Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the Preface to a selection of the poems , which Leavis was to handle roughly , as he felt that Eliot had no business to be praising Tennyson , any more than later he had any business to be endorsing Kipling . |
| 2 | Sergeant Dixon ( stripes newly stitched ) was also enjoying himself , although initially he had serious doubts about whether he — or anyone else , for that matter — could successfully handle his assignment in the ridiculously short period of the three or four hours which Morse had asserted as ‘ ample ’ . |
| 3 | If only he had some tools … |
| 4 | If only he had some security , if only his art supplies were replenished . |
| 5 | All his life , the fool thinks that if only he tried another woman , or holiday , or whatever , then this time he would really catch the mysterious something . |
| 6 | He always noticed pools of oil and empty coke cans round the house if ever he passed that way . |
| 7 | , because unusually he had sufficient time to compose and measure his shot . |
| 8 | There were then two lean seasons before suddenly he had another taste of victory in the recent Sunningdale Foursomes . |
| 9 | De Gaulle , thanks to radio , was a voice and a symbol for the French before ever he sought elective office . |
| 10 | Though determined as ever he had more wisdom and caution than he had years ago . |
| 11 | He claims the shares are worth $125 , though how he chose this number is a mystery . |
| 12 | For however he acquired that money he must have acquired it , Wexford was certain , during the 19th or the 20th of May . |
| 13 | Even the ex-scumnik , Tundrish , spoke with reasonable fluency , though in his case concepts sometimes seemed to be lacking to accompany the words which burbled from his mouth , as if as yet he possessed more words than meanings . |