Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E really loved those 'orses . |
| 2 | He eventually incorporated this idea into his wider plan for tackling unemployment , the 1930 Mosley Memorandum . |
| 3 | Now he felt his brain slowly expanding , the noise and sunshine seemed to have entered his skull , and he badly wanted some food to settle the turbid churning of his feelings . |
| 4 | He rarely showed any emotion , even when people presented him with the most heart-felt outpourings of their fears and hopes . |
| 5 | He rarely paid any attention to the plays progressing below him . |
| 6 | He apparently reckoned any pressure would n't be effective . |
| 7 | ‘ You know , there is a story in Malta , ’ he said drily , ‘ that when St Paul the Apostle was shipwrecked on our shores , back in 60 AD , and he performed a miracle by removing the poison from a snakebite , he merely transferred that poison on to the tongues of Maltese women . ’ |
| 8 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 9 | He obviously intended this remark to conclude their conversation for he half-turned to call his grooms . |
| 10 | But he impatiently dismissed this line of thought . |
| 11 | I have marmalade on toast right and he only said this morning and he said do n't forget the marmalade , he 's chucking the jar out . |
| 12 | In addition , he only considered those operations in terms of deterrence , and ignored such vital factors as the practical ( as well as the moral ) consequences of abandoning retributive justice . |
| 13 | ‘ He so wanted that job as a mime artiste . |
| 14 | He did not know why he suddenly felt this way ; he was not angry with himself , or with us , and he was not crying . |
| 15 | He suddenly felt some sympathy for her : her intentions had been evil but Jane could hardly have foreseen the appalling results of her maliciousness — if indeed Jim Lancaster had stormed off and murdered his wife . |
| 16 | He suddenly found this notion very funny and burst into-laughter . |
| 17 | He eagerly grabbed any crisps that he found . |
| 18 | The pre-existence of matriliny was important for Engels because he wrongly believed that matriliny , as opposed to patriliny , was associated with communal corporate descent groups . |
| 19 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 20 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 21 | He just had some time to spare waiting for Maria Luisa to return and why not fill it with a bit of Ruth-baiting ? |
| 22 | And I had the impression that , he just adopted this child through sheer sorrow and sympathy for her but , did not say , erm , categorically that that was his . |
| 23 | Nowadays he just smoked all night ( the same brand as Madame ) and kept a glass of iced water constantly beside him — Little David would keep it fresh and cold without being asked . |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway he just grabbed some papers — and he was off again . ’ |
| 25 | But when Grandma died he just lost all interest in the garden , and since no one had the time to take it on , it became neglected . |
| 26 | he just bought that field and that , that farm , all , all the barns were there to start with . |
| 27 | Well , he generally caused any aggravation that was floating around , but he would never admit it . |
| 28 | He largely reshaped this family business , rescuing it from near bankruptcy in the 1860s , extending it into tinplate in Monmouthshire , carrying through several amalgamations , and turning it into a public company in 1902 . |
| 29 | But , when asked in 1947 to replace an old dirty power station that had been on the site since 1891 , he soon forgot such idealism and , like any architect , was glad to have the job . |
| 30 | As Ras Makonnen 's son , he had been rapturously received by its inhabitants , and by his justice and humanity he soon merited this acclaim . |