Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only presume he means the cir-culation in his big toe after osculatory manipulation by his lover . |
| 2 | How long has he owned the tea shop ? |
| 3 | Not only has he received a cheque for £82.02 after his successful action against BR in the small claims court . |
| 4 | But his happy demeanour is n't likely to last , because not only has he got the move to a new premises in Nantes to handle , along with the updating of the 300 coupe and convertibles he 'll build next year to use Renault 's up-and-coming 24-valve V6 , he 's also got the De la Chapelle Parcours in his hands . |
| 5 | A former commander of the SAS — which would be thrust into the front line in the event of a terrorist attack — said : ‘ Not only has he put the security of our royal family at risk , he has jeopardised the lives of Special Air Service regiment troops . ’ |
| 6 | After this episode I stopped telephoning him , only to find he enjoyed the game so much that he began calling me . " |
| 7 | As a result of the meeting Devi Lal apparently believed he had the Prime Minister 's approval to reinstate his son , although Singh subsequently denied that he had given his approval to such a move . |
| 8 | ‘ Like everything else Bernard does , he suddenly decided he needed a large Welsh farmhouse TODAY and so they bought Rhydoldog , ’ a friend recalls . |
| 9 | The Minister wished to revoke them only to ensure he obtained the expected revenue from the increased cost . |
| 10 | And so saying he threw a stick into the water . |
| 11 | In so doing he emphasised the need for accountability at all levels of the system . |
| 12 | In so doing he became a symbol of the age , and his poetry became its echoing music — with its brooding grandeur as well as its bleakness , its plangency as well as its ellipses , its rhythmical strength as well as its theatrical equivocations . |
| 13 | In so doing he became the first US President since Harry S. Truman to veto a major spending bill . |
| 14 | In so doing he creates a problem that has not yet been solved . |
| 15 | In so doing he combined the religious culture of Lérins and the rhetorical culture of Late Antiquity more successfully than had Sidonius . |
| 16 | In so doing he triggered a theological storm that led to his resignation . |
| 17 | Firstly , he used a telescope to observe the heavens , and in so doing he transformed the observational data that the Copernican theory was required to explain . |
| 18 | By so doing he originated a style of dance which owed its liveliness to the way such people behaved and danced in real life . |
| 19 | By so doing he changed the very character of the conflict , for through the creation of a wider involvement in its success he tried to ensure that he , and his successors , would have broad support for the continued involvement of England and Englishmen in France . |
| 20 | It was a winter of doubt and uncertainty and the young Provencal only knew he had a ride just over a month before Suzuka . |
| 21 | I had caught a glimpse of the Indian 's face in the rear mirror , a flat , rather moon-shaped face with high cheekbones , blackened teeth and dark eyes that were so slitted he had a Mongol look . |
| 22 | After a time I found myself frequently addressing him as ‘ Father ’ , so naturally did he touch the gentle docile side of me . |
| 23 | During these past ten years , he had learned a great deal about his stepfather 's business ; not only did he trudge the streets collecting money , which he then took to the bank after it had been religiously recounted by Luther , but he was the one who made all the entries into the ledgers ; he was the one who always met with accountants and reported back to his stepfather , who constantly grumbled that he was ‘ too ill and racked with pain' to weigh himself down with the burden of meetings and ridiculous men in ridiculous suits , with their ridiculous ideas that a man should always invest the money he earns with the sweat of his brow … |
| 24 | The two men knew each other much better now but , on the face of it , despite their joint passion for Sherlock Holmes and Eliot 's reliance upon Hayward 's editorial skills ( not only did he inspect the poetry , but he also removed social malapropisms from the drama ) , they were an oddly matched pair . |
| 25 | Not only did he lay the foundation for the theory of computer programs , but in 1952 he published a highly original paper on pattern formation . |
| 26 | Not only did he concede the penalty but he also presented White with the perfect chance to cap a memorable day . |
| 27 | Not only did he require a grant of 57,000 acres of the drained land , but , according to Dugdale , he intended to transform the village of Manea into a town to be called Charlemont , which would command the new river system . |
| 28 | Not only did he catch a crestfallen Kelly , who had started a minute ahead of him , but he socked the hopes of Frenchman Charly Mottet and the Swiss powerhouse Thomas Wegmuller . |
| 29 | Not only did he enjoy the occasion he also raised around £750 for Leukaemia and Kidney Research . |
| 30 | Not only did he see no advantage in change , he believed he could prevent it indefinitely . |