Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | But an object contemplated for its beauty alone spontaneously attracts the spectator and rouses him to expand and intensify his awareness of it ; and however much or little trust he may put in the formulation of aesthetic standards , he evaluates it by his reaction at the unsustainable height of concentration when he is responding to all his information at once . |
| 2 | Anwar asked Changez and me to wash the floor of the shop , thinking that perhaps I could successfully supervise him . |
| 3 | A pipe feeding the power steering system came adrift on the climb oil to pump out of the hydraulic system , and Fisher seized the opportunity to start building a lead that was eventually to carry him to a record fourth successive Lakes victory . |
| 4 | The child , possessed by wonder and nameless hauntings , tried to join together the heavings and creakings and groans and gasps and little cries he had heard as he lay on the floor , his mother 's disturbed concentration now , his father 's stillness as if felled , and the sticky warmth in which he lay between them , something more than the sweat that was there before , a substance he divined as elemental , mysterious , newly decanted , that touched his flesh and his senses with profound , unattainable meaning . |
| 5 | I have rarely heard him sound more relaxed . |
| 6 | She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry . |
| 7 | One has rarely heard him sing with more authority , and never seen him so communicative , happy and funny . |
| 8 | ‘ I politely asked him not to bully me but that infuriated him . |
| 9 | There was one kid , however , who did n't move back as far as the rest of his row , so I politely asked him to get in line . |
| 10 | Benjamin politely asked him to wait . |
| 11 | In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor . |
| 12 | They replied that Edmund left no claim to his brothers and had wanted Cnut to support and protect his sons until they were old enough to rule , and they also swore that they wished to elect Cnut king , humbly obey him , and pay tribute to his army . |
| 13 | Instead , she guides him to check his suggestion and when he realises that he is not successful , she skilfully involves him in the final solution to the problem . |
| 14 | Parliament has expressly given him power to intervene when the local authority is acting unreasonably . |
| 15 | She was strong enough to take a certain amount of punishment if it meant that , in the end , Matthew would rid himself of that core of hatred which was slowly eating him away . |
| 16 | Subdued by the mockery , she joined him at the door he was now unlocking , still not wholly trusting him , and the gleam in his eyes told her he knew it . |
| 17 | I waited and waited for him at the points and eventually met him about three or four o'clock in the morning for the first time . |
| 18 | During these pauses he would leer in the hope that his lady friend would fill in the gaps , thereby allowing him to save his energy for later . |
| 19 | The agency gave assurances that this new evidence had been passed to the relevant prosecuting authorities , and it was this which had led to the prosecutors ' decision to withdraw from their plea bargain arrangement with Drogoul , thereby allowing him to change his plea to innocent . |
| 20 | It is this experience which first tempted Sohl to seek out the Geordie and eventually bring him down south . |
| 21 | But the answer is , each one secretly thinks he 's the best . |
| 22 | Reid continued to leave him out and eventually sold him to Chelsea . |
| 23 | I wish I could remember the name of the functionary who pronounced on the news that a union vote had gone 70/30 , at least three to one in favour : I would gladly lend him my copy . |
| 24 | Realising that his visitor was no ordinary mortal , the watchman did not challenge him but jumping to his feet he kept his eyes fixed firmly on the intruder , hoping thereby to induce him to retire . |
| 25 | Lucille rather envied him , wishing that she could marry Sharpe . |
| 26 | Aperte fro thet he writen has , |
| 27 | Worse still , an injury kept Sure Sharp idle for the rest of his second season and it was only last year that Hills eventually got him back into action . |
| 28 | But having put him in , he rarely consulted him on general policy issues and gave hint little role even in industrial disputes , which were still the traditional concern of the Board of Trade . |
| 29 | The thread eventually led him out once more to safety . |
| 30 | Dorchester may have been an extreme case , but throughout England , there were hard-working , anxious , godly folk whose rage with their king eventually led him to the scaffold at Whitehall . |