Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Suddenly he felt a change . |
2 | And suddenly he felt a slippage , a letting go . |
3 | The following Saturday afternoon , my informant was once again on duty when the light began to fade — he hated the short winter days ; suddenly he heard a sound , a strange sound of movement below the box . |
4 | Suddenly he saw a gap in his prison bars and some light . |
5 | Suddenly he had a vision of the Worm , coil upon coil , waiting for him behind the door in the dark . |
6 | And suddenly he had a maenad in his arms , fighting him , screaming , striking at him , the tears running down her face which fear had made unrecognisable , pushing him away , and when he let her go , for very decency 's sake , because he saw no way to calm her unless he did , she sank on to the sofa , still sobbing and crying , her face hidden in a cushion , her whole body heaving and shaking . |
7 | Suddenly he had an idea . |
8 | But suddenly he had an idea . |
9 | Suddenly he had an idea . |
10 | Suddenly he gave a start . |
11 | Suddenly he gave a cry and put his hand to the back of his neck . |
12 | Suddenly he turned a face of fury on Theda . |
13 | So Mimi walked out , and suddenly he faced a kind of emotional turmoil he had never before experienced . |
14 | ( Suddenly he has a heart attack ) |
15 | Carelessly he let a page of newspaper fall on the cement beside the table and spilled his beads from the small purse into his palm . |
16 | Archie Hart 's suit filled and perhaps incautiously he made a dash for the shelter of some dunes , where he hoped to drain it out . |
17 | ‘ Apparently he had a word with her while she was waiting to be taken along the line . |
18 | Yeah , apparently he had a row with his Mrs ex-Mrs wife . |
19 | Apparently he saved a child from certain death , at the expense of his own ’ |
20 | ‘ Apparently he knows a lot about Mills ’ time in Six . ’ |
21 | Apparently he has a history of COADs — chronic obstructive airways disease . |
22 | Before he was shot down he commanded a Hurricane squadron and was promoted |
23 | Half way down he heard a commotion below and quickened his heavy step in time to see , as he turned the last bend in the staircase , a slight figure slip out through the iron gate at the main entrance . |
24 | As she looked down he felt a tug at the upper sail , and saw a flash of a wing . |
25 | Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer . |
26 | Perhaps he drinks a lot of beer . |
27 | Perhaps he had a friend of like rare quality … and so it went on . |
28 | Perhaps he had a sense that he would not survive its completion . |
29 | Her happiness was at zero level as , owning that perhaps he had a right to an explanation , she went with him and Azor into the house . |
30 | ‘ Perhaps he had a premonition about what might happen in London . |