Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are such awkward critics as Fred Bergsten , of the Institute of International Economics in Washington , who argue that a private-sector induced deficit might actually be more tiresome than the US-style ‘ twin deficits ’ — in public finances and the current account — because however much he deprecates the latter , at least it is clear what ought to be done . |
| 2 | 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 ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Nevertheless he made a few feints out of sheer exuberance , suggested a turn with his hips , moved at right-angles to his forward path with no loss of speed , changed step three times in successive strides , kicking hard on the last change and accelerating away in the joy of being able to run for ever . |
| 5 | The police would have to be told about Zoe 's murder tomorrow , but tonight he had a few hours of peace . |
| 6 | Now he made the most of the proffered opportunities , even putting the notion of a third book to the back of his mind meantime . |
| 7 | Here he creates the many happy and not so happy incidents that can occur on a skating rink where even a professional can ‘ miss a trick ’ . |
| 8 | Even he got a few of the good lines , none better than when a malingerer produced a succession of ‘ chits ’ excusing him one arduous duty after the other . |
| 9 | But surely he did no more than suggest ? |
| 10 | Unfortunately he applied the same stricture to himself and some of his works are rather limited . |
| 11 | Everywhere he found the same thing : elderly employees , attempting to run things as they thought the old baron would have wanted , out of touch with new ideas , fearful of taking any decision on their own , and consequently stalling , allowing problems to build up . |
| 12 | And then he saw the same look of horror on Jimmy 's face as he pulled him roughly back . |
| 13 | Then he transferred the same hand to the back pocket of his trousers and did some not very good patting of both flanks . |
| 14 | Des was chatting with Macca on football focus in the morning , and then he said the same thing . |
| 15 | Then he said the same . |
| 16 | If you have n't seen the doctor before you have your bath you have to stay undressed until you have , and then he takes a few details . |
| 17 | Hyatt , a Canadian case which was decided by the Privy Council , it was held that where a director holds himself out to be the agent of the shareholders , then he owes the same fiduciary duties as would an ordinary agent to his principal . |
| 18 | Then he did the same to his stepfather , whose forehead was dry and cold , almost as if he were dead already . |
| 19 | He turned the bag upside down and dumped everything onto the floor , and then he did the same for the drawers and for the wardrobe . |
| 20 | He quickly got a corn broom , went out to the back porch again and brushed his footwear clean ; then he used the same broom to sweep the snow from the kitchen floor into a safe hiding-place under a scatter rug . |
| 21 | He tasted it , and then he put a few of the sachets in his pocket . |
| 22 | Then he turned the few feet to Creggan 's cage and stared up to where Creggan had taken stance on the bare branch of wood that hung across his cage . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know ; maybe he thought the fewer people who knew , the better . |
| 24 | Maybe he had a little doubt as he approached the ramp , but he opened up the throttle again and landed on the rear wheel , as planned . ’ |
| 25 | Yet he had no more chance than they did . |
| 26 | Like everyone else he blamed the former chairman , who 's best not named ( but if he could be he 'd be called Alan Bowes . ) |
| 27 | Again he found the same link between unemployment and mortality . |
| 28 | Otherwise he follows the same basic procedure as the teacher ( see page 15 ) . |
| 29 | It was the first big opera he 'd conducted and he just did n't know how to do that , how to pace himself Incidentally he did the same thing when we recorded Peter Grimes and Reggie had to come in and help finish the recording . |
| 30 | Afterwards he had a few words with Hob 's wife , the children cowering around her . |