Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he felt a change . |
| 2 | And suddenly he felt a slippage , a letting go . |
| 3 | The following Saturday afternoon , my informant was once again on duty when the light began to fade — he hated the short winter days ; suddenly he heard a sound , a strange sound of movement below the box . |
| 4 | Suddenly he saw a gap in his prison bars and some light . |
| 5 | Suddenly he had a vision of the Worm , coil upon coil , waiting for him behind the door in the dark . |
| 6 | And suddenly he had a maenad in his arms , fighting him , screaming , striking at him , the tears running down her face which fear had made unrecognisable , pushing him away , and when he let her go , for very decency 's sake , because he saw no way to calm her unless he did , she sank on to the sofa , still sobbing and crying , her face hidden in a cushion , her whole body heaving and shaking . |
| 7 | Suddenly he gave a start . |
| 8 | Suddenly he gave a cry and put his hand to the back of his neck . |
| 9 | Suddenly he turned a face of fury on Theda . |
| 10 | So Mimi walked out , and suddenly he faced a kind of emotional turmoil he had never before experienced . |
| 11 | ( Suddenly he has a heart attack ) |
| 12 | Carelessly he let a page of newspaper fall on the cement beside the table and spilled his beads from the small purse into his palm . |
| 13 | Archie Hart 's suit filled and perhaps incautiously he made a dash for the shelter of some dunes , where he hoped to drain it out . |
| 14 | ‘ Apparently he had a word with her while she was waiting to be taken along the line . |
| 15 | Yeah , apparently he had a row with his Mrs ex-Mrs wife . |
| 16 | Apparently he saved a child from certain death , at the expense of his own ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Apparently he knows a lot about Mills ’ time in Six . ’ |
| 18 | Apparently he has a history of COADs — chronic obstructive airways disease . |
| 19 | Before he was shot down he commanded a Hurricane squadron and was promoted |
| 20 | Half way down he heard a commotion below and quickened his heavy step in time to see , as he turned the last bend in the staircase , a slight figure slip out through the iron gate at the main entrance . |
| 21 | As she looked down he felt a tug at the upper sail , and saw a flash of a wing . |
| 22 | Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer . |
| 23 | Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer . |
| 24 | Perhaps he had a friend of like rare quality … and so it went on . |
| 25 | Perhaps he had a sense that he would not survive its completion . |
| 26 | Her happiness was at zero level as , owning that perhaps he had a right to an explanation , she went with him and Azor into the house . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps he had a premonition about what might happen in London . |
| 28 | Or perhaps he had a premonition of the huge effort that lay ahead if he was to extricate France from a crisis in Algeria that had reached the verge of insolubility . |
| 29 | Perhaps he had a point there , and it was better to be safe than sorry . |
| 30 | Perhaps he thought a mantra was a make of car . |