Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] a [adj] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for a full week he had sat in the outer office , and waited . |
| 2 | It was too late to save the rick , so for a few minutes he stood and stared at the flames . |
| 3 | The ‘ sloshed ’ friend broke his ankle so as a good turn he took over the driving . |
| 4 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 5 | He delivered the letter , together with a few flowers he 'd nicked from a cemetery . |
| 6 | Swooping in on a spilled pass he gathered one-handed on the run for the winners ' fourth try , one that Rees just failed to convert . |
| 7 | If he wanted to keep his horse away from a certain mare he had only to rub some of the liquid on the stallion 's bridle or on the mare to ensure that the horse would not go near her . |
| 8 | SUBSTITUTE Paul Randall earned non-League Bath City a 2-2 draw with Northampton yesterday with a late goal he did not even see . |
| 9 | High up on a wrought-plasteel balcony he posed implacably , beholding the execution by Fists of an unending stream of aliens and heretics . |
| 10 | Now in a short time he would be gone , and the era that had begun in the 1960S with the triumvirate of Harold Wilson , George Brown and myself would be at an end . |
| 11 | Intent now on a sharpish exit he banged with his helmet on the canopy until he had made a hole big enough to climb through . |
| 12 | Mr Nightingale had been a wartime soldier in a fairly respectable regiment ( George 's opinion as an excavalryman ) and while he had filled out to a pink-and-white chubbiness he still wore a small military moustache that had stayed loyally ginger as a reminder of the Desert campaign . |
| 13 | But , she was telling the story of a man who was travelling over the moor and it was many years ago on horseback and er he was completely lost and wan , it was getting dark and he wanted to stay somewhere for the night and he sort of travelled and could n't see anywhere and eventually down a long drive he saw a house wi , blazing with lights so he went down this house and er , all the windows were alight , you know were lit up and he knocked at the door and knocked at the door , and knocked at the door and could n't get any answer , no one ever came to the door so in desperation he thought well this is no good ! |
| 14 | He was horrified that even for a few minutes he could seriously have contemplated such destructive stupidity . |
| 15 | Sut Jhally , who created a stir two years ago with a critical video he produced for his students about the sexist images on MTV , explains : ‘ Most pornography reflects male fantasies . |
| 16 | Even on a bad day he is worth watching , for a few seconds of his lightning , elegant attacks eclipses an evening of mauling aggression . |
| 17 | Almost as a pleading afterthought he wrote , ‘ Along with all this must go an emphasis on citizenship . |
| 18 | Looking around then for a non-union post he succeeded in getting an appointment to the Script Department at Ealing Studios , a complex famous the world over for its comedies . |
| 19 | Then for a few seconds he said nothing . |
| 20 | John Williams who became a colliery manager in 1934 , and later manager of the Banwen colliery under the National Coal Board , described how as a young man he had an early glimpse of one kind of persuasion : |
| 21 | Walker 's worry is that neo-Nazis will travel from all parts of Germany and treat the clash between the champions of England and of Germany almost like a mini international He is confident that Leeds have taken all reasonable precautions but added : ‘ The great bulk of Leeds supporters are well behaved and will subject themselves to checks . |
| 22 | Mr Kronweiser sprang into his earlier stance of crouching flabby tiger , then with a deprecatory smile he relaxed stiffly and began rummaging in the top drawer . |
| 23 | Then with a great shout he began to plunge over bodies and kit-bags down the gangway towards us . |
| 24 | And then with a desperate movement he drew back from her grasp , his breath rasping in his chest . |
| 25 | Then with a sardonic smile he replied : ‘ I think the first sign , the very first symptom of Waldsterben , was an attack of blindness in foresters . ’ |
| 26 | Then with a quick movement he unfastened the zip . |
| 27 | He gasped and reached up to her , pulling her down against his chest , and then with a swift movement he turned her beneath him . |
| 28 | For one brief moment he paused to reflect on the finality of this his last visit which closed a thirty year chapter of his life ; then with a wry smile he descended the impressive stairway . |
| 29 | And for a moment they strained together , their breathing harsh , uneven , then with a sudden movement he rolled on top of her , his weight crushing her down into the grasses . |
| 30 | He scattered drops about from a blue cap he carried , while the dogs sent flurries of water everywhere . |