Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had sent him home to do two years in a military prison and his dark oily skin had suffered while inside . |
| 2 | Would n't he rather wait twenty-four hours ? ’ |
| 3 | His business skills and integrity earned him wide respect , and a strong personality reinforced his large physical presence — he latterly weighed eighteen stones . |
| 4 | He was accordingly arrested and taken to Vine Street Police Station where he duly provided two specimens of breath in the intoximeter . |
| 5 | The clear , imperious voice , lately gagged by the folds of an archer 's cloak , was singing gently to itself , and did not fall silent even when he instinctively took one dancing step back from the collision , and then as readily translated the movement into a forward lunge that almost passed Adam 's startled guard . |
| 6 | Snell 's wife was Susannah and he apparently had one son . |
| 7 | He personally ferried two Aero Commanders , an Aerostar , a Beech Duke , and two Barons . |
| 8 | He only knew one word in three of the lyric he 'd chosen . |
| 9 | She shot him a look designed to kill at fifty feet , but he only raised one eyebrow in mute enquiry . |
| 10 | And whilst he lost in two sets 7-5 , 7-6 he only dropped one service game . |
| 11 | In the Brittania Floats Wednesday series , also on the same venue , I came fourth overall , it was won by Vinnie Smith with a brilliant performance , he only dropped one point out of a possible fifty . |
| 12 | Hitler was fit only for the loony bin , his generals would kill him within five minutes if he ever declared war , and he only had one ball . |
| 13 | Since he wanted to delay the ceremony , but did n't want to go to the trouble of desecrating any graves , he only had one option . |
| 14 | We found Dod 's van in the NCP and I explained to Kim that as he only had one passenger seat , the two of us had better travel in the cold and bare , unheated back along with Dod 's drum kit . |
| 15 | He used to try and learn other players ' licks from the radio and this process was hampered by the fact that he only had one pass in which to do so . |
| 16 | We were a large family of seven and my father worked on the railway and he only had two pounds a week , but we could make three pounds and ten shillings just at the weekend by working the clubs . |
| 17 | Next night he fancied a bit of fresh salmon and as he only had two days to live , she rushed out and bought him some salmon . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not sure whether I should be flattered or otherwise , ’ her host drawled , and she decided on the spot that she hated men with sophisticated wit — was he saying that he took it as a compliment , or not , that he only got one mention at lunchtime ? |
| 19 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 20 | Though he only lived five miles away from ‘ Tanglewood ’ — our newly acquired house — it was often more convenient , when we were rehearsing , for him to stay in the guest room . |
| 21 | Short was such a brilliant child player that he was paying tax on his winnings at 12 — although schoolwork came less easily and he only managed four O-levels . |
| 22 | He only sent one letter . |
| 23 | He only collected four points in the 1961 championship and decided to leave Cooper at the end of the season to develop hi ow Grand Prix car . |
| 24 | As a rule he only drank one glass , but that night he drank three , and when he noticed the full moon in the window he became excited , almost too much white in his eyes and a bulb of spit shining on his front teeth . |
| 25 | To show how fantastic he was driving , he only missed one fairway out of the 72 holes , despite the strange bounces and the danger of the ball running off the straight and narrow all the time . |
| 26 | He only missed three greens out of the eighteen , and he putted like crazy . |
| 27 | and the one one for the Libs he only used twenty seconds , twenty two seconds ! |
| 28 | Other sources now insist he only has one cap . |
| 29 | Here is one of the best riders in the province and he only has one ride at our final road race meeting . |
| 30 | Of course , if you tell him what I 've said he 'll deny it , but I assure you he only wants one thing and that 's your practice . ’ |