Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Tony was thinking of packing it in over a month ago but I told him to go away and talk it over with his family first . |
| 2 | Having told me that everyone was advising him to record it , I told him to go ahead and do it , but not with me . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , one of their licencees had requested this and , since it was a lucrative contract , Bernard had told him to go ahead and produce it . |
| 4 | We entered the Manston circuit and found two Stirlings demanding emergency landings and I recognised the voice of one of my lads , Desmond Ince , and I told him to go ahead and take my turn to land . |
| 5 | Two of them ( the men , I mean ) became quite fond of John during the short time he was with them , and expressed much regret at his leaving , begging him to come again and to bring his gin , meaning his wife , with him . ’ |
| 6 | He 's the type of horse to win the ‘ John Hughes ’ but if you could ever get him settled nicely and bring him through later , he 'd run a great race in the National again . ’ |
| 7 | Joseph tried to rise , but the female crouching over him leaned closer and shifted her body clumsily onto his . |
| 8 | She looked down , then began to move on , forcing him to move aside and let her pass . |
| 9 | He crept across and joined her . |
| 10 | He recovered quickly and shook his head . |
| 11 | Suddenly , before she knew what was happening , he lunged forward and caught her wrist . |
| 12 | He lunged forward and caught her shoulder . |
| 13 | He lunged forward and plucked her hand away from the screen . |
| 14 | He was going to face up to his mother when he got home and have it out . |
| 15 | He read deeply and liked his own company . |
| 16 | So the little tailor turned to , and prepared a splendid pie , from flour and meat and onions he found there and decorated its top with beautifully formed pastry leaves and flowers , for he was a craftsman , even if he could not exercise his own craft . |
| 17 | He moved away and pulled her into his arms , his hands beginning to soothe and caress her gently . |
| 18 | As he spoke he moved closer and lifted her high in his arms , smiling down into her face as if he enjoyed the feel of her slender body lying against his . |
| 19 | He moved suddenly and grabbed her arm , just above the wrist . |
| 20 | Whenever Robinson struck for a grip he moved quickly and broke it , never allowing the older man to settle . |
| 21 | He staggered upright and carried his youngest son into oblivion , journeying towards the south , lost in the bleak and frozen wilderness . |
| 22 | She heard the sharp hiss of his indrawn breath , and then he bent forwards and drew her gently up into his arms . |
| 23 | He rose choreographically and refilled his cup for the third time . |
| 24 | He 'd all but forgotten his own early childhood at The Grange , when he had been the gardener 's scruffy little lad , graciously permitted by Lady Debrace to play with her son . |
| 25 | The consequential shock he suffered all but paralysed him . |
| 26 | ‘ That was for you ; this is for us , ’ he murmured indistinctly and took her mouth , exploring it with a passion that Paige returned twofold , arousing a mutual need for satisfaction . |
| 27 | Then one of the older men , a chieftain , he must have been , beckoned a young man , small and lithe and darker-skinned , with flared nostrils and springy black hair rising from a high brow , and he came forward and offered himself , it became clear , as a hostage in exchange for the old woman and the girl . |
| 28 | He came forward and took his passport from his top pocket and handed it to her . |
| 29 | Then he came forward and scooped them into the bag . |
| 30 | ‘ When de Craon was refused entry to Godstowe , he came here and offered you money : gold and silver for your church and parishioners . |