Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 31 | He fought with everything he had — his helmet , his raincoat , his truncheon , his kicks , rubble from the ground ; he even used the van to shield himself from the frenzied attack which relentlessly beat him back . |
| 32 | The thing is , ’ — I drew a deep breath and came out with it — ‘ well — it 's just that politics rather bore him . ’ |
| 33 | The rebuilding of the town of Warwick after the fire presumably provided him with an initial opportunity , and he was later responsible for a further group of churches and other public buildings ; but the predominant element in his practice was the building of country houses for the midlands gentry . |
| 34 | She had no idea how exhausted she would be , how lethargic , and she opened her eyes slowly to find him watching her , his breathing still ragged . |
| 35 | ‘ I do n't , ’ she said , and laughingly stopped him . |
| 36 | In the past , the facility had rarely let him down . |
| 37 | I looked around for Kalchu and eventually found him on the far side of the fire talking to a group of men , some of whom I recognized as being from Chaura and from Chhuma . |
| 38 | Picking her way through the guests , she eventually found him talking to Edward , but when he saw her approaching he left his host and came to meet her . |
| 39 | The postman eventually found him canvassing on the High Row and handed over the State secrets there and then ‘ I was very impressed , ’ says Fallon . |
| 40 | But , it was said , he took him to his flat and indecently assaulted him while two other men looked on . |
| 41 | He moved across to them , and when he was standing next to André she noticed how much taller and more powerfully built he was . |
| 42 | It was hardly a secret that Gallieni , no admirer of Joffre ( who , among other things , had stolen much of the honour due to Gallieni for the victory of the Marne ) , wanted eventually to pull him back to Paris in the largely administrative capacity of a CIGS , while placing the executive command of the armies in the field under de Castelnau . |
| 43 | Finally Ayatollah Khomeini had reclaimed his mantle as the most radical of the Imams by proclaiming a fatwa against Rushdie in February 1989 , effectively condemning him to death . |
| 44 | The plea or defence to this was that the notes were made jointly and severally by the defendant 's father , John Revill , and by Samuel Revill , as well as by the defendant , and that before the action the plaintiff , without the defendant 's knowledge or consent , struck out the name of Samuel Revill on the notes and wholly discharged him from liability . |
| 45 | not sending him there , rather send him to Judge |
| 46 | Stephen had rather expected he would do that . |
| 47 | Mr Clay went on to tell of his visits to a bone-setter , who successfully healed him after an accident . |
| 48 | He would n't chase her after reading the letter she had left for him , politely thanking him for his hospitality and saying she was returning to Palma to complete her work before returning to England . |
| 49 | Why , she wondered , when she had effectively let him off the hook ? |
| 50 | The night before , alone and drunk , he turned the Harley the wrong way on to busy St Peter Street downtown and rode awhile through oncoming traffic until a policeman mercifully stopped him . |
| 51 | Adjuring Theda , in the prettiest way , to wait for her here , Miss Merchiston then escorted Mr Quatt to the front door , presumably bidding him a fond farewell in the sickeningly sugary tone she had chosen to adopt towards him . |
| 52 | What right has he in me , but such as a thief may plead to stolen goods ? |
| 53 | What right has he to comment on the ‘ quality of fans ’ at the Levellers gigs ? |
| 54 | What right has he to comment on the ‘ quality of fans ’ at the Levellers gigs ? |
| 55 | What right has he got to know or anything ? |
| 56 | Right has he got one ? |
| 57 | This eventually drew him into the company of Frederick Denison Maurice [ q.v. ] and the band of young men who surrounded him , and the combination of their enthusiasm and insights produced the Christian Socialist movement of 1848 to 1854 . |
| 58 | Escobar announced last month that he was declaring war on the state and the government has since blamed him for a series of bomb blasts in Bogota and other cities which have killed more than 40 people . |
| 59 | But he put a hand on my shoulder and said , in that philosophical , gravelly voice he had , ‘ All we have to believe in is our children . |
| 60 | The new decision does not affect the artist 's ownership of the work of art itself , but it does effectively strip him or her of control over how , when and where it may be reproduced . |