Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] he [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His belief in travel for the common man was so strong that he overcame many financial difficulties to establish his business . |
| 2 | In contrast , at Verdun a casualty — even once picked up — could reckon himself highly fortunate if he received any treatment within twenty-four hours . |
| 3 | His skin was so dark that he caused another black AE at DPR to comment : " I 'm from Jamaica , but I 've never seen anyone that black . " |
| 4 | The Wanderers ' manager , Phil Neal , has some way to go before he can expect to be so honoured but he collected several brownie points after his side 's spirited performance . |
| 5 | As a good Jew , it would seem highly unlikely that he had any intention of founding a new religion , let alone setting up a ‘ priesthood ’ for it . |
| 6 | After leaving the Institute , where he retained a small laboratory which he visited at weekends , Butler 's administrative duties were so heavy that he had little time for mycological research . |
| 7 | Mr Turner , of South Humberside , said : ‘ I was so pleased when he called all his neighbours had told him about it . |
| 8 | Watching the traffic and the rain swallow up the departing taxi , the Captain wondered how the man stayed so thin if he ate that way every day . |
| 9 | Instead , he rambles on some more , to ask why he is still unemployed when he feels such a sense of renewal . |
| 10 | ‘ And he would n't be the first man to become deeply jealous when he sees another man apparently usurping his role as a father . ’ |
| 11 | Artists sought his favour more often than they sought his wife 's , which is hardly surprising since he had more power and patronage to dispense . |
| 12 | in the meantime Brocklesby was approaching and this one horrendous photograph of me looking very harassed you can well imagine and my father ever pompous when he saw this photograph said huh where were your directors , was n't one of them in charge , and I said no they were away having lunch , they were just going to arrive when they you know , anyway ? |
| 13 | The estate and the house might both be high-value assets , but the conditions of his inheritance forced him to keep both intact and he got little currency out of them beyond the woodland leases and the shooting rights . |
| 14 | Holly had talked with the old man and realized only later that when he spoke all those who were within earshot had listened and tried to learn about him from his words . |
| 15 | His normal raggedness became positively disreputable and he spent much of his time sulking inside the McLaren motor-home : the joy had gone out of his life . |
| 16 | But it is also true that he describes this final state as one illumined so as " forto se by vnderstondyng whilk is god , and also gostly thynges with a soft swete brennand loue in hym " ( 8.282b. – 82 ) ; and in Mixed Life Rachel is also defined as " of bigynnynge is God , and bitokene liyf contemplatif " ( 30 – 1.342 – 3 ) . |
| 17 | When a therapist becomes aware that such a situation is developing it is most important that he discusses this with the patient and sets very clear limits on the relationship . |
| 18 | He 's returning to somewhere safe when he does that , she thought . |
| 19 | Then , a shade of nervousness entering her voice , she said : ‘ You do love Mummy , do n't you ? ’ 87 ‘ Oh yes , ’ said Henry ( he sounded , he thought , incredibly sincere as he said this ) , ‘ deep down . |
| 20 | He does not go abroad much which is as well since he has little sense of direction and has twice been found many miles from home wandering the streets . |
| 21 | Only James remained as abstracted as he had all day yesterday . |
| 22 | She felt really wonderful when he said that . |
| 23 | Oh Sunday it was really bad cos he had these people turn up for lunch and erm , said it 's Sam arranged to come and collect him quarter to six and then we went up to Fore Gate for lunch and then we came back here and had erm we were all standing in the kitchen here , knock on the door , a walked in , I 'd completely forgotten about it |
| 24 | It is particularly interesting that he notes that science has come to hold , for some , the status of a religion : students of the arts , for example , might regard science as ‘ mystical ’ . |
| 25 | Graham Hough is surely only partially accurate when he claims that |
| 26 | Erm I 'm not quite sure if he gives any detail on sort of no , he does n't . |
| 27 | Normally he would have taken notes , but he knew that Pickerage would be doubly uneasy if he did that . |
| 28 | He looked quite fierce as he said this , and Taliesin and Fribble both backed away , because when a giant — even a small one — looks at you fiercely , it is not easy to stand your ground . |
| 29 | I think they 're too alike but after saying that , they 're quite nice and he made such a bugger of them ai n't he ? |
| 30 | Something was wrong she knew though she could not have said what it was and she was not in the least surprised when he made some excuse about being a bit busy next week and unable to see her . |