Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pleaded for mufakat , an Islamic term for the gotong-royong he had long advocated : consensus , harmony , unity . |
| 2 | He considered it more dangerous than any horse he had ever ridden , and drove it on a tight rein , seldom exceeding 35 m.p.h . |
| 3 | A st'lyan ate up the ground like no horse he had ever encountered , and although at first he had estimated that a verst , the basic unit of Tarvarian distance , was equivalent to about a kilometre , now he realised that it was probably more than twice that . |
| 4 | He is convinced this is the best Fermanagh side he has ever played on , and adamant that the county 's emergence is no overnight success . |
| 5 | As a postgraduate physicist he had already had several requests for industrial consultancy advice resulting from his involvement in research into the behaviour of semiconductors , an area that was developing very fast . |
| 6 | and then it 'll be till Tuesday he 's already got some even though they got ta be sent out to the firm |
| 7 | An investigations unit would be set up in London , staffed by reputable heavyweight journalists he had already selected . |
| 8 | Some of the apparatus is made by Philips and Westinghouse , some by manufacturers he has never heard o It all looks slightly unfamiliar . |
| 9 | He wandered into his dressing room , climbed into his costume — really , buying Mandrika 's old wardrobe had been the best investment he 'd ever made . |
| 10 | Quiss could feel himself starting to s " " eat already , despite having left most of his furs lying at the top of the steps he had just descended . |
| 11 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 12 | The fervent confirmation carried all the passionate intensity of the emotion he had always incited , but for a panicky moment Maria could n't remember why she hated him , and , when she did , the alien way in which her newly traitorous mind was functioning forced her to wonder why she needed to hate him . |
| 13 | Yes … ! ’ and felt him strip , the feel of his hair-roughened skin against hers driving her wild because now he was so real , so completely real , and so completely hers as they moved together naked , and she took the physical desire he expressed for her and pretended it was love , because it was the deepest display of emotion he had ever shown her . |
| 14 | The signalman in his isolated box tells the narrator of an apparition he has now seen three times . |
| 15 | And more than once he lost his way because he was remembering the bluest eyes he had ever seen . |
| 16 | I conjure you by the bitter tears shed on the Cross by our Saviour the Lord JESUS Christ for the salvation of the world , and by the burning tears poured in the evening hour over His wounds by the most glorious Virgin MARY , His Mother , and by all the tears which have been shed here in this world by the Saints and Elect of God from whose eyes He has now wiped away all tears , that if you be innocent you do now shed tears , but if you be guilty that you shall by no means do so . |
| 17 | He he he 's got erm a pump for the erm , hosepipe , so that when he hoses the front or the car he 's really got a spurt , yes , yes , he actually put 's the hose in one side and goes sh shoots it out again . |
| 18 | ANDY Chipling sat back and admired the computer programme he had just completed , bent down to switch on his printer at the powerpoint and stared in horror as a week 's toil disappeared off the screen . |
| 19 | During his exile he has also lived in the US and worked with migrant Mexican workers . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , if he 's so decent , ’ said Amiss , as he donned the pyjamas he had specially bought for the purposes of room-sharing , ‘ why does he allow us to be fed so badly ? ’ |
| 21 | is Nigel erm and him and his girlfriend he 's just bought erm a maisonette down you know |
| 22 | ‘ She was the closest girlfriend he has ever had and I ca n't imagine anyone getting that near to him again . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ This ? ’ said Marco , glancing at the tape he 'd just slotted . |
| 24 | The next showing was The Tin Drum , but that was a book my father had bought for me years ago , one of the few real presents he has ever given me , and I had therefore assiduously avoided reading it , just as I had Myra Breckinridge , another of his rare gifts . |
| 25 | In his mind he had obviously got fragments of things that he 'd heard and seen that day , there was an expression that was being called out , To arm citizens , because war had been declared . |
| 26 | However hard we try to make him into a literary archetype he remains firmly rooted in life , in nonliterary experience . |
| 27 | ‘ Just imagine him standing by the side of you , with his hands crossed before him in a Miss Mollyish style , his intended bow half a courtsey , his fat arms and legs assisting , as in duty bound ; his side glances at you every ten seconds , while he softly , sweetly and insinuatingly informs you — that he has made the arts his peculiar study for the last eight years , and that he flatters himself , by his unremitting study he has greatly contributed to their improvement ; that he came to Ambleside for that purpose ( 't is a great big lie — he came solely to get a living for himself and family , but he is too proud to acknowledge this ) and hopes that the time has been employed with equal advantage to the arts and to himself . ’ |
| 28 | Though Spouse says Elspeth defies the idea that You Ca n't Take It With You and will join her ancestors wearing her best tweed and Celtic silver and clutching the two cut-glass decanters he has always coveted . |
| 29 | But he had crossed the road — actually crossed the road — to tell her he thought it was the most interesting interview he had ever heard on the Parker Show . |
| 30 | The shops he had just examined stretched all the way back to the churchyard wall and their rear windows , set grimly amongst the headstones and mausoleums , had to be checked too . |