Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ Try and persuade him to come home for a special tea . |
| 2 | His consistency means that his people know what to expect of him , enabling him to work effectively within a clear framework of expectations . |
| 3 | This was geared to helping him to behave likewise with a failing pupil , so that both he and the child had less need to make others feel useless . |
| 4 | This was the first time I had seen him surf in the flesh , but for an entire month I had contemplated him pulling fearlessly into a vicious Pipeline tube when I should have been writing lectures . |
| 5 | It made him look more like a ruthless pirate than ever . |
| 6 | Where the dealer acted as counterparty to the contract he may be willing to unwind the contract with a customer but there is no incentive for him to do so at a competitive price . |
| 7 | Our lawyer took the idea to the court , and the judge altered the terms of Rickie 's bail to let him come here for a therapeutic cruise . |
| 8 | But halfway through the somersault she caught him by an ankle and held him dangling upside-down like a plucked chicken in a shop-window . |
| 9 | Peter McBride , who has two young children , was hit in the back as he sprinted away from a Scots Guards patrol in Belfast 's republican New Lodge area . |
| 10 | When David appeared to ignore the pointed question , he asked again in a lewd voice , ‘ Worn her out , have you ? |
| 11 | Pascoe will come into the first team reckoning this weekend if he impresses tonight in a reserve game . |
| 12 | Dermot , you see , is an Elvis fan , and given the right stimulants , has been known to think he looks like Presley ( although , as one bemused clubber from Leeds commented , ‘ He looks more like a young Max Bygraves ’ ) . |
| 13 | Shifting most of the body weight to the right leg , he pivots clockwise in a 180-degree arc , taking care to keep a watchful eye on his opponent . |
| 14 | She sat down beside him , instinctively putting her arm out to support him , but he jerked forward with a sharp gasp , and she saw the brown lines of dried blood across the back of his shirt . |
| 15 | Trusting to things mechanical for the second time today , he sank below on a hydraulic platform designed for wheelchairs . |
| 16 | ‘ He behaved throughout like a perfect gentleman , ’ cried Fräulein Müller angrily at the top of her voice . |
| 17 | " And the beauty of it , " he says now over a cold beer in a Manhattan restaurant , " was that I did n't know any better . |
| 18 | He strolled home by a comfortable margin thanks to some good body work early on . |
| 19 | His health was poor , for he suffered constantly from a malarial type disease , quartan ague , which left him feverish and weak . |
| 20 | He came across as a weak , indecisive leader wracked by doubt and in danger of drowning in the complexities of the problems that faced him . |
| 21 | It was essential that the candidate 's appearances were carefully staged so that he came across in a favourable light before the television cameras . |
| 22 | Then finally , Paul Reichmann saw the opportunity he had been waiting for in London , a city he fondly recalled from the days when he studied there as a young man . |
| 23 | ‘ He looks better , it 's true , but some days he eats nothing at all , and other days he eats just like a healthy boy . |
| 24 | He revved the engine , and Fran stepped back and slammed the door with a touch more force than was really necessary , watching as he drove away without a backward glance . |
| 25 | He turned away with a dismissive , impatient gesture . |
| 26 | When he reached the top of the staircase he turned left along a wide gallery which overlooked the huge living area that encompassed most of the lower level . |
| 27 | He nodded impatiently towards a small , cosy-looking pub . |
| 28 | A copy of his plan was sent to Spain on the very day , 14 April 1762 , that he replied encouragingly to a British approach about opening negotiations to end the war . |
| 29 | But he only said , ‘ Where people perceive happiness , ma'am , they will ask questions , ’ and he retreated again behind a courteous mask . |
| 30 | He stumbled , and although he felt frantically with his crook for firm ground to steady himself and regain his balance , he pitched forward into a steep-sided dell , upon the edge of the moor . |