Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Michael impatiently thrust him on one side and brought out the sack . |
| 6 | She patiently gammed him for long minutes ; fondling his testicles with one hand , and exploring the cleft of his arse with the other . |
| 7 | I only saw him for half an hour . |
| 8 | We a we already asked him about that actually . |
| 9 | The touch of Asuryan was no longer so strong in his mind , and the Sword of Khaine no longer provided him with near limitless strength . |
| 10 | I just willed him with all my mind to believe me . |
| 11 | Amanullah 's pursuit of his two most cherished objectives , to modernize his country in the shortest possible time and to make it independent of Britain , soon brought him into headlong conflict with Humphrys , whose previous eighteen years in India , mostly among the tribes across the frontier from Afghanistan , had not prepared him to deal with a ruler of such independence of mind . |
| 12 | With the gentry his charm and distinction soon put him on excellent terms . |
| 13 | Although Richard Baxter did n't die of tuberculosis , it nevertheless left him with much bodily weakness and pain for the remainder of his life . |
| 14 | Cos I had him , I just , I just had him like that first sixteen points and we could n't play properly cos no one won . |
| 15 | She liked him and deeply respected him for that . |
| 16 | But the Gloucesters still regarded him as one of theirs . |
| 17 | ‘ Stay with me , boy , ’ he said in a low voice and Willie gratefully followed him into one of the pews . |
| 18 | Martinus , a just man , protested to Paulus , who promptly threatened him with instant imprisonment for his interference . |
| 19 | ‘ I never felt that Jesus was a friend and I do n't think that I really ever loved him before this half but now he seems always near to me and I like to think of Him more than I ever did before Mama 's dying so suddenly and unexpectedly made a great impression on me … ’ |
| 20 | He said you were very kind to him , you and Miguel — hardly hurt him at all . ’ |
| 21 | Mr O'Shea said that in an ideal world , Mr O'Keeffe 's point was absolutely valid and he totally supported him in that . |
| 22 | Wealthy friends who still held him in high regard as a man , raised money and set the family up in a 500 acre property which they arranged in the names of Mrs. Piper and the children . |
| 23 | Importantly for Nicholson , this quirk in the social order was all that was needed to give him the kick-start he required , and it also provided him with more money than he had ever earned before . |
| 24 | His familiarity with every stick and stone of it probably helped him to this preference . |
| 25 | Mr Copeland also jailed him for three months for possessing Ecstasy , three months for possessing amphetamines , six months for having Ecstasy with intent to supply and three months for having amphetamines with intent to supply . |
| 26 | At first Gaskell supported Deacon 's plans to manufacture alkali by the new Solvay process , but later persuaded him for financial reasons to employ the older Leblanc method . |
| 27 | Other Palestinian groups , including the Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas ) and even Syrian-based " rejectionist " groups , also supported him in this . |
| 28 | peters also introduced him to small-boat cruising and they made many cruises between Marblehead and the Canadian border . |
| 29 | Raven also had him round several times to meals at his house . |
| 30 | His easy success often led him into precarious adventures ; in 1917 the French intercepted a cable from the German Ambassador in Madrid reporting to Berlin that he had found a mistress for the new Commander-in-Chief , for the modest fee of 12,000 pesetas a month . |