Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thenceforward he made the study of architecture one of his chief pleasures . |
| 2 | Gently he put the gun down on the table and carried the pile of plates over to the sink . |
| 3 | Very gently he drew the bed covering away . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Suddenly he realized the flaw in the will Marius Steen had so hastily improvised in the South of France . |
| 6 | And suddenly he took the rumours and put them on like a coat . |
| 7 | Suddenly he felt the car beginning to skid and in his panic trod on the brakes . |
| 8 | Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps on the hillside above him . |
| 9 | Suddenly he heard the room door open and a brisk female voice addressed him as footsteps approached the bed . |
| 10 | Suddenly he put the receiver down . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Suddenly he remembered the owl lamp that he 'd knocked in the night . |
| 13 | Suddenly he remembered the dog — people would be looking for his dog as well as himself . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Leavis , who notoriously had no hesitation about attacking canonical figures , was closer to this tradition , however much he detested the belletrist spirit , than he was to later developments in academic criticism . |
| 17 | However much he wanted the answer to his unasked question , he was going to have to wait for it . |
| 18 | Apparently he knew the girl . |
| 19 | Apparently he blew the Polonaise up . |
| 20 | Aläia was also expected to appear on the runway riding on the shoulders of Jean Paul Goude , but apparently he hid the bag containing his gold evening dress so he did n't have to do it . |
| 21 | Asked once about how long he thought the movie industry could last , he snapped : ‘ I never make predictions , especially about the future ’ . |
| 22 | Impatiently he finished the task , ripping the material from his shoulders and tossing it to the floor . |
| 23 | Only he left the Ministry some time ago to go into politics . ’ |
| 24 | A new field of activity seemed to be opening up for him if only he had the courage to grasp the nettle . |
| 25 | And would n't it be awful if he ever realized that it 's not very important to us , that we 'd rather not be safe if only he had the courage to take our safety away … " |
| 26 | Only He had the authority to forgive sins … |
| 27 | Iftikhar Sirohey as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff would end in mid-August , but Khan blocked Sirohey 's retirement on the grounds that only he had the right to make such decisions . |
| 28 | Then his friend Dave shouted " Look ! " and when he turned , for a few moments only he glimpsed the Corinth canal ; a sudden gulf sliced in the landscape , blue space sparkling , a ship in the deep distance ; fathomless light and air . |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps he left the key in the ignition , ’ Tremayne guessed , ‘ and a passer-by saw an opportunity . ’ |
| 30 | Perhaps he heard the glockenspiel in Switzerland . |