Example sentences of "[adv] he [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only he rarely had to ; he had an eye ; it was respected . |
| 2 | Perhaps he only aimed to chivvy those civilians in another direction , but was inexpert in the settings of the weapon . |
| 3 | So he still goes to playgroup . |
| 4 | So he suddenly came to a halt at the bottom of this stairs as it turned the corner , with the bottom of the wardrobe rammed into his chest , pinning him to the wall . |
| 5 | I did n't understand Jamie ; he was half the size I was , half the weight or less , and no matter how much we drank together he never seemed to be affected . |
| 6 | Waugh perceived a resemblance between the two books himself , and in his letter to Orwell on Nineteen Eighty-Four he reproached him in a jibe as potent as any he ever made to friend or enemy : ‘ Men who love a crucified God need never think of torture as all-powerful . ’ |
| 7 | He said it to Andy though , and I mean I do n't , I do n't know , Andy really surprises me because like he always seems to be like , the quiet one does n't it ? |
| 8 | Now he freely admits to being gay and to having had a stable , loving relationship with another man . |
| 9 | well he always seemed to me to be a bit of wise guy |
| 10 | well he apparently spoke to erm , he had quite a lengthy conversation with Ron Atkinson apparently , cos Atkinson used to be the manager of Tettron did n't he ? |
| 11 | Here he exclusively explains to the Echo the background to this fascinating TV profile of the political movement known as Militant . |
| 12 | Right he then went to the pulpit and he said that he was gon na preach about Lazarus actually but he 's a quiet fellow and he shouted at the top of his voice I 'm speaking about satanic bondage ! |
| 13 | Unfortunately he usually comes to nothing , either falling into the bad habit of accuracy , or frequents the society of the aged and well informed ’ ( ‘ Decay of Lying ’ , 294 ) . |
| 14 | He 's been sat there all day like a stuffed dummy , then he suddenly comes to life , grabs the dinner and runs off with it trailing between his legs , tripping and stumbling over it in his anxiety to have it all to himself . |
| 15 | Everyone knows Mr Baker has edited the Faber Book of English History in Verse , and included some lines from Henry V , but even there he never got to that particular bit . |
| 16 | ‘ Yet he still wanted to be in it , ’ Peter says . |
| 17 | I mean , he was a comic genius , yet he still wanted to be something he was n't . |
| 18 | Yet he explicitly appeals to both concepts . |