Example sentences of "he [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The third client wanted confirmation that he rather than his neighbour owned a bit of land , and that his neighbour had no use rights . |
| 2 | Freed also said that it was he rather than Duna , who had taken a 90% stake in Hungary 's largest circulation English-language newspaper , Budapest Week . |
| 3 | Salvidge was right to claim that Leith had overstepped the mark and that he had no mandate for his action , but it is clear that he rather than Salvidge really represented the views of the National Union . |
| 4 | Many of the younger professionals sought him out to have a look at swings and putting strokes that were out of tune , and he rarely if ever refused them his advice . |
| 5 | So much so that , when the various category prizes were announced , he all but swept the board . |
| 6 | On ‘ Send Me A Flower ’ he sings of ‘ dying inside ’ while on ‘ Below ’ he all but drowns in self-conscious misery : ‘ Somebody cried , nobody hears today , I wonder if they did before , I 'm hopelessly lost inside . ’ |
| 7 | And he all but confirmed this was his last match , saying : ‘ I basically feel the same way as I have all year , and although I am not going to announce my retirement , I guess that is it . |
| 8 | He all but bumped into the couple , but , just in time , he arrested his progress , drew back , seemed , for an instant , to seek for oxygen as if he had emerged from some physical deep of ocean , looked about him at the mundane world he had re-entered and then , with rapid dignity , collected himself . |
| 9 | Outside the door he all but ran into Sara . |
| 10 | In fact nobody on the entire establishment could say it except Charlie the farm foreman and he only though the could say it . |
| 11 | And he so when it started he said sometimes my drives me mad . |
| 12 | And no sooner was he inside when he heard Mrs Brown singing that her true love had sent four calling birds three french hens two turtle doves not to mention another partridge in a pear tree . |
| 13 | He more than anyone is the inventor of IME . |
| 14 | We trooped along and he more than likely brought his mate John Grey along with him . |
| 15 | He more than anyone appreciated that if the monarchy was to survive , it needed to be updated . |
| 16 | We know too that he more than normally rapidly recognizes differences in temperature as well as differences in individual voices . |
| 17 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 18 | But Birtwistle 's work is more than twice the length of Mason 's , and he more than justifies his larger span . |
| 19 | Thus it is ironic that he more than once offers a cold-hearted appraisal of the junior hobbits ' utility . |
| 20 | But he more than made up for that night by setting up both Arsenal 's goals with a performance of poise and maturity . |
| 21 | If Winterbottom had not played much hard rugby with Headingley , then he more than made up for it in those few short months . |
| 22 | This is what he more than once declared to be his aim . |
| 23 | Is he more than just a basher of indifferent bowling , of which there is currently plenty ? |
| 24 | And though he more than once declared suicide a selfish act , he must also have foreseen that there are certain states of mind in which sensitive consideration of others becomes impossible . |
| 25 | A competent scholar who had an inbred regard for the pastoral needs of country congregations , he was exactly suited to his place , upon which he never needed to insist , and its responsibilities , which he more than adequately fulfilled . |
| 26 | In any case , I believe Eliot admired the thrillers of the prolific E. Phillips Oppenheim , who was published in the yellow-backed series to which he more than once referred as a possible source of inspiration . |
| 27 | He more than once declared that , compared with schoolmastering , work at the bank was almost a rest cure . |
| 28 | Another Pest Control technician who has n't graced these pages is Ted Critchett who covers the Portsmouth area , and as his Branch Manager Neil Gibson says , ‘ after 15 years of hard effort he more than deserves it . ’ |
| 29 | It was he more than Roosevelt who barred de Gaulle from the Yalta conference . |
| 30 | Will he be able to solve her problems or is he more than just an interested bystander ? |