Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Rochester was in such a hurry that he only allowed me a short time to put on my wedding dress and veil .
2 Because his refusal to be sincere about his feelings toward her leads her further away from her own values , she begins to resent the way in which he constantly gives her the linguistic slip : ‘ Concepts which still meant much to her , by which she had once lived , were swerved aside with a smart epigram , a pun , a quotation , a dirty story ’ ( 170 ) .
3 He soon proved himself a redoubtable warrior , and won the respect of his peers .
4 Rather than procrastinating with shadow trusts , why does he not do what the incoming Labour Government will do and abandon the ill-conceived , ill-considered , useless and unwanted ideas about trust hospitals ?
5 I told him my story and he promptly offered me an unsalaried post as a life insurance salesman .
6 ‘ Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’
7 PETER NIVEN ( Rubika ) : ‘ Mine just was n't fast enough to stay with the leaders but he still gave me a wonderful ride . ’
8 He still feeds us the odd titbit , apparently . ’
9 Not of his talent — he always knew he was good and he always knew what a great songwriter and performer he was — but for instance , he was nervous of audiences .
10 As she smiled smugly — she 'd suspected he would n't — he deliberately threw her a frosty glance .
11 He once made her a beaded jacket so beautiful she told him she wanted to be buried in it .
12 He also got himself a new caddie , Froggy Davies .
13 He also gives us a measured degree of self doubt mixed with evasiveness and a realistic progression from a young , ambitious eager beaver on the music hall circuit to a very old man languishing with his memories in Switzerland .
14 And whatever he may have tried to gain from me , he also gave me a great deal . ’
15 If he really disliked what the beastly troika had done to it , he could have resigned — or , perhaps more effectively , threatened to .
16 ‘ Just before he rang off he even wished me a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year . ’
17 He then gives them the following details .
18 He then gave me a slight shock by lapsing into a brief sort of reverie , and saying that if one had ever felt like ‘ murdering someone ’ , one could never do anything about it .
19 And he either phoned me the following morning or if it was n't the following morning it was the one after that .
20 He never gave nobody no venereable diseases . ’
21 He certainly had himself a good varied he and his pal a good varied work experience , did n't he ?
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