Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prince Yuan was a clever one , there was no doubting it , so perhaps he understood why the T'ang had appointed him to oversee the Project rather than someone more sympathetic . |
| 2 | Erm so he set up the corner as a darkroom and started doing playing about with his with his own black and white printing . |
| 3 | So he pulled up the brakes on the reindeer |
| 4 | So he climbed down the cliffs , undressed on the beach and jumped into the sea . |
| 5 | So he picked up the receiver and waited . |
| 6 | So he shook off the ghosts and walked on , his footsteps muffled by the fog , shivering from a chill that was n't just in the air , until the nearest mouth engulfed him . |
| 7 | so he dug up the lawn and put a little garage in |
| 8 | Instead of throwing it away he took out the foil and smoothed it on his knee , then folded it very small and slipped it into his shirt pocket . |
| 9 | The Doctor decides to talk to Bennett in his cabin , but when the man tells him to go away he forces open the door — only to find a tape recorder and an escape hatch door in the floor . |
| 10 | When she went downstairs he picked up the photo which stood on the dressing-table , one of his parents at someone else 's wedding . |
| 11 | Finally he gave up the attempt , and took the most direct way back to his house . |
| 12 | Quickly he went down the ladder , crossed the kitchen and snatched up the top one of a pile of washed sacks from behind the kitchen door . |
| 13 | Gradually he pieced together the story , visiting or writing to members of the family in several continents to confirm details . |
| 14 | But yesterday he singled out the pit closures fiasco as an example of how the Government has messed up . |
| 15 | The more he was involved with Mauve , the more he saw how the man 's work drained him . |
| 16 | All at once he pictured again the sun striking the glass and understood why it had done so . |
| 17 | Five years later he took up the project again under the new title of Church Dogmatics . |
| 18 | He began writing for Justice , the weekly paper of the SDF , which first appeared in January 1884 , and two years later he took over the editor 's position from H. M. Hyndman [ q.v . ] . |
| 19 | Carefully he wrote out the letters on his pad . |
| 20 | When he was satisfied they were doing it correctly he picked up the head of the dead buffalo and carried it to the river . |
| 21 | So now he knew where the mouse droppings had come from on Egan 's clothes . |
| 22 | Now he knew why the lights were out . |
| 23 | And now he brought out the words between his dosed teeth , saying , ‘ You think you 've won , do n't you ? |
| 24 | Now he put down the paper in his hand and looked up . |
| 25 | It was apparent to Cassie that the discovery that she wore very little beneath her outer clothing had had a powerfully erotic effect upon him , and now he pushed aside the bodice and gazed at her breast , at the same time remarking appreciatively : ‘ You 're an astonishing girl , Cassie . |
| 26 | The injustice to the home-owner is sometimes made worse by the fact that very often he has n't the money to pay for the repairs and has to borrow from the bank in order to pay the bill . |
| 27 | Sometimes he wondered why the superintendent asked him to research questions to which she already knew the answers . |
| 28 | Sometimes he wondered how the teachers could go on living , knowing this was to be their life , until the end . |
| 29 | Then he scooped up the bat , swept it back into the drawer , and composed himself at his chair . |
| 30 | Then he crossed out the sentence , savagely . |