Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is likely to be very bright and to find learning easy but in many cases he will be coached and encouraged by a parent ( usually the father ) in that one direction so that he becomes a prodigy or a ‘ genius ’ at mathematics . |
| 2 | Each of these was then further subdivided so that he had a total of thirty-eight — each group corresponding to one of the thirty-eight remedies which he subsequently discovered . |
| 3 | Would it not be more like Satan to shoot a dart into the dreams of an unsuspecting person , so that he foresees a plane crash without any hope of helping or saying the situation ? |
| 4 | ‘ If Neil decides to go it is very important that the Labour Party shows that it can arrive in agreement on a new leader quickly so that he has a summer in which to establish his authority . ’ |
| 5 | As in unregistered conveyancing it is probably advisable that the husband keeps a duplicate or certified copy of the transfer to the wife so that he has a record of the terms of indemnity given to him by the wife . |
| 6 | The stuff spun his head , he felt his hair : an instant sprout , so that he sat a half-inch taller . |
| 7 | There he gained an Intermediate BS , and then worked washing up plates and studying in the evening so that he gained a scholarship to Imperial College , where the ISS agreed to support him . |
| 8 | Only that he got a scholarship to the local academy . |
| 9 | Vaginal penetration ( screwing , fucking or bonking ) , but only if he has a condom on his penis . |
| 10 | Anal penetration ( going up the arse ) but only if he has a condom on his penis . |
| 11 | Mr Malik had insisted the staff also appear in uniform since early February , although Robert suspected this was only because he had a deal with the shop that supplied the ties and the socks . |
| 12 | It would n't be long before he closed a deal with one or other of the chain stores who had shown an interest in the site . |
| 13 | Not long after he got a letter from them . |
| 14 | A gentleman of the faculty in the neighbourhood , hearing of the circumstance , and finding it so well authenticated , immediately made him an offer of ten guineas for the dog , which the grateful farmer refused , exultingly adding that so long as he had a bone in his meat , or a crust to his bread , he would divide it with the faithful friend who had preserved his life : arid this he did in a perfect conviction that the warmth of the dog , in covering the most vital part , had continued the circulation arid prevented a total stagnation of the blood by the frigidity of the elements . " |
| 15 | Our art historian pin-up of the month is the Italian Vittorio Sgarbi , specialist in the late fifteenth-century Bolognese artist Antonio di Crevalcore , but happy to give his opinion on anything and anyone , so long as he reaches a public of millions ( as on last month 's cover of L'Espresso magazine ) . |
| 16 | Long as he wears a kilt . |
| 17 | Only when he had a rope in his hand was he cruel . |
| 18 | In the violent argument which followed , Coleridge was prevented from running at his brother with a knife by the return of their mother , and then fled from the house , still in an ‘ agony of passion ’ , stopping only when he reached a hill overlooking the River Otter a mile from the town . |
| 19 | Cutting the grass , especially when he used a hand mower on the trickier Patches , was best . |
| 20 | There was a poet I met , quite young , who had n't ever got his poems published while he was alive , so when he discovered a computer in the office where he 'd worked , he fed all sorts of things into it which were n't supposed to be there . |
| 21 | " There he is , " she whispered excitedly , and pointed out a young man of about João 's age , whose lips moved constantly as he said a rosary . |
| 22 | Rupert Moon started and finished the first , bagging his first Test try in only his second international , while new cap Simon Hill went one better when he claimed a kick and chase try after only seven minutes on the international stage . |
| 23 | It was n't exactly that he wanted a present . |
| 24 | The wind was gusting outside and he brought a blast of cold air aboard with him . |
| 25 | One business source said : ‘ He has a low base salary and he has to stand out in the sun a great deal longer before he gets a bonus at the oasis . |
| 26 | The historian George Trevelyan , shortly before he became a Fellow of Trinity , wrote to his brother Charles : |
| 27 | Normski moved in 18 months ago , soon after he began a relationship with Janet Street-Porter , renowned as the most powerful woman in television . |
| 28 | But soon after he had a change of heart and left her . |
| 29 | but soon after he heard a voice , |
| 30 | She drew a shuddering breath , backing away as he made a move towards her . |