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

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1	She tensed , preparing to struggle , but purposefully he turned her to face him and before she had chance to utter one single protest he cupped her face in his strong hands and brought his lips down on hers , silencing anything she might have been about to say .
2	The fancier something looked , the better he thought it tasted .
3	And suddenly he dragged her struggling against him , and clamped her there while his hard mouth sought and found hers in a violent kiss , forcing her lips apart , his hand holding the back of her head like a vice while she kicked and hit and struggled .
4	Suddenly he knew what to say to him .
5	Suddenly he realised he had no fear of death .
6	‘ Watts is really only sixth in the pecking order up front , but suddenly he found himself playing the biggest game of his life and he did himself proud . ’
7	I did n't have much faith in him when I first spoke to him , but apparently he told her to stand on her own two feet .
8	apparently he charges you see .
9	That man with that ten thousand table , apparently he said he use it nearly every day
10	‘ I asked Rico , when he telephoned , how long he thought she 'd been dead .
11	It would be better , it might even be bearable , if only he knew what had become of James .
12	Then he remembered a woman he 'd met once on a train , she was singing hymns to the window , he 'd been embarrassed at first , half her fringe was missing as if someone had taken a bite out of it , only he knew she 'd done it because she caught him staring and laughed and said , ‘ I always cut it when I 'm loaded , ’ and he remembered something about a house , and because there was nothing left to cling to , because it was the only piece of wreckage left afloat , he remembered how to get there too , it was either remember or die .
13	If only he knew he had no cause to hate her .
14	Perhaps he realised he 'd been rash .
15	Dr McNab was silent for such a long time that even those of his supporters who had remained steadfast throughout Dr Dunstaple 's persuasive arguments and had not yet crossed his name from their emergency cards , began to fear that perhaps he had nothing to say .
16	Perhaps — perhaps he thinks you killed his father . ’
17	It suddenly crossed my mind that perhaps he thought I had come to see him on a professional level , that I was in need of spiritual help or whatever .
18	perhaps somebody did n't like , perhaps he told somebody to stay there as long as he likes
19	Perhaps he felt he owed them something ; to make a glittering society match for instance — whereas , she sighed , they would probably be perfectly happy with his company instead .
20	Or perhaps he felt he had no choice , perhaps he did n't know about the other places in the city which he could have gone to ; anyway he became a real regular , and soon he was there most nights , in fact every night , six nights a week , The Bar being open every day of the week except Monday , usually from the afternoon and always until three a.m. ( at least officially ) .
21	‘ Perhaps he felt he had a chance to help , ’ Theodora said .
22	Perhaps he felt he needed a best-seller like Morton 's to re-establish his claim to those titles .
23	He was mightily pissed off with me ; perhaps he wished he had just let them shoot me on the ground .
24	‘ Perhaps he makes it appear so . ’
25	Perhaps he did it to please the Patriarch .
26	Perhaps he did it to hear Mother scream .
27	‘ Perhaps he wants you to marry him immediately . ’
28	Perhaps he wanted me to admit that I 'm a lucky bastard to be where I am , that I 'm Hollywood 's most successful failure , perhaps he wanted me to cry on screen .
29	Perhaps he wanted me to admit that I 'm a lucky bastard to be where I am , that I 'm Hollywood 's most successful failure , perhaps he wanted me to cry on screen .
30	And anxious that his relationship with Chantal might not be all he thought it had been .