Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rather distrusted Gallic logic . |
| 2 | If this were so in the present case , he concealed the fact with remarkable aplomb ; but my impression was that he rather welcomed this degree of personal contact , as if it provided some sort of relief from the heavy intellectual conversation repeatedly forced upon him . |
| 3 | He thereby pays less attention than he might to interpreting the science of art as a cultural phenomenon . |
| 4 | Kubrick can posit only a mystical promise of future ( individual ) development because he fundamentally has little faith in human nature or society , unlike Clarke ( most sci-fi writers seem to have a deep-down streak of optimism , even when as downbeat as Philip K Dick or as ironic as Kurt Vonnegut ) . |
| 5 | He eventually incorporated this idea into his wider plan for tackling unemployment , the 1930 Mosley Memorandum . |
| 6 | When he eventually leaves that employer how far can the latter control the ex-employee 's ability to deal with the clients which he brought with him . |
| 7 | He successfully performed vesical lithotomy in the horse , and also amputated the equine penis . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The clear , imperious voice , lately gagged by the folds of an archer 's cloak , was singing gently to itself , and did not fall silent even when he instinctively took one dancing step back from the collision , and then as readily translated the movement into a forward lunge that almost passed Adam 's startled guard . |
| 10 | He rarely ate red meat . |
| 11 | He rarely showed any emotion , even when people presented him with the most heart-felt outpourings of their fears and hopes . |
| 12 | He rarely paid any attention to the plays progressing below him . |
| 13 | Snell 's wife was Susannah and he apparently had one son . |
| 14 | He apparently reckoned any pressure would n't be effective . |
| 15 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 16 | He , in turn , said it was not ; he merely regarded national service as a waste of time . |
| 17 | He merely reaffirmed Soviet readiness ‘ within its capabilities and together with other states , including the countries of ASEAN and Indo-China ’ to promote a settlement of the situation relating to Kampuchea and to guarantee ‘ generally acceptable accords ’ with other permanent members of the UN Security Council . |
| 18 | In the event the reactions of Coalition Liberal ministers were so uniformly hostile that Lloyd George moved quickly into reverse ; when he met Coalition Liberal MPs , he merely suggested greater cooperation with Unionists and did not mention fusion as such . |
| 19 | His intellectual ability was never pushed at you , yet he obviously had great potential . ’ |
| 20 | He was dignified , he was knowledgeable , and he obviously had great feeling not only for British art but all kinds of art . |
| 21 | He obviously expected some sort of reaction . |
| 22 | He obviously intended this remark to conclude their conversation for he half-turned to call his grooms . |
| 23 | Omitting to tell his wife , he personally assumed financial responsibility for up to £11,000 and it was not until the house arrived at Wembley in March 1924 that he recovered the £6,300 that he had spent , and finally admitted to Lady Emily that he had been ‘ rather fearful of death before repayment as it would have hit me badly ! ’ |
| 24 | No new employees come into the Smurfit organisation without his say-so and he personally approves all capital expenditure . |
| 25 | He personally ferried two Aero Commanders , an Aerostar , a Beech Duke , and two Barons . |
| 26 | But he impatiently dismissed this line of thought . |
| 27 | He only knew one word in three of the lyric he 'd chosen . |
| 28 | She shot him a look designed to kill at fifty feet , but he only raised one eyebrow in mute enquiry . |
| 29 | Incidentally , he was n't known as Chief Education Officer , he was Secretary for Education , he only became Chief Education Officer after the war but erm he was the Controller of Shift E and most of the education staff were on Shift E. |
| 30 | And whilst he lost in two sets 7-5 , 7-6 he only dropped one service game . |