Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very gently he cleaned a sore and put some ointment on it . |
| 2 | Suddenly he heard a clattering noise and his cockpit filled with smoke , the controls going dead — he had been shot down by Oblt . |
| 3 | He peered and suddenly he saw a large form . |
| 4 | Suddenly he saw a white figure slowly crossing the main line towards Brooke End signal box . |
| 5 | Suddenly he gave a curious little rapid shake of the head ; quizzical , rhetorical , not expecting an answer . |
| 6 | Suddenly he gave a frightened start , for he had nearly fallen asleep and the ground below seemed a long distance away . |
| 7 | Unlike the new Cistercian seekers for a simpler form of monastic life , Anselm — however much he shared a personal preference for simplicity — disapproved of a discontented search for something better than the present community provided . |
| 8 | Naturally he wanted a top man to carry his bag , a man who knew St Andrews like the back of his hand — someone young and capable of clubbing him perfectly over the home of golf 's fickle links , no matter what the weather . |
| 9 | Apparently he felt a minimal comfort in contact with her . |
| 10 | They erm well apparently he said a few of them got in trouble he said , and heads had to roll and one of them was his ! |
| 11 | mind he had a Milky Way bar and then afterward he had a mini Milk |
| 12 | If only he had a proper job now , he thought , there was no reason why they should n't marry . |
| 13 | Only He calmed a raging sea . |
| 14 | From 37–1 down he had a 64 clearance to pink and Parrott said afterwards . |
| 15 | When his house burned down he bought a smaller four-bedroomed replacement . |
| 16 | Oh good , perhaps he had a funny flavour or something that 's put him off |
| 17 | ‘ Perhaps he had a secret assignation , ’ said Lili . |
| 18 | Perhaps he thought a Naval commission was the right way to start his career . |
| 19 | Perhaps he saw a comprehensive theology , with the great disputes all ironed out , as a necessary basis for salvation through Christian society . |
| 20 | Well he s all he made a little contract out himself , you know that 's what he did , after he he 'd put these new tables in the mill . |
| 21 | So he collected a huge army with men , horses , and guns , and , following the wise woman 's directions , set out for the forest . |
| 22 | By doing so he replaced a philosophical speculation with a detailed description of a process , supported by an abundance of evidence , that could be tested and verified ; and the reality of evolution could no longer be denied . |
| 23 | So he had a thousand women |
| 24 | I ca n't eat it I do n't think so he had a big lunch |
| 25 | From Winnipeg — where he had to work a bootlegging ruse to get a drink — he hitched to New York to stay with some friends of Philip : they were in Vermont and so he busked a few days in Manhattan , perhaps even sang for his supper in Greenwich Village . |
| 26 | So He made a tiny egg , so small that it could not even be seen , and a little room , on purpose for it to grow in , right inside the mother 's body . |
| 27 | So he made a floating bed . |
| 28 | Now they should be be perfectly plain , straight and we got a t I got a true cut on eighteen inches with a a Mr was so so he made a special report on erm what I 'd done . |
| 29 | He had no way of knowing how close the others were so he made a big detour . |
| 30 | So he took a young lamb , whose mother had died , and carried it in a basket across the fields to Mrs Hurst 's house . |