Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How firmly he clung to doctrine , and much he feared certain dangers … |
| 2 | Before long he became part-time Bursar , and on his retirement from teaching in the late 1950s he had taken on the post full-time . |
| 3 | As the flames died down he felt cold air on his face . |
| 4 | Perhaps he thought powerful attacks on her might produce the result he longed for . |
| 5 | Perhaps he thought British Council employees who received personal calls at work were instantly dismissed . |
| 6 | Perhaps he has important friends . |
| 7 | So he spent long days and evenings at Meadowbanks , working ( when he had done a stint of transcription ) on the manuscript which was destined to be the Walter Machin volume in the Payne 's Great Authors series of monographs . |
| 8 | Pitt-Rivers was well aware that excavation destroys evidence as it uncovers it , and so he kept meticulous records . |
| 9 | So he enjoys feminine company , I ask ? |
| 10 | But more crucially he stresses social disorientation : |
| 11 | ‘ My first reaction was jealously he had great legs , ’ she said . |
| 12 | His manner was that of the old school — courteous and gentle , and guileless to a degree ; nevertheless he possessed great strength of purpose . |
| 13 | And he goes , he lets her go and everything and he goes , and when they walk away he goes stupid bitch ! |
| 14 | ‘ Well , mentally not at all ; physically he suffered partial paralysis down his left side . |
| 15 | Thus he defines professional jobs as those of producers who define both the needs of the consumer and how those needs should be met . |
| 16 | Soon he needed new clothes . |
| 17 | Tonight he joins distinguished lexicographers Prof John Sinclair ( Birmingham University ) John Simpson ( Oxford English Dictionary ) and Sara Tulloch ( Oxford Dictionary of New words ) to take a wry look at the way the English language is constantly in flux . |
| 18 | In school , George was described as ‘ aggressive … he wanders about instead of getting on with his work … he wo n't conform … he 's like his brother … generally he disturbs other children . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm withdrawing my plans and will not he taking legal proceedings after all . |
| 20 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that on its true construction section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 did not confer on a minor who had attained the age of 16 an absolute right to determine whether or not he received medical treatment but enabled him , for the limited purpose of protecting his medical practitioner from prosecution or from any claim in trespass , to give consent to such treatment as effectively as if he were an adult ; that , although a minor of any age who had sufficient maturity might consent to treatment , his refusal to give consent could not overrule consent given by the court ; that in exercising its inherent jurisdiction the court would take particular account of the minor 's wishes , the importance of which increased with his age and maturity , but would override them where his best interests so required ; and that , having regard to the nature of W. 's illness and to the serious deterioration in her condition , her best interests required the court to direct her immediate transfer to and treatment at the new unit without her consent ( post , pp. 765G — 766A , H — 767C , 768F–G , 769G–H , 770B–D , 772A–C , D–E , 774C–D , 775H — 776A , E–F , 777F–G , 779A , 780B–E , G–H , 781B–E , H — 782A ) . |
| 21 | Mr Kinnock ran into a wall of derision when he declined to say whether or not he favoured proportional representation . |
| 22 | Not only did the non-working bourgeois become increasingly frequent — in Cologne the number of rentiers paying income tax grew from 162 in 1854 to almost 600 in 1874 — but how else except by spending was the successful bourgeois , whether or not he held political power as a class , to demonstrate his conquest ? |
| 23 | This includes an unmarried father whether or not he has parental responsibility . |
| 24 | Moreover he enjoyed sacred music too . |
| 25 | De Gaulle , thanks to radio , was a voice and a symbol for the French before ever he sought elective office . |
| 26 | Thereafter he saw distinguished service in the Peninsular war in Portugal from 1809 under Sir Arthur Wellesley ( later first Duke of Wellington , q.v . ) . |
| 27 | Thereafter he made regular journeys in Greece and Turkey , some of which formed the subject of two of his major travel books , Researches in the Highlands of Turkey ( 2 vols. , 1869 ) and Turkish Armenia and Eastern Asia Minor ( 1881 ) . |
| 28 | Gradually he noticed tiny movements which coincided with the changing numbers . |
| 29 | Wolfgang Roller , chairman of Dresdner Bank , said yesterday he expected long-term rates to fall by nearly two points and inflation to average 4 p.c. as the German economy recovers . |
| 30 | Yesterday he donned white suit and cowboy boots for the service while Lynn sported a white silk wedding gown . |