Example sentences of "he [adv] [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rostov cursed him in newly acquired Yek . |
| 2 | I had some guys come up , and they were , they were really pissed off with me because , my mum sort of like , this guy just done this with th th the stall next door , but he left some stuff that he obviously already had things of , which he did n't think it was worth him buying , and this guy came round , and they were obviously from one of these , you know how you get erm , secondhand erm record stores |
| 3 | He only ever did things he needed to do , and someone as economical with their emotions as that was not good lifetime material . |
| 4 | Johnny 's double standards , and his entrenched belief in the superiority of the male , had led her into an angry tirade of defence designed only to prove that she was exactly the cheap little tart that he so obviously thought her.Their relationship seemed to be increasingly an exercise in one-upmanship : my time 's better than yours ; so there ! |
| 5 | He not only dreamed Pantisocracy , he preached it as well . |
| 6 | Adam of Bremen reports that Cnut had intended Swegen to rule Norway , Harthacnut Denmark , and Harold England , and the Historia Regum attributed to Symeon of Durham that he made Harold the English king , but the Encomium says that he not only promised Emma that any son of hers should be heir , but later on oath pledged the whole kingdom subject to him to Harthacnut , who received oaths of loyalty from English nobles . |
| 7 | A glittering figure on the international financial circuit , he not only provided East Germany with much-needed foreign currency but also played a central part in all political and economic exchanges with West Germany over the past 30 years . |
| 8 | A glittering figure on the international financial circuit , he not only provided East Germany with much-needed foreign currency but also played a central part in all political and economic exchanges with West Germany over the past 30 years . |
| 9 | He then went on to say that , despite this qualification , he still greatly respected Maritain , but that another theologian with whom , after an initial enthusiasm , he had become somewhat disillusioned was Berdyaev . |
| 10 | He hardly ever tried Linda he wants to see more of that to pay it . |
| 11 | Smurfit Paribas carried out a privatisation study and made significant borrowings available ; Smurfit Printing secured the lucrative telephone directory printing contract ; Smurfit architect Brian O'Halloran secured the commission for the controversial corporate headquarters ; business associates Padraic Hasset and John Finnegan were asked to find a site for Telecom headquarters ; Finnegan gave advice on the purchase of the Ballsbridge site ( he also apparently gave advice on its sale to UPH ) and finally Dermot Desmond was commissioned to carry out another privatisation study . |
| 12 | He also greatly enjoyed Kenneth Horne , although his memory of the show in his autobiography was somewhat limited . |
| 13 | Harper had told the court he twice briefly lit tufts of hay in order to see better in the darkened barn . |
| 14 | He then twice poured kettle descaler into her eyes . |
| 15 | He no longer meant Pascoe , he meant himself . |
| 16 | He no longer saw Benny standing before him , but a dark-skinned woman , whom he barely recognized after such a long time . |
| 17 | So intently watching himself he no longer saw Richard and he pushed a finger smeared with cold gel gently into the hole , then the cock pressed against the opening and pushed . |
| 18 | And he no longer took things at face value . |
| 19 | Promotion to officer class meant that he no longer had time to care for his own litters . |
| 20 | But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board . |
| 21 | He no longer had men like Harold Nicolson who had accompanied him to Rome , but it seemed likely that the new deputation to Germany might include William Joyce . |
| 22 | His letters from Kentucky were painfully clear — he thought he was in love with Wendell Harvey 's daughter , Cora-Beth , and Mr Harvey was encouraging the match because he very much wanted Harry to live permanently in America . |
| 23 | ‘ I felt he never just led Leeds United FC . |
| 24 | He never even saw Manville coming . |
| 25 | He never again held office , and when Palmerston returned to power he was elevated to the peerage as Lord Llanover , from his estate near Abergavenny . |