Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] he [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of Concession In He passed the exam though he was n't well prepared the clause though he was n't well prepared qualifies passed . |
| 2 | Benstede , impassive , had left early , while Bruce scarcely bothered to disguise the murder in his eyes whenever he caught the King 's glance . |
| 3 | Then a few months later he got a job with a trucking company , moved into a new house and eventually got married . |
| 4 | Lagerfeld sent sketches off and six months later he got a telegram telling him that he had won the first prize in the group for coats . |
| 5 | When he wrote to the Prince of Canino five months later he had a little more time to describe the achievements of his two years ‘ in the wilds of Australia ’ : |
| 6 | Three months later he sent a proof of Offensive from Q Quasar 13 . |
| 7 | Then a few months later he hosted the local natural history club 's wildlife question time . |
| 8 | Two months later he convened a major conference in Jericho , choosing as its president the mayor of Hebron , Shaikh Muhammad Ali Ja'bari , his long standing supporter . |
| 9 | This causes no problem , as the defendant can be said to be at fault whenever he commits a tort . |
| 10 | David Speedy 's eighth goal of the season he 's top scorer here he got a couple in the last home game against Notts County and that was as Ron perfectly described it a real predator in action there . |
| 11 | TEN months ago he suffered a heavy setback in constitutional reform . |
| 12 | If he 'd hoped to placate her by the teasing compliment then he achieved the opposite . |
| 13 | At the end of his term abroad he sells the house and repays any outstanding debt . |
| 14 | Rock Brynner tells Helen Oldfield how he sprang the Hollywood brat trap The King and me YUL Brynner died in 1985 . |
| 15 | ‘ Robert told me in quiet tones and averted eyes how he climbed the stairs behind the prostitute in this house where she conducted her trade . |
| 16 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |
| 17 | With the great republic of Russia as our gallant ally , I was spending many hours in the hotel cafeteria with Rhys where he extolled the virtues of the Russian peoples . |
| 18 | If the cricket analogy is appropriate , then Saunders was hit for six during much of his ill-fated spell at Anfield where he became a scapegoat for the club 's ills . |
| 19 | Not one word on the environment passed the Prime Minister 's lips when he welcomed the Queen 's Speech at the start of this Session . |
| 20 | He 'd heard their shrill voices when he made a routine call and seen Eileen Ryan sitting up in her big bed looking strained and miserable . |
| 21 | This was n't quite what I told Dennis when he brought the matter up . |
| 22 | Kenneth Stanley from Telford could n't believe his eyes when he saw a gaping hole where his pond used to be . |
| 23 | A coalman , Mr Martin Phipps , had been driving his lorry along the downs at Chartham at 7.25am on Tuesday when he noticed a Jaguar XJS parked in a chalkpit , said PC Burden . |
| 24 | But there is a more cheerful day ahead for him next Tuesday when he introduces the last Question of Sport in the present series . |
| 25 | Mr Clarke revealed the fresh job losses when he addressed the annual conference of the breakaway Union of Democratic Mineworkers in Weymouth , where he faced angry questions from delegates who feel badly let down by the corporation . |
| 26 | The minister disappointed some supporters when he confirmed the Government had abandoned plans for legislation to curb the activities of the National Union of Students . |
| 27 | And when Elvis sang That 's All Right Mama he was 20 , as was Eric Clapton when he left The Yardbirds to join an aged John Mayall ( reputed to be in his … gasp … thirties even then ) to make that seminal Bluesbreakers LP . |
| 28 | He was forced out of the car where he dropped the bag containing the explosives . |
| 29 | He had lost his job because the club where he played the piano had to close and , though he was after another one on the switchboard in a hospice , he was for the time being at a loose end . |
| 30 | ( First Edition ) KEVIN DRINKELL , Coventry City 's record signing from Rangers , is set to make his debut for the Sky Blues in the Littlewoods Cup tonight , against Grimsby Town , the club where he spent the first nine years of his career . |