Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he had recovered sufficiently he wanted to resume work as possible on his play . |
| 2 | Half awake , he was hailed by a guard for , inadvertently he 'd cycled through the entrance gates , so he quickly turned and pedalled away with heart churning . |
| 3 | Lastly he had picked an immense , fifteen-barrelled pistol out of the pile rejected by the Collector . |
| 4 | Then suddenly he seemed to explode with anger . |
| 5 | But suddenly he seemed to blossom out and take weight , like a ghost deciding to cross back over the frontier from the land of death . |
| 6 | And then suddenly he seemed to give way . |
| 7 | ‘ Khan , why — ’ Suddenly he seemed to realise that the cut on Burun 's arm had ceased to bleed . |
| 8 | Then suddenly he seemed to sag back into his seat , his hand reaching slowly for the pen I was still holding out to him . |
| 9 | The King 's surprise changed slowly to an amused smile , then suddenly he began to laugh loudly . |
| 10 | Then suddenly he began to laugh . |
| 11 | Suddenly he goes missing . |
| 12 | Suddenly he 'd lost the taste for it . |
| 13 | Suddenly he heard shouting in the distance . |
| 14 | Suddenly he had crossed the gap between them . |
| 15 | The path they were on continued to twist and wind until suddenly he paused to place a hand on her arm . |
| 16 | Suddenly he stopped singing and went nearer to the window . |
| 17 | Broomhead had been staring ahead scowling and suddenly he turned to face the old man . |
| 18 | Leith was staring at Naylor too when suddenly he turned to look at her and , to set her heart thundering , smiled , a gentle smile . |
| 19 | Suddenly he wanted to recover his responses to these , not the arrival of the chiff-chaff . |
| 20 | Suddenly he wanted to get well clear of the area . |
| 21 | Suddenly he decided to take a chance : somehow they would get Therese on to the stage in that ridiculous boy 's costume and let her sing . |
| 22 | Suddenly he tried to make some sexual advances . |
| 23 | And then suddenly he did stop and she was all sticky and messy and she thought he would speak to her now and comfort her or beg her in his whisper to kiss him , as he had done under the bridge the other nights they 'd met . |
| 24 | And suddenly he remembered standing here , it was dark-green all around him , but the sky above was blue , the sun must 've been setting , it was quiet , just the creak of a tree , the whir of an insect 's wing , he 'd been standing motionless , as if in a trance , and then he heard a voice , his mother 's voice . |
| 25 | Quite suddenly he let go and sort of pushed me away at the same time . |
| 26 | Fabia was staring at him , struck dumb , when suddenly he let go one of her arms , placed an arm about her shoulders and , looking deeply into her eyes , said throatily ‘ My dear , dear , Fabia , can not you see how it is for me ? ’ |
| 27 | Then suddenly he started laughing in an unnatural , horrible way . |
| 28 | Suddenly he started to shake , his whole body trembling in reaction . |
| 29 | Sometimes Brian tried to comfort himself with the fact that , however much he had wanted a child , he had not forced motherhood on Celia , that Harry 's conception had not exactly been his fault ; but then that thought had been instantly negated by the realisation that his own pleasure at her pregnancy , their move to the country and his insistence that all would be well , amounted to a foolish bigoted optimism for which he blamed himself entirely . |
| 30 | Her good humour somewhat restored , she stifled a laugh : however much he had wanted to see her again , Geoffrey 's enthusiasm had not lasted the course of the evening . |