Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fenella 's complaints continued to be mostly about the way he treated her on stage . |
| 2 | so , and then he was going on about the work he 's doing on the |
| 3 | Mr Evans 's voice boomed on about the things he had done when he was a boy — mostly earning money in his spare time to help his poor mother — but though Auntie Lou seemed to be listening , she was n't listening to him . |
| 4 | He spoke revealingly about the problems he had had with jurisprudence , bemoaning the fact that it was ambivalent and undefined , concerned primarily with the ambiguity which sustains the anthropologist by revealing the centralities of a system : ‘ it was all grey areas ; no black and white certainties or decisions ; no precedent or case law giving the definitive interpretation ’ . |
| 5 | Benny did n't really believe Eve about Sean having ambitions to marry into the shop , but there was something deeply unsettled all right about the way he looked at her . |
| 6 | There 's something not right about the way he goes on with her . |
| 7 | Perhaps the most obvious example is Jaggers almost compulsive washing of hands which hints towards him feeling guilty perhaps about the way he runs his business and treats his clients . |
| 8 | ‘ I can never thank Terry enough for the way he treated me . |
| 9 | True , Emily 's mother was his own mother 's sister , but his sole contact with her was a book token every Christmas ; a token never quite generous enough for the book he wanted . |
| 10 | A Polynesian folktale tells of Rata , who travelled across the ocean and ingeniously outwitted a hungry whale by jamming open its jaws with a broken oar ; venturing in through the mouth he came face to face with his parents who had been gulped down before him . |
| 11 | Not that I cared much for the way he kept them . |
| 12 | Many agencies have tried to argue that using temporary workers can be cheaper than using permanent staff , because the employer pays only for the hours he needs and because the non-wage labour costs of agency workers are lower . |
| 13 | The sooner Wilson returns , however , the better it will be not only for the teams he plays for but for all of us . |
| 14 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman not only for the sympathy he expressed to the families of those killed and injured , but for his support for the courageous efforts of the security forces . |
| 15 | all through the weekend he was n't sleeping at night , he was up all night and he was just really yeah , he was really naughty and he was erm , I mean I had the other two erm , |
| 16 | All through the night he lay awake , twisting and writhing , and moaning in low desperate tones . |
| 17 | All through the summer he ran about in the meadow , chasing the shadows . |
| 18 | All through the meal he picked at his food , while Peter ate heartily with a quip about being a condemned man . |
| 19 | Both defendants maintained to police that the baby suffered fits and had done so during the weekend he died . |
| 20 | Conchis was away far too long for the excuse he had given . |
| 21 | He must know not only about the risks he wishes to avoid , or to take , and the price at which he is prepared to transact , but also more about the characteristics of the underlying instrument such as its volatility and the degree to which its price is correlated with the risky prospect against which he seeks a hedge ( or upon which he plans to speculate ) . |
| 22 | To make amends perhaps for the past he had turned tee-totaller and finally Salvationist . |
| 23 | Perhaps for the reasons he said . |
| 24 | Little is known about the eccentric Mr Enoch and even less about the collection he kept here . |
| 25 | Halfway through the trip he decided to make the mouthful even more exciting . |
| 26 | Because not only had all this lot to be moved , but halfway through the removal he suddenly remembered there was something else needed moving , shot to the stairs with a white face , opened the door in under the stairs and out came all the bits and pieces from there . |
| 27 | Halfway through the journal he had jumped to his feet — he was ready to rush out of the room , to find Havvie Blaine , to kill him for what he had done to her , and for lying about it afterwards . |
| 28 | He came with the party , and halfway through the visit he was still showing off for his fans and being mildly provocative towards all authority . |
| 29 | Even when , halfway through the morning he broke out with , ‘ Well , there 's no need for you to keep on and on about the table , ’ I did not point out that I had said nothing , that it was he who was ‘ going on and on about it ’ inside himself . |
| 30 | As he and George rode towards Kirkby , Jonadab grumbled loud and long about the money he had paid out that morning . |