Example sentences of "[adv] he [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , she had wondered if perhaps he deliberately avoided visiting the shop when he knew she was there , to make sure the flowers he sent her retained their air of surprise . |
| 2 | Thus he actively sought to crush the Slavs and Saxons , and forcibly render them Christian , just as his grandfather Charles Martel ( who died in 741 ) had converted the Frisians and Thuringians . |
| 3 | James Sandoe , a fine American critic of crime fiction , once said of the typical private-eye that , although there was no specific reason for it , somehow he always had to have a shabby office with " shabby restaurant nearby serving leaden eggs and greasy bacon " . |
| 4 | Somehow he always seemed to give a thoroughly professional performance — quiet , controlled and extremely efficient . ’ |
| 5 | Then he slowly began to open the staircase door . |