Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ( 3 ) The announcement of an offer must only be made by an offeror after the most careful and responsible consideration and when the offeror has every reason to believe that he can and will continue to be able to implement the offer ( eg he has the money ) .
2 Thenceforward he made the study of architecture one of his chief pleasures .
3 Gently he put the gun down on the table and carried the pile of plates over to the sink .
4 Very gently he drew the bed covering away .
5 After he had read it aloud he crumpled the note up in his fist and thrust it into the fire as if the very sight of it was hateful .
6 The better he appraises the situation , the .
7 Suddenly he realized the flaw in the will Marius Steen had so hastily improvised in the South of France .
8 Suddenly he felt a change .
9 And suddenly he felt a slippage , a letting go .
10 Suddenly he felt the car beginning to skid and in his panic trod on the brakes .
11 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 .
12 Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps on the hillside above him .
13 Suddenly he heard the room door open and a brisk female voice addressed him as footsteps approached the bed .
14 Suddenly he saw a gap in his prison bars and some light .
15 Suddenly he had a vision of the Worm , coil upon coil , waiting for him behind the door in the dark .
16 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 .
17 Suddenly he had an idea .
18 But suddenly he had an idea .
19 Suddenly he had an idea .
20 Suddenly he gave a start .
21 Suddenly he gave a cry and put his hand to the back of his neck .
22 Suddenly he turned a face of fury on Theda .
23 So Mimi walked out , and suddenly he faced a kind of emotional turmoil he had never before experienced .
24 Suddenly he put the receiver down .
25 Suddenly he thumped the arm of his chair with his fist , remembering all the times he 'd caught Stella on the stairs in the middle of the night , staring at the telephone .
26 Suddenly he remembered the owl lamp that he 'd knocked in the night .
27 Suddenly he remembered the dog — people would be looking for his dog as well as himself .
28 ( Suddenly he has a heart attack )
29 Gradually you saw this self-absorbed monarch stripped down of all his trappings , until a wonderful scene when he was kneeling on the ground staring at his reflection , and suddenly he shattered the mirror against his foreheard .
30 But however much he hated the thought of allowing Sara to commit herself to a man she had never met , he knew her too well and loved her too much to try to keep her at home against her will .
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