Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In short , he had developed a habit of increasing muscular tension whenever he started reciting . |
| 2 | Tax inspectors , who can already ask that bone-poor lawyer how he managed to afford a BMW and a five-bedroom house , may now also check his electricity bills and his credit-card spending ; one Santorini tourist shop turned out to have reported only a tenth of its credit-card takings . |
| 3 | I asked the Corporal why he had saluted and he explained that it was because the Legion was the senior arm of the French Armed Forces . |
| 4 | In practice however he has to comply with it , because , if he does not , that fact is evidence against him and , if he does , he has a complete defence . |
| 5 | She was his enemy yet he had helped her . |
| 6 | He picked the hambone off the rock where he had put it and held it out to Michael . |
| 7 | Huy said nothing , resisting the urge to ask Merymose why he had told Kenamun of his meeting with Surere , and wondering if the Medjay would give an explanation . |
| 8 | 658 Wilfrid , a young Northumbrian recently returned from the continent where he had visited Rome and received the Petrine tonsure in Gaul ( Vita Wilfridi , chs 3 , 7 ) . |
| 9 | Middlesbrough had tested Norman 's reflexes just before half-time when he managed to get his knees in the way of a hard , low shot from Jon Gittens , which might have levelled the scores . |
| 10 | When Rosa had completed her gentle grooming , they resumed their circling of the square , hand in hand ; and Tommaso came out of the cafe where he had bought Caterina and Franco ice cream , and lit a cigarette and puffed smoke into the evening sunlight . |
| 11 | He quickly located his man in the deep doorway where he had positioned himself , by the intermittent glow of his cigarette . |
| 12 | The ceremony began , and soon I heard the priest come to the point in the wedding where he had to ask , ‘ Is there any reason why these two people should not be married ? ’ |
| 13 | Four months later she left the country and travelled constantly , following her lover wherever he wanted to go . |
| 14 | When he had rolled a bundle together he began to take down the tent , grabbing at the guy ropes . |
| 15 | She gave a husky exhalation of breath , and a second later he had bent his head to press his hot mouth against the swell of her breasts . |
| 16 | A second later he had levered himself up off the bed , striding away to answer the call . |
| 17 | An hour and a half later he has finished a rough plan and elevation . |
| 18 | A title for Jim Molyneaux has been speculated upon — it will fall in his lap whenever he wants to retire — but certainly the Government is not likely to offend unionist sensibilities for a time at least . |
| 19 | In confession now he has spoken of but one blow , and I am convinced he struck but once . ’ |
| 20 | He was just out there on the Strip telling the first lady how he wants to get to know her , and the second , and hoping out loud that both of them do n't mind about the third : ‘ Because I want to get to know her , too . |
| 21 | Groping for the light switch , whose position he had not yet memorised perfectly , he saw the evening 's post still lying on the table in the hall where he had put it before he came out . |
| 22 | This was because by then he had written The Origin where he had argued that primitive society was classless , on the evidence he had obtained from Morgan . |
| 23 | Trent fumbled with his right hand behind his neck , then collapsed on the sand where he lay sprawled , his right arm thrown back above his head , clay-sodden hair shading his eyes . |
| 24 | The sand where he had stood was undisturbed , and there was neither sight of him nor his camels . |
| 25 | He took the photostat copy of the Illustrated Police News out of the roll-top desk where he had kept it together with the original photograph ; under a pile of old negatives away from his wife 's prying eyes . |
| 26 | And talking of books , The Forest and the Fire still lay on the pillow where he had left it , before getting undressed . |
| 27 | He turned and walked over to the window where he stood looking out with his hands clasped behind his back . |
| 28 | A moment later he had returned , and was holding out a balloon glass containing an inch of brandy towards her . |
| 29 | Just for a moment there he had seemed to hypnotise her . |
| 30 | A one-time hater of the Japanese , the author of novels that have sold over 6 million copies tells The Bookseller how he came to want to promote understanding between east and west |