Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps he walks on the right side , with just the metal grid fence separating him from the rolling fields of graves — in no hurry , since there is no class for him to make . |
| 2 | So he says to the oldest one he said just do ah , he said three four kick or something |
| 3 | Thus he slices through the old argument between ‘ formalism ’ and ‘ realism ’ by inserting what we may call a notion of intervention . |
| 4 | I note here how eloquently he yields to the muted viola and cello duo at 2'07 ’ , withdrawing his tone to the merest thread of sound , barely grazing the string . |
| 5 | Now he clashes with the tough Pole , Darius Michalczewski , for the vacant IBF International light-heavyweight championship , a formidable task , according to manager Barney Eastwood . |
| 6 | Now he stands in the small parking lot at the back of the hospital , bargaining with God . |
| 7 | When a train rumbles overhead he leans towards the Trinidadian and sneers , ‘ Hey , Sambo , hear that ? |
| 8 | Today he lives in the Eastern Thai town of Trat and , although officially retired , is still regarded as the overall leader of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 9 | He takes his time strolling over , and when he gets here he sits at the far end of the bench like he does n't know me . |
| 10 | Rather he points to the theoretical paradox involved , namely that the human sciences ' very emphasis on historicity as a mode of being was equally applicable to themselves as forms of knowledge , and inevitably destroyed any attempt to formulate universal laws comparable to those of the natural sciences . |
| 11 | Then he turns towards the wizened , worn-out figure of the 87-year-old woman sitting beside him and says : ‘ He is doing all right , there seems to be some response . |
| 12 | When items are faulty , not delivered on time , or more rarely where Ian has by his own fault succeeded in botching an order , then he goes on the defensive . |
| 13 | Again and again he fails at the offending cornice until , half-buried , half-dead , there is no snow left , the axes bite and he is up . |
| 14 | Rather forbiddingly he saunters along the lower rink , past the clumps of families , the young mothers , the babies ' cries . |
| 15 | Now one must wait to see how well and happily he adapts to the professional cricketers ’ treadmill . |
| 16 | Certainly he returns towards the Promised Land in very different style from the way he left it . |