Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [conj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He moved on slowly until he reached one of the roads into the city . |
| 2 | The Collector 's hands trembled so badly that he had to rest the telescope on the shattered window sill . |
| 3 | She darted past him and opened the door that led to the store-room , then helped somewhat ineffectually as he dragged the mattress through and hefted it on to a stack of boxes . |
| 4 | The thick dark brows drew together ominously and he seemed to loom even larger . |
| 5 | When he picked me up and put my head in his mouth , I shouted so loudly that he dropped me . |
| 6 | To his right the hill rose up above where he stood , then fell again to meet the next turn of the river . |
| 7 | But the bricks were soft and crumbled uselessly away when he removed the moulds . |
| 8 | Dandelion swam as well as he ran , swiftly and easily . |
| 9 | He was really playing great tennis , ’ McEnroe conceded , ‘ I did n't realise he moved as well as he did . |
| 10 | He stopped as abruptly as he had begun . |
| 11 | He broke off , repeated a passage , and then stopped as abruptly as he had begun . |
| 12 | Presently Wendy wrote a note for Ken suggesting he came on down when he 'd had breakfast , walked fifteen minutes to the hospital and admitted herself . |
| 13 | Sir Henry Bessemer suffered so badly that he designed an anti-seasick steamer whose saloon was supposed to stay on an even keel even if the ship rolled . |
| 14 | In spite of herself she stirred so sharply that he felt her astonishment recoil upon his own flesh and set him trembling . |
| 15 | They strolled outside again and he led her to a relatively quiet spot and they drank and shared the cake between them . |
| 16 | He came up here and he went through them all , counted them , and wrote down the number . |
| 17 | Well he came up there and he lay down with th these clothes on . |
| 18 | The human came back later and he did not come alone . |
| 19 | And it hu go And it was there and it was left all night , and next day erm the man came back again and he cut it down the back with a big saw , and divided it up and then it was taken to the house where it was er up and then salted in a big barrel . |
| 20 | He discovered that the hoarseness came back only when he pulled his head back and down onto his spine and so shortened his stature with excessive tension . |
| 21 | Angel had never had a lesson ; he played as naturally as he walked . |
| 22 | Whatever the theory , Paul VI 's pontificate acted out dramatically the tensions between primacy and collegiality — but this came about only because he took collegiality seriously . |
| 23 | Griffith 's breakthrough came almost accidentally as he attempted to forge a career in a new industry about which he knew little . |
| 24 | Patrick asked more lightly than he felt . |
| 25 | ‘ No , it does n't , ’ D'Arcy replied more sharply than he intended . |
| 26 | The girls hurriedly departed , and the bouncer withdrew as quickly as he had appeared . |
| 27 | As the man withdrew as silently as he had arrived , Joan was surprised to find herself alone with the young king . |
| 28 | Kurt Weinburg 's evacuation began disastrously but , thanks to his headmaster ( who had already proved his sensitivity by introducing Kurt on his first day to the only other Jewish boy in the school ) , it turned out better than he expected : |
| 29 | There was over an hour left when Malcolm came in , and had some of the others defended as well as he did the game might have been saved . |
| 30 | The shrieking sent shivers up Tallis 's spine , and Wyn-rajathuk paled even more as he straightened and stared , alarmed , through the lodge walls , towards the mortuary hill . |