Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then suddenly he seemed to explode with anger . |
| 2 | So he managed to compete with success . |
| 3 | And just think of the calculations involved when a fielder runs to catch a cricket ball — he does n't necessarily realise he is doing it but he has to work out how high the ball is , how fast it is travelling , its precise direction and how quickly he has to run in order to catch it . |
| 4 | So far Rolle has been concerned to delineate strategies to prevent man losing all his creative potential , a stage roughly corresponding to that which other mystics label the purgative stage ; now he tries to bring into focus what is saved . |
| 5 | There was time enough for travel and now he wanted to watch in wonder the slow unfolding of spring beneath him . |
| 6 | For a lord 's status was directly related to the size of following he could support , and the larger his entourage the more frequently he had to move from estate to estate to feed them . |
| 7 | Here he continued to experiment with seismograph design , while ( as joint secretary of the seismological committee of the British Association ) co-ordinating the reporting of earthquakes in observatories throughout the world . |
| 8 | But even he had to bow to reality when Czechoslovakia 's two largest parties failed to agree on retaining a common state . |
| 9 | However , the scope of a fiduciary 's duties in any given circumstances will depend upon the nature of the relationship and what precisely he undertakes to do on behalf of his customer . |
| 10 | In a sibilant , fluttering voice he read his reply from the throne in Annamese , but his delivery , unlike the Frenchman 's , was hesitant and nervous and once or twice he stopped to swallow in mid-sentence . |
| 11 | Vologsky did not appear to be a strong individual — yet he wanted to go into space , so he could not be a physical coward . |
| 12 | Mr Lamont , who will be sipping at the despatch box from Highland Spring water and Highland Park whisky , has broken the traditional Treasury silence in the run-up to the Budget to fight for his political survival by stating publicly he wants to remain as Chancellor . |