Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he 'd lost the taste for it . |
| 2 | Suddenly he had crossed the gap between them . |
| 3 | Apparently he 'd brought the corpse in and then tried to claim commission on it . |
| 4 | If only he 'd learned the lesson his father had taught him when he taught him , before it all went wrong . |
| 5 | Perhaps he had visited the pirates during the night , when they were lying around their fire , full of rum . |
| 6 | perhaps he had undone the knot and looked inside or perhaps he had done no more than lift it and feel its weight . |
| 7 | Perhaps he hoped to bluff the policeman at the gate . |
| 8 | Perhaps he 'd heard the rumours . |
| 9 | The portraits depict weary , yet often bright-eyed individuals , and their intimacy with one another gives them a curious force , perhaps he has captured the wisdom gained through their experiences of life ? |
| 10 | Perhaps he 's given the Duke his orders . |
| 11 | Perhaps he wants to enjoy the cruise too . ’ |
| 12 | Obviously he had taken the opportunity whilst in the station of running through her statement . |
| 13 | Well , as I am saying , that obviously is the liability that the dealer has , because obviously he 's sold the goods to the purchaser . |
| 14 | So he continued to scan the sky for the massing of heavy clouds above the moorland , which would presage the coming of the snow . |
| 15 | When he does so he tries to keep the lunch simple , with one or two courses and no alcohol . |
| 16 | In doing so he has to maximise the output from his land as he is subject not only to man-made economic vagaries but also to climatic variations beyond his control . |
| 17 | So he has got the scrum right , just as if he had been listening to Graham Price all along . |
| 18 | So he decided to give the council a sermon when he blessed its monthly meeting . |
| 19 | So he refused to call the Executive at all ! |
| 20 | Nevertheless he needed to test the bond now , to reassure himself that it was there . |
| 21 | When the man eventually got home that day he told the assembled villagers of our meeting , and my warning , and said that after he had watched me go round a bend in the road a hundred yards away he started to light the cigarette I had given him . |
| 22 | He is also a noted expert on financial matters , and tonight he has given the House a clear explanation of complex proposals . |
| 23 | Finally he managed to overcome the Hydra by cauterising the necks after each decapitation , and burying the heads beneath a rock . |
| 24 | When finally he did broach the subject of the ball , Isobel refused to take his invitation seriously and said he should take someone his own age . |
| 25 | Somehow he had missed the announcement that Tubby was in command of one of the Dublin Black and Tan units — he had enough to do maintaining the morale and the strictly military role of his own division in Cork without spending time scanning the lists of appointments elsewhere in the country . |
| 26 | Somehow he had to stop the man , distract him . |
| 27 | Somehow he had had the sound relayed to a speaker , or speakers , in the hills — perhaps that was what was in the little room , relaying equipment , a generator . |
| 28 | Somehow he managed to brake the fall . |
| 29 | He was a legit , braceleted , but he never seemed to have any money , and somehow he seemed to avoid the gangs , legit and illegit , that roamed the upper Levels . |
| 30 | His armour of cynicism was shown up as useless ; all he could feel was how desperately he had wanted the job and how bitter he felt at the injustice that had taken it away from him . |