that in the few weeks he 'd been with her he had not only put on weight but had grown a few inches in height too .
18 When I checked up on his progress I was startled to find that he had not only planted up the four pots but his red wellington boots as well , liberally watering both them and himself and then garnishing with sprigs of a semi-dormant fuchsia as a finishing touch .
19 He had already clearly laid down his view in his opening speech to the session , in which he recognised that perestroika had so far made little impact on the acute social and economic crisis .
20 By the time Jose had found Jeremy 's passport and return air ticket , so it was clear he had n't just wandered off .
21 He had n't even looked back .
22 He had n't yet made up his mind where to head for but he needed shelter .
23 His sister had come over with her family from the next valley and was standing just behind him ; Shaun had flown home as well , a taller , broader Wayne-that-might-have-been , but he had n't yet come out of the church .
24 ‘ He told me he had once nearly gone in for psychiatry .
25 He dared not do so for he knew one thing for certain — that he had never really fallen out of love with this stunningly beautiful girl .
26 What she had n't noticed until now , being much too busy getting on with her own life , was that he had never really come back out .
27 Then he 'd kissed her and walked away ; and though she waited until he was out of sight , he had never once looked back to where she stood .
28 He had only just disappeared down the graveyard path and out of sight when the postman arrived at the back gate .
29 Did I gather he had only just arrived back ? ’
30 But he admitted : ‘ It is a crashing diappointment for Rob because he had only just come back into the side — and his return coincided with two successive clean sheets . ’
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