Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as he saw their mood he made no attempt to join or follow ; and the people , seeing he had not the cut of a government man , passed him by . |
| 2 | He anticipated the later work of Humphry Repton [ q.v. ] by creating flower gardens adjacent to the house , as at Sandon in 1781 , where he laid out a garden under the windows of the drawing-room , planted with flowers and flowering shrubs and with a central basin of water with goldfish . |
| 3 | ‘ The tree in the forest , where he sealed up the dybbuk … ’ |
| 4 | But as he prepared to switch from the more austere environs of the Treasury , where he saw out the final 16 months of the last Tory Government , Mr Mellor spoke of the importance he and the Prime Minister attached to encouraging artistic excellence and preserving the national heritage . |
| 5 | Where he does so the court associate must , at the conclusion of the trial , record that opinion in his certificate so that an appropriate reduction may be considered ( Ord 35 , r 10A ) . |
| 6 | Then , leaving his sobbing family at home , he dashed to a soccer match , where he gave away a penalty and cheated his team of a victory . |
| 7 | He was educated at Marlborough College , to which he had a lifelong devotion , and at Balliol College , Oxford , where he captained both the cricket and hockey XIs and where he obtained a first class in classical honour moderations ( 1924 ) and second classes in mathematical moderations ( 1924 ) and literae humaniores ( 1926 ) . |
| 8 | Although he had neither the time nor the opportunity to continue with his verse drama , the subject was never far from his mind . |
| 9 | Although he had not a prayer against Desert Orchid in the Gold Cup , Norton 's Coin came to Cheltenham with the reputation of being a useful enough horse despite lowly origins . |
| 10 | Mark Hughes slotted in comfortably at centre-back , although he picked up a booking and went close to receiving a red card . |
| 11 | He always went to sleep with his still burning , so he got through a lot more than she did . |
| 12 | she said who , I said Joy , she said oh blimey is she , I said yeah , so he hung on a bit but he 'd |
| 13 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 14 | He realised that fine-enough markings would be too difficult to read so he wound along a part of one arm of the balance a tight spiral of very fine brass wire , extending from where the suspended weight would balance metal A ( suspended in water ) to where it would balance metal B ( suspended in water ) . |
| 15 | He picked up the bird and noticed it had a ring on its leg , so he wrote down the number and passed the information on to me . |
| 16 | Mr Maxmilian Frizzell had never read a book since leaving school and did not know who Lawrence was , so he put down the newspaper and took up the Car Dealer and Garageman with what dignity he could muster . |
| 17 | Zacchaeus knew he would n't get a very good look at Jesus because he was too short to see over the heads of the crowd , so he shinned up a tree . |
| 18 | A Chinaman was suffering terrible toothache , so he phoned up the dentist to make an appointment . |
| 19 | But he was told that he would have to pay rent for the land until the end of time , so he gave up the idea . |
| 20 | Nevertheless he was determined to do his bit , so he gave up the firewood business and went back to the casting shop to make shell cases . |
| 21 | ‘ She looked too small to be the Queen , ’ said Mr Fagan , so he drew back the curtains to get a better look . |
| 22 | There was nothing of that Nicholas wished to discuss , so he answered only the question . |
| 23 | Caruth , out of the rink since last August , was slow to warm up but once he shook off the cobwebs he looked the winner all the way . |
| 24 | Keeping him in overnight was just a precautionary measure because of his age and past history , but I do n't see why he should n't go , provided he keeps up the antibiotics . |
| 25 | The following year he registered for study in philosophy and theology at the University of Leyden and , apart from a brief return to Rostock , remained in The Netherlands until he took up a post at the University of Copenhagen in June 1648 . |
| 26 | He started to walk backwards as together they advanced until he fell over a precipice , the hound at his throat . |
| 27 | Secrett has refused to comment on his plans until he takes up the post . |
| 28 | It may just be that Clinton is taking advantage of the transition period until he takes over the Presidency to air some personal prejudices and satisfy the grievances of some of his supporters . |
| 29 | His operational flying looked as promising as his civilian flying had , until he went on a night bombing raid over Constantinople . |
| 30 | They walked back towards the lawn in a procession at the pace of Richard 's small strides until he stumbled over a tussock of grass , admitted that he was tired and accepted a ride on the detective 's shoulders . |