Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he fell on the wet deck , and he caught the side of the ship with his hands . |
| 2 | Perhaps he dreamed of the nine-pound baby |
| 3 | When he felt brave enough he took off the old pullover and the tracksuit pants that he 'd been sleeping in and started to dress . |
| 4 | So he said to the little man , ‘ I will take the pretty glass key . ’ |
| 5 | So he walked in the opposite direction , and he went to the park to get away from the people he might know . |
| 6 | Initially reluctant to tackle the area of post-war policy ( doubtless with thoughts of Lloyd George 's empty words of a quarter-century previously ) , when he did so he insisted on a full-blooded promise over the opposition of many in his party and administration . |
| 7 | She did not say anything more so he added in a real voice and proper words , ‘ Delia , I have to . ’ |
| 8 | So he resorted to an old favourite , which was to imagine himself as a First World War fighter ace engaged in an aerial duel with an enemy pilot . |
| 9 | five hundred , five hundred I could only say he was n't , five o'clock last night he was no so he went to the one doctor , so to the erm what 's gon na happen when they when he , when they can go down the doctors that 's first of all go into this and after ten , twenty four hours doing this kind of thing for forty eight hours up . |
| 10 | So he went to the commanding officer at Binbrook ( who was the one who had recommended him in the first place ) , and said — no thanks , I want to get out . |
| 11 | As he did so he moved in the dreamy way of a man in a state of shock . |
| 12 | In doing so he conceded to a key opposition demand and thereby appeared to have ended an opposition boycott of the legislature which had been called to protest against the government 's decision in early 1992 to postpone local elections . |
| 13 | So he turned to an aged relative for assistance : |
| 14 | So he turned round the second he did , and made it look as though he was waiting for the woman he 'd just tried to kill — when they were walking along together … |
| 15 | So he settled for a secure telephone call , indifferent to what that would do to Maxim 's reputation among the Defence Staff at the embassy . |
| 16 | As he reeled the fish in he listened with a growing sense of dismay and despair to the baseball commentary on the radio . |
| 17 | While riding along he fell into a lengthy dispute with Molla Muhammad , known as Zeyrek , at this time probably muderris at one of the medreses which Mehmed II created by the conversion of churches after the conquest of Constantinople , which were , in effect , precursors of the Sahn . |
| 18 | Soon he came to a bright restaurant on Broadway . |
| 19 | Soon he came upon the first of the Regent 's horsemen , Douglases to a man , riding back and forward , to form a cordon cutting off the castle . |
| 20 | Soon he landed in the juvenile court and was placed into care |
| 21 | He replied that he did not care and anyway he knew about the Black shooting and there was no truth in what we were saying . |
| 22 | Anyway he lived in the old hut after the railway was taken up , we did n't see much of him in the winter but when the spring came round he would appear again . |
| 23 | Finally he fell into a deep , deep sleep . |
| 24 | Finally he settled upon a blunt statement of fact . |
| 25 | I followed Green round corners till finally he stopped outside a green painted door . |
| 26 | Outside he said to the beautiful brunette : |
| 27 | As the doors slid open he glanced at the middle-aged couple who got out but then stared straight ahead again . |
| 28 | Later still he became for a short time a professor at Cambridge . |
| 29 | In 1334 he was captured and ransomed by the Scots , gaining his freedom in time to fight in Edward III 's major Scottish campaign of 1335 ; but thereafter he shared in the general decline of English fortunes and interest in Scotland . |
| 30 | Thereafter he prospered as a royal attendant , who at times served on campaign , and as a county magnate . |