Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 3 ) The announcement of an offer must only be made by an offeror after the most careful and responsible consideration and when the offeror has every reason to believe that he can and will continue to be able to implement the offer ( eg he has the money ) . |
| 2 | Thenceforward he made the study of architecture one of his chief pleasures . |
| 3 | Gently he put the gun down on the table and carried the pile of plates over to the sink . |
| 4 | Very gently he drew the bed covering away . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The better he appraises the situation , the . |
| 7 | Suddenly he realized the flaw in the will Marius Steen had so hastily improvised in the South of France . |
| 8 | And suddenly he took the rumours and put them on like a coat . |
| 9 | Suddenly he felt the car beginning to skid and in his panic trod on the brakes . |
| 10 | Suddenly he heard the sound of footsteps on the hillside above him . |
| 11 | Suddenly he heard the room door open and a brisk female voice addressed him as footsteps approached the bed . |
| 12 | Suddenly he put the receiver down . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Suddenly he remembered the owl lamp that he 'd knocked in the night . |
| 15 | Suddenly he remembered the dog — people would be looking for his dog as well as himself . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | However much he wanted the answer to his unasked question , he was going to have to wait for it . |
| 20 | Apparently he knew the girl . |
| 21 | Apparently he blew the Polonaise up . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Before very long he becomes the leader of one of the most powerful teenage gangs in Brooklyn . |
| 24 | Asked once about how long he thought the movie industry could last , he snapped : ‘ I never make predictions , especially about the future ’ . |
| 25 | Memorably he describes the soul 's glimpses of its distant goal , as " smale sodeyn glideren out smale caues fro citee " [ caues : crannies ] ( 25.92v. – 238 ) . |
| 26 | Impatiently he finished the task , ripping the material from his shoulders and tossing it to the floor . |
| 27 | Only he left the Ministry some time ago to go into politics . ’ |
| 28 | A new field of activity seemed to be opening up for him if only he had the courage to grasp the nettle . |
| 29 | 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 … " |
| 30 | Only He had the authority to forgive sins … |