Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He liked the song so much he wanted to have a long version of it , ’ claimed Moroder , ‘ and that 's when I did the 17-minute one . |
| 2 | Before long he had invented a new science called Gastrotechnology , which he defined simply as the scientific explanation of accepted principles of cookery . |
| 3 | If he 'd had his hands on her for one minute , he could have given her something to remember him by ; if only he 'd spat a single obscenity into her ear before running off , it would have been something . |
| 4 | He had intended to head back to the funicolare station but perhaps he had taken a wrong turning somewhere in his hurry to get away from Maidstone 's apartment . |
| 5 | Perhaps he had found a new temporary partner by now . |
| 6 | Perhaps he had had a bad day at the garage and had not sold enough crummy second-hand cars . |
| 7 | Nicholas Ferrar refused all these suggestions , having decided that as soon as he was free to do so he wished to lead a religious life . |
| 8 | So he has followed a dual approach , honouring the supply to the supermarkets while continuing to supply and expand the local market ; it is only in this way that the operation has been able to survive and continue to provide a quality product while supporting a number of local employees and their families . |
| 9 | So he 's got a technical problem . |
| 10 | Nevertheless he does possess a yellow face as opposed to lodging in a yellow room , or handling yellow money , or being issued ( the bureaucracy ! ) with a yellow ticket . |
| 11 | There had always been men and once he had cared a great deal about that . |
| 12 | Well i if his mate comes in , like he 's got a good mate , so if his mate comes in he releases his mate early so if he releases him early , he could be er it takes him about thirty five to forty minutes . |
| 13 | An hour and a half later he has finished a rough plan and elevation . |
| 14 | More probably he had tapped a fresh source of energy in himself — call it the power of love — which made him feel invincible . |
| 15 | By now he had become a convinced Zionist . |
| 16 | Borrowing on the security of high hopes and honest intentions , as Malcolm Elwin observed in his edition of Haydon 's autobiography and journals ( 1950 ) , and an unsuccessful attempt to live by credit , had brought insolvency and imprisonment , and now he had to make a new start . |
| 17 | Now he tried to smile a discreet and ironic little smile . |
| 18 | But now he 's put a casual bar in as well . |
| 19 | But now he has made a full recovery to the delight of his proud parents , Fred and Denise . |
| 20 | Now he wants to become a special constable . |
| 21 | Now he wants to start a self-help group for people trapped between two cultures . |
| 22 | Seen the one with erm er guy makes out he 's got a big bird of prey , he 's got the erm leather glove on |
| 23 | ‘ It turns out he 's got a human rights record as long as your arm , ’ Trish told me . |
| 24 | Today he has shed a good deal of that ideology — his speech yesterday was social democratic through and through — but he remains devoid of the work experience relevant to his next task which is to convince the country that he , and Labour , are qualified to form the next government . |
| 25 | well although he told me he 'd er , he 'd , well he 'd had a reasonable catch he 'd er , remember them , bring one up |
| 26 | twisted , warped , it 's in a sense it 's exactly the same as the circle , you know you draw the circle it 's a line that starts there and goes perfectly round and comes back to the starting point , it 's exactly the same as that , but it 's been pushed out at the edges , it 's been dented in here , it 's not recognisable now as that same circle , although it 's what it is , and you see what , what has happened is although we 've sinned , although we 've come short of God 's plan , God has n't destroyed the whole thing , he could so easily just taken up the human life and crumple it up and thrown it on the heap , said finished with them , ca n't be bothered , I 'll start all over again with new people , I 'll have a new creation , well he did have a new creation , but he kept that same creation , he said I 'm gon na work on it , I 'm gon na do something with it , I 'm gon na restore it , I 'm gon na ransom it , I 'm gon na redeem it , I 'm gon na make it again , not just like it was , but I 'm gon na make it even more wonderful and more beautiful . |
| 27 | Well he 's got a long wait . |
| 28 | Well he 's got a key |
| 29 | Well he 's got a new one |
| 30 | Well he 's got a little . |