Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seemed he had just lost the ferrule of his stick . |
| 2 | I noticed he 'd soon dropped the ‘ sir ’ as well . |
| 3 | As the prayer went on he showed he had already mastered the priestly mumble . |
| 4 | He welcomed the Truman Doctrine and claimed he had frequently predicted the development to Hodge : |
| 5 | The twenty year old salesman claimed he 'd just pushed the animal away with his foot after it had messed all down his clothes . |
| 6 | Behind me the sound again of moving rubble ; from the change in sound quality , I guessed he had already entered the passage . |
| 7 | Otley then decided he had better take the venison back to Claro before the community constable went on his early morning rounds . |
| 8 | His hatred for those who crossed him having once shared the bonds of mutual loyalty was unbounded , but equally he never forgot old services performed , and , apart from the ‘ Night of the Long Knives ’ in June 1934 , he did not resort to purges within the Party . |
| 9 | Glancing over her shoulder she saw him fumbling frantically to hide the pencil and paper he had been using , and a moment later Jacques Devraux ducked under the hut 's front flap . |
| 10 | She saw him frown then sniff the finger , his eyes intense , taking it all in . |
| 11 | He did n't hate her , and he certainly did n't want to hurt her , but he knew he had just done the best thing he could ever do for Sandra Bamfield . |
| 12 | And recollect , too , that no one had seen him , no one then knew he had ever left the enclave . |
| 13 | He thought he had better leave the pistol where it was ; it was much too heavy to carry around if it was not going to work . |
| 14 | Watkins thought he had statistically proven the existence of leys but his practical methods were inadequate . |
| 15 | He did n't know what Gesner was up to but he thought he 'd better tell the Direktor . |
| 16 | Her expression froze at that , and his heart seemed to sink into his guts as he realised he 'd almost said the wrong thing . |
| 17 | Seb realised he had inadvertently said the wrong thing , but Carrie had gone to the scullery that opened off the farmhouse kitchen . |
| 18 | Labour MPs complained he had deliberately snubbed the House by arranging for David Curry to put the Government 's case . |
| 19 | And last night his widow Millie , also 55 , said he had just celebrated the birth of first grandson Jonathon . |
| 20 | When questioned , Mr Bence said he had never seen the trophy cabinet in his life , and was at a loss to explain how it came to be in the director 's Portakabin . |
| 21 | He said he had never seen the drugs before , claiming he had picked up the syringe after seeing it lying around before the party . |
| 22 | Yes , she said he 'd always got the music on loud and sort of full of messing about you know so |
| 23 | Er then he , there 's only three houses in the road that he lived in , , the next one along the road came up for auction and he sold his station and moved up to that and he said he 's just bought the one at the end of the road now which is er seven hundred and fifty thousand he paid for it , a hundred and fifty thousand to have it interior decorated . |
| 24 | He said he 's still got the shakes almost 2 years later . |
| 25 | Nick Clayton himself denied he had ever said the things relating to medical evidence that had been quoted . |