Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He drifts slowly up into the air . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's the Dalestour , Sundays only into North Yorkshire , ’ the driver said as he passed hurriedly on to the next customer . |
| 3 | For starters , the American Paul Strand shows the work that he produced way back in 1954 when , in his middle sixties , he visited the Hebridean islands of South Uist , Eriskay and Benbecula . |
| 4 | He crept inconspicuously back to the dashboard , switched on the ignition , and looked at the gauge . |
| 5 | When he judged he had gone far enough he crept cautiously out to where the trees were more sparse . |
| 6 | It 's gon na be wonderful at nursery if he goes straight up to his teacher again . |
| 7 | He rode straight up to the gateway of the monastery , not daring to stop for second thoughts , and said to the first monk he saw , ‘ Can you read and write ? ’ |
| 8 | The ‘ Sean Astin digs up a caveman and he fits right in in the Valley ’ plot does n't add to the suburban dumbnation routines but rather reworks the Eighties ' ‘ innocents abroad in America ’ genre ( eg anything from Starman to Crocodile Dundee ) . |
| 9 | But a little matter of a birdie for Bernhard was n't going to unsettle Seve , and he got straight back to the job , hitting some lovely shots to the green . |
| 10 | He got right in to being that successful South Africa skipper ( 8 ) |
| 11 | In fact he got more out of it than I did , I think . |
| 12 | He gazed despairingly down at his blotter . |
| 13 | He gazed dully out of the little window at a dark , neatly-clipped laurel hedge and the gravel path where the black cars were parked . |
| 14 | He gazed briefly down at the new baby , pink in its cradle ; and said nothing . |
| 15 | He reviewed the situation as he gazed unseeingly out of the rain-lashed windows , at the huge bows of Titron , as she wallowed helplessly in the heaving seas . |
| 16 | ‘ You see — we did n't wake the children , after all , ’ Ross drawled , his eyes glinting with amusement as he gazed warmly down at the soft figure in his arms . |
| 17 | He gazed mournfully out of the window into Fleet Street for some minutes . |
| 18 | However , as he gazed lovingly over at his beautiful Laura , gently rocking the tiny babies in her arms , he knew that the true definition of his deep joy and delight lay in the collective noun : a pride of lions ! |
| 19 | At Monaco , a race which Hunt does not greatly admire — since the race is meaningless if one is not well up on the grid at the start and passing is well-nigh impossible — he qualified well back on the grid , spun in frustration and then had his engine blow on him . |
| 20 | With his rosy lips , false tan and windswept hair , he looks curiously out of place . |
| 21 | Towing the net , he swam slowly back to Golden Girl . |
| 22 | The water was so smooth that he swam confidently out to where it was very deep . |
| 23 | He lives somewhere up at Keele but |
| 24 | He glances uneasily out of the window " ( p. 44 ) , but it is also a noteworthy example of his conversational meandering . |
| 25 | He moved slowly up by the side of the bed , and now he said , ‘ Are … are you all right ? ’ and he saw the bedclothes that she was holding under her chin rise and fall with the movement of her neck before she said , ‘ Yes . |
| 26 | There was a tense silence as he moved slowly round behind me , breathing heavily . |
| 27 | Intrigued , he moved forward on to the balcony and peered down cautiously . |
| 28 | He moved quickly back into the bridge and picked up a phone . |
| 29 | Rubbing his glasses clean , he peered intently over at me through the thin rain . |
| 30 | By the light of the fires he could see Paul already sitting cross-legged on a buffalo skin by the pholy , and he sank gratefully down on the other side of him . |