Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But having put him in , he rarely consulted him on general policy issues and gave hint little role even in industrial disputes , which were still the traditional concern of the Board of Trade . |
| 2 | Sien came in to see him on visiting days , and she was keeping an eye on the studio . |
| 3 | Despite their common backgrounds , shared interests , and childhood ties , Gould 's pre-eminence had swiftly distinguished him beyond social association with his former colleague . |
| 4 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 5 | This even brought a ghostly chuckle ; Dr Neil 's being the Master again was enough to bring McAllister back , she thought , if only to provoke him to further jokes . |
| 6 | Apparently , the free spending Italian club AC Milan were so taken with him that they offered Celtic a fee of £100,000 for his services , only to recoil in fear when the club 's manager Jock Stein told him they could only rent him for one game for that amount . |
| 7 | The German academics very prudently ignored him for forty years ; but lately , to the disgrace of Germany , he has been discovered by an English critic . |
| 8 | Some people tell us to keep Moby on a tight lead and only walk him in one or two places ; others tell us not to let him off the lead as his bones are n't yet strong enough to take the strain ; some tell us to relax and hope he grows out of it . |
| 9 | " It 's odd how you always have to ask that question , that you 'll only see him through other men 's eyes . |
| 10 | We can only use him in one-day games this season because of his commitments with Cumberland , but his qualities are obvious and he is the aggressive type of batsman spectators love to watch . ’ |
| 11 | In line with his overall political goal of proving that Labour was ‘ fit to govern ’ , Macdonald abandoned the visions of democratic diplomacy which had so excited him in 1917 and proceeded to adjust to the reality of a balance of power mediated through the League , helping to resolve the Ruhr crisis by lending his support to the rescheduling , rather than the abolition , of German reparations payments . |
| 12 | The maxims would serve only to guide him towards fuller awareness of the present situation . |
| 13 | The driver of the train did n't see him until it was too late , the engine literally cut him in half , he must have died instantly . |
| 14 | Michael impatiently thrust him on one side and brought out the sack . |
| 15 | She patiently gammed him for long minutes ; fondling his testicles with one hand , and exploring the cleft of his arse with the other . |
| 16 | MALCOLM ALLISON was back in managerial business last night when Dennis Rofe quit struggling Bristol Rovers after a row over the man brought in to guide him through troubled waters . |
| 17 | ‘ Being informed by Lord Hastings of your situation and assured by him that my lord of Gloucester intends no harm to the king your son — but , on the contrary , desires only to protect him from those who would harm him — on learning of this an hour ago whilst in my bed at York House , I at once arose and came hither . ’ |
| 18 | If so contact him at 23 , Manor House Farm , Flockton , near Wakefield , West Yorks . |
| 19 | I only saw him for half an hour . |
| 20 | Looking down at the pathetic little body lying so still on the table , she said , ‘ I 'd better leave him like this for Dawn to see . |
| 21 | She did not merely like him , did not merely hold him in high regard ; she was in love with him ! |
| 22 | The fact that the subject believes himself to be been falsely suspected will not necessarily protect him from criminal liability if he should over-react . |
| 23 | Yeah you could , you could perhaps get him on that , yes . |
| 24 | The morning 's adventure had apparently left him in hot water with the lady of the moment . |
| 25 | Faldo ruined his chances with a 76 on Saturday — and even a 67 on the last day could only put him in joint second place . |
| 26 | His hunger was however strong enough to get him through that , along with the slice of ersatz brown bread . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , but perhaps he thought I might meet some wealthy man who would instantly fall in love with me and so relieve him of some of the responsibility , ’ she retorted , too angry to even think what she was saying , and then gave a derisive smile when she saw that he was half tempted to believe it . |
| 28 | By looking for faults in his behaviour , by constantly diminishing him with little criticisms — he neglected their boy ( at school in Randung ) , he was cold , he was selfish , he was an inadequate and clumsy lover ( did she dare ) , he never listened to other people , he had no sense of direction because he was always getting her lost in foreign capitals — she made him feel a kind of leper , different from and inferior to the run of men . |
| 29 | Hemmed in by bicks and shoulders , besieged by people wanting to shake his hand , put questions , or merely to remind him of past meetings , Cameron was struggling to respond and make each person feel attended to . |
| 30 | ‘ ALMIGHTY Allah has vindicated us , ’ Nawaz Sharif told the crowds waiting outside Pakistan 's Supreme Court on May 26th : the court had just reinstated him as prime minister . |