Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The thought of this not only made him feel uneasy , but embarrassed .
2 Be careful , therefore , that you do n't merely make him feel worse about his spelling .
3 As Derek came close to him , Jack could smell fry-up on his breath and it suddenly made him feel sick again .
4 He suddenly realised he had newer thought of the possible need to tell lies about why he was there .
5 It is evident that no blame was felt to attach to Vlasov for his part in the battle , since on 11 November Stalin personally appointed him to command 20th Army , entrusting him with 15 precious tanks and a vital role under Zhukov in the planned defence of Moscow .
6 Poverty , cruelty and injustice literally make him feel sick .
7 That alone made him feel foolish .
8 He conferred with Willys , who duly informed Thurloe of his whereabouts , having first warned Ormonde to change his lodgings , so enabling him to keep one jump ahead of the pursuit .
9 Len possessed that amazing ability that is sometimes found in footballers , to ‘ hang ’ in the air for a fraction of a second , so enabling him to obtain greater power and better direction from the ensuing header .
10 ‘ But I know that Martin was keen to show what he can do in Australia because his three-year contract with Wigan only allows him to spend one summer abroad .
11 By tactfully praising and criticizing at the same time , he had pupils flocking into the school , eager to train , rightly believing he had special abilities in this sphere .
12 ‘ And since he did n't call me back , you obviously told him to keep quiet . ’
13 And to a third party — in this case Moira Russell — it would sound better to offer an excuse than to add , ‘ so tell him to put that in his drum and bang it ’ .
14 I mean Pat said he can go so tell him to get two tickets and you 'll go with him .
15 I brought him it , erm , a lunch box with a flask in , I said , look this flask you suck it like a straw , so get him to take that everywhere with him cos then he can have that , then he , cos you said you wanted to get him off the bottles , cos you put the straw in that
16 and only pay him further eight pound or whatever .
17 As it is , Elizabeth could perhaps encourage him to do some voluntary work or find part-time employment to redefine his identity and meet new people .
18 In so doing he founded modern British orthopaedics .
19 In so doing he found another character , John Higgs , who became central to his development .
20 The sun warmed his face , and he suddenly knew he felt different .
21 The cupboard was just deep enough to hold him sitting cross-legged , his head concealed in the pinstriped folds of Francie 's second-best suit , which hung on a hanger .
22 Not only did he do stupendous work in many areas of pure mathematics but he also devoted much time to probability , theory of errors , geodesy , mechanics , electromagnetism , optics and even actuarial science !
23 Not only did he make sure that we had a thorough grounding in the 3 Rs , Reading — Writing — Rithmatic , but just as important — he taught us C. P. and K. — Courtesy , Politeness and Kindness :
24 Well the difference between these two sides was a Newcastle born mid-fielder , by the name of Paul Gascoigne ; not only did he score two second half goals for the first division club , but he dominated proceedings in mid-field .
25 Not only did he find this crude form of seal unsuitable for his normal still wines , but when he began to produce sparkling wines the total inadequacy of wooden pegs for imprisoning the carbonic gas was such that he set out to discover a more efficient seal .
26 In his work in the western part of the United States not only did he describe physical erosive processes but was also able to derive a system of laws governing progress from initial to adjusted forms ( Chorley , Dunn and Beckinsale , 1964 ) and in his Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains ( 1877 ) he provided the first major treatment by a geologist of the mechanics of fluvial processes .
27 His sisters were still at home , unwilling as ever to comprehend him , only making him feel oafish , prematurely old , unclean .
28 So does he believe this TV story ?
29 From the spectators ' viewpoint , not only does he provide wonderful entertainment but he does it without encasing himself in a helmet , now so rare as to be a treat in itself .
30 Not only had he spotted excessive muscular tension throughout his body , but now he thought he knew how to correct it .
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