Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [subord] he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think my father must have suffered some of this , if only because he refused to have us children christened . |
| 2 | This concept did not become clear in Darwin 's mind until long after he had left the Galapagos . |
| 3 | He had ordered the strengthening of Dunbar Castle , thirty miles north of Berwick ; why , if not because he intended to use it as his base against Lothian and this Edinburgh ? |
| 4 | The number of people to whom he is a friend , if not because he has met them but because they know of the good works that he has done not only in Britain but throughout the world , must run into many hundreds of thousands . |
| 5 | She knew he was suffering , because even though he tried to hide it , Beth saw it in his eyes . |
| 6 | His persistent returns to the fray helped to drive Thomson to an early grave-though not before he had succeeded in getting Palmer promoted out of Nigeria . |
| 7 | They included Henri de Lubac , later to be raised to the rank of cardinal , though only after he had retreated from the more extreme position on the relationship between nature and grace he had adopted in 1946 in his book Surnaturel ; Marie-Dominique Chenu , one of whose books was placed on the Index in 1942 for daring to suggest that Thomas Aquinas ought to be studied against the history of his times ; and Yves Congar , who survived to become one of the leading theologians of Vatican II . |
| 8 | Almost as soon as he commenced taking evidence , Beveridge was inundated with memoranda on the needs of the elderly . |
| 9 | Almost as soon as he learnt to write , he handed his parents a note which read : ‘ I wish to become a painter . ’ |
| 10 | Dinner time , night time , you know , as soon as he finished work he was down there ! |
| 11 | As soon as he 'd seen Buzz safely on the plane to Nice , he planned to drive back to London , where he would telephone Annabel in New York before seeing Miranda . |
| 12 | He 'd known Lucy 's room as soon as he 'd seen it . |
| 13 | He knew as soon as he 'd said it that he was in trouble . |
| 14 | As soon as he 'd said it , he thought how unbearably old-fashioned it sounded . |
| 15 | as so , more or less as soon as he 'd said hello he said erm thirty two and two minutes past the hour , they 're your trains . |
| 16 | ‘ As soon as he 'd gone that was when I called the police . |
| 17 | As soon as he 'd gone , Sandy lay back on the waterbed . |
| 18 | As soon as he 'd gone , Reggie touched me on the arm . |
| 19 | As soon as he 'd gone she seized the crutch he 'd brought up , and , hobbling into the bathroom , closed the door with a bang . |
| 20 | As soon as he 'd hung up the phone , he gathered up the toys and slung them , Hamleys bag and all , under the bed . |
| 21 | As soon as he 'd turned away , Trish slipped in beside her and Caroline angled her head to the other girl 's . |
| 22 | As soon as he 'd asked the question , Culley knew the answer . |
| 23 | As soon as he 'd switched the light off , Zeno had taken the same route through the yard as Sophie had done a little earlier . |
| 24 | But she knew that in the last resort if he did I would do it , but he 's , he 's paid off now as soon as he 'd paid off he went on the dole again |
| 25 | " You mean come oop and — " ow you zay — zee you zome time ? " he said , in a good mood , making a silly French voice which he started to regret almost as soon as he 'd spoken . |
| 26 | So as soon as he gets told he 'll be |
| 27 | She refused even to look at Ace , although her body clamoured with a painful intensity as soon as he came to stand next to her . |
| 28 | He promised to send more money home as soon as he got paid , and he wanted her to look after his puppy , which he guessed by now would be a full-grown collie . |
| 29 | As soon as he had apprehended any kidnappers , the state prosecutor moved in on the hostages and he never saw them again . |
| 30 | Ruth had lost all sense of direction as soon as he had gripped her hand so fiercely ; she just teetered after him in her high-heeled sandals . |