Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] he [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move takes Totten , who will be part-time with the Methil club , back to the Second Division where he originally found the Perth club . |
| 2 | She clung to him as he charged up the stairs and into her bedroom where he unceremoniously dumped her on the bed . |
| 3 | The man 's face had turned black , his eyes were bulging , and at last he crashed to the ground , with such force that he almost shook Fleury off … but Fleury remained dragging on the violin until he was certain the sepoy was dead . |
| 4 | ‘ With the result that he really did keep away , ’ Lucy had pointed out . |
| 5 | Behind him he could hear one of the boys mutter that Mr Wilson had gone mad , and another reply that he always had been . |
| 6 | He flew in three days ago and has become so accustomed to the highlife that he now refuses to leave . |
| 7 | You never really sort of said well was it , was it a slipped disc or is it gone or have you got ta go back for any more tests or anything like that er and bearing in mind that he also said he was keen on sports and he played tennis and so on , you could 've had the opportunity there to say oh have your back problem , back troubles made in difference to you in that area ? |
| 8 | One should always bear in mind that he never went back on his sympathy for the early stages of the Revolution , and his statement in 1821 , at the height of his Toryism , when he was accused of deserting France , has its own indestructible logic : ‘ You have been deluded by places and persons , while I have stuck to principles . |
| 9 | ‘ How like a child you are , ’ she murmured , unable to quell the feeling of disgust that he sometimes wrought in her . |
| 10 | He would listen in , showing more powers of concentration than he ever did at work . |
| 11 | And Bill loves the wildlife , he 's a dedicated bird- watcher although he hardly looks like it when servicing the huge polarizers that turn coal into a fine powder for burning . |
| 12 | He had n't said anything that had given her any indication that he actually cared for her . |
| 13 | At times the yoke of his vocation was almost unbearable , although there is no indication that he ever regretted assuming it . |
| 14 | ( So committed has Kandel been to reductionism as philosophy as well as methodology that he once gave a talk to an audience of psychiatrists with the theme of ‘ Psychotherapy and the single synapse ’ . ) |
| 15 | Hume , himself , recently admitted in an interview that he never wanted the word ‘ Labour ’ in the Party 's name . |
| 16 | It was only when he was sitting in the back of the car that he actually thought of the risk he was taking . |
| 17 | She twined her arms so tightly round his neck that he almost choked , pulling him down so that he overbalanced and fell on top of her . |
| 18 | Additionally , carried away by enthusiasm that ought not to affect the judgement of experienced lawyers , they advised him , or agreed on his urging ( I do not know which ) , that he should issue writs for libel , which he did , with the disastrous effect that he actually accepted some damages from one publication before he was compelled to reveal the falsity of his assertions . |
| 19 | On the other hand , it was obvious from the shadows like sooty thumbprints beneath his eyes and the tension around his mouth that he desperately needed some sleep . |
| 20 | It was a further proof of Thomas Carter 's blissful innocence that he evidently had no idea that his swimming-pool , tennis court , fitted kitchen and high-tech appliances were as contemptible to the class whose values he so admired as the Parsons ' van Gogh prints and Dacron three-piece suite . |
| 21 | He lifted his hat an inch or two and directed a toothy smile first at her and then at Eleanor 's retreating figure , as if ready to return the wave and the greeting that he evidently expected of her . |
| 22 | Johnson was an explosive winger , an athlete with such a burst of natural speed that he once competed in the Powderhall Sprint and was capable of holding his own against international sprinters . |
| 23 | He looked such a handicap certainty for the Tote Gold Trophy that he quite ruined the betting on the race when starting 7-4 on in a field of 10 , the smallest of the series . |
| 24 | But even as she began to shake her head , she heard her own voice accepting the invitation , felt a ridiculous little spurt of pleasure that he even wanted to be with her . |
| 25 | I did n't see any of that crazy side that he always told me was there . |
| 26 | Considerably more sacrilegious , albeit in a flippant way , is Du Con qui fu fait a la besche , " Of the cunt , which was made with a spade " , in which God is presented as having forgotten to give Eve genitals and then allowing the Devil to remedy this , on the condition that he neither adds to nor takes anything away from God 's creature . |
| 27 | he 's survived all the er heart condition that he ever did have |
| 28 | Rainey believes he could n't make a corner at GP speed if he merely sat on the bike without pushing down — hard . |
| 29 | She was told that a colleague from the bank would be around later to pick up her card and he even rang back later to check if he had been . |
| 30 | He always paid by credit card and he always kept the receipts for his accountant . |