Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After discussions between Bond , the Shrewsbury board and Burnley police , he agreed to stay away rather than run the risk of provoking incidents on the terraces . |
| 2 | He tried to shout as clearly and as slowly as possible . |
| 3 | So now perhaps the right hon. Gentleman will answer my first question ; what does he have to say to those of his right hon. Friends who say that he has gone far enough and should stay where he is ? |
| 4 | These may stem from hormonal changes in the woman , from social pressures , from changes in marital or parental role , from career considerations ( especially in the man , who may realise that , at this stage of life , he has gone as far as he is likely to go ) and/or from other causes . |
| 5 | Yes I do , there 's still injury doubts over Alan Jedsa , Paul keeps his place in the side , he did n't have a particular good game against Notts County ; one horrendous effort — error there , but he has played well generally and especially the same side that started that match at Notts County , so we can expect to see both full backs pushing up and really hopefully an open game like the one against Port Vale . |
| 6 | Unable to find work after leaving the army , which he joined at 16 , he has travelled as far as Holland in search of a job — but to no avail . |
| 7 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 8 | With a smile , the champion jockey recalled : ‘ For a long time I was always going to choose Valfinet because he has done so well and Granville Again was running terribly . |
| 9 | Whatever one 's opinion , he has missed remarkably little considering he has had to cope with such an endless barrage of fast bowling . |
| 10 | Then she thought perhaps Pat is dead now , perhaps he has died even now while we have been watching this dreadful absurdity . |
| 11 | I think he has to I think he has to think very seriously before he starts to decry the achievements of this nation . |
| 12 | He stopped trembling as quickly as he had begun a moment before and seemed to withdraw down the dark passage to the daydream he was locked in when they first arrived . |
| 13 | ( He starts speaking very quickly and running all his words together . ) |
| 14 | If he wants to sit outdoors sometimes or eat with us . |
| 15 | ‘ He 'd schooled very well and although I had hoped for a lead for a bit longer , we had to go on where we did . |
| 16 | Ernie 's companions seemed to think he 'd gone far enough and were trying to distract his attention when a newcomer pushed his way into the group . |
| 17 | Henry seemed to feel he 'd gone far enough and backed off . |
| 18 | She 'd find out soon enough , he 'd said gravely once or twice , and that was it . |
| 19 | Many were Shadwell 's acquaintances , people he 'd met only once or twice . |
| 20 | It was also presumably why he 'd sent Feargal off to Wexford , as a joke , because he 'd known damn well that he lived in Slane and that Ellie was likely to meet him again . |
| 21 | Is he prepared to state clearly now that he will introduce legislation to ensure that the sort of scandal that occurred , which robbed the workers of the Maxwell and Mirror corporations , will not occur again and those workers and others like them will be protected in future ? |
| 22 | He did not openly support the maintenance of the power of the House of Lords to veto legislation but he seemed to do so implicitly since he expressed concern that the authority of the Lords had been ‘ gravely diminished ’ He did , however , explicitly propose the introduction of proportional representation arguing that it ‘ may sometimes secure a hearing in the House of Commons for opinions which , though containing a good deal of truth , command little or comparatively little popularity ’ . |
| 23 | He learnt to eat tidily later than most children , and the mess down his front was hard for the others to bear . |
| 24 | Ciccolini is better in the more vigourous pieces , but even here he tends to play less softly than he should where Debussy marks pianissimo so that we do not get the full dynamic range needed . |
| 25 | He began drinking even more and was clearly very ill . |
| 26 | Poor Nutmeg was very scared , he began to run as fast as he could . |
| 27 | He started to travel as slowly as possible in the hope that the King would change his mind . |
| 28 | He decided to start as softly as possible . |
| 29 | ‘ He managed to get almost there while I was fighting a rearguard and desperate battle with the bull . |
| 30 | He heard a cry from the top + the sound of something falling , but he kept running as fast as he could , meowing loudly . |