Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) The announcement of an offer must only be made by an offeror after the most careful and responsible consideration and when the offeror has every reason to believe that he can and will continue to be able to implement the offer ( eg he has the money ) . |
| 2 | Thenceforward he made the study of architecture one of his chief pleasures . |
| 3 | Gently he pressed the two ends of the wallet 's rim towards each other . |
| 4 | Very gently he caught the long glittering strands and brushed them behind her ear , his fingers lingering coolly against her flesh just for a moment before he let them drop to his side . |
| 5 | Gently he put the gun down on the table and carried the pile of plates over to the sink . |
| 6 | Very gently he drew the bed covering away . |
| 7 | Gently he helped the loose piece to fall clear . |
| 8 | After he had read it aloud he crumpled the note up in his fist and thrust it into the fire as if the very sight of it was hateful . |
| 9 | The better he appraises the situation , the . |
| 10 | Suddenly he realized the flaw in the will Marius Steen had so hastily improvised in the South of France . |
| 11 | And suddenly he took the rumours and put them on like a coat . |
| 12 | Suddenly he took the visionary image of his own manhood into his arms , his ruffled hair against the stone curls , and burst into a storm of silent weeping . |
| 13 | Suddenly he felt the car beginning to skid and in his panic trod on the brakes . |
| 14 | Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps on the hillside above him . |
| 15 | Suddenly he heard the room door open and a brisk female voice addressed him as footsteps approached the bed . |
| 16 | Suddenly he had the strangest feeling . |
| 17 | Suddenly he realised the single glaring inconsistency in any line of argument which was designed to point to revenge or the settlement of a grudge as a motive for the attempt . |
| 18 | Suddenly he pushed the skinny man to the ground and started to kick him , but , as he did so , there came a roar and a rumbling from behind us . |
| 19 | Suddenly he put the receiver down . |
| 20 | Suddenly he thumped the arm of his chair with his fist , remembering all the times he 'd caught Stella on the stairs in the middle of the night , staring at the telephone . |
| 21 | Suddenly he remembered the owl lamp that he 'd knocked in the night . |
| 22 | Suddenly he remembered the dog — people would be looking for his dog as well as himself . |
| 23 | Gradually you saw this self-absorbed monarch stripped down of all his trappings , until a wonderful scene when he was kneeling on the ground staring at his reflection , and suddenly he shattered the mirror against his foreheard . |
| 24 | There are such awkward critics as Fred Bergsten , of the Institute of International Economics in Washington , who argue that a private-sector induced deficit might actually be more tiresome than the US-style ‘ twin deficits ’ — in public finances and the current account — because however much he deprecates the latter , at least it is clear what ought to be done . |
| 25 | But however much he hated the thought of allowing Sara to commit herself to a man she had never met , he knew her too well and loved her too much to try to keep her at home against her will . |
| 26 | Leavis , who notoriously had no hesitation about attacking canonical figures , was closer to this tradition , however much he detested the belletrist spirit , than he was to later developments in academic criticism . |
| 27 | However much he wanted the answer to his unasked question , he was going to have to wait for it . |
| 28 | Apparently he knew the girl . |
| 29 | Apparently he says the old ones were totally inadequate . ’ |
| 30 | Apparently he blew the Polonaise up . |