Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 'E just looked at all the people for a minute without saying anythink . |
| 2 | He rather looked like one of the comics on television who will always wear his khaki shorts halfway to his ankles . |
| 3 | He deftly stepped to one side , the bear tore into the cabin . |
| 4 | He vigorously defended against all comers the enormous expense of bringing La Scala to Scotland . |
| 5 | It fell to William , the only son left in London , to prove the will , which he duly did on 22 October at the Principal Probate Registry ; the body was laid to rest at Abney Park Cemetery , Stoke Newington , grave no. 66,417 . |
| 6 | Peter , however , demurred at this and asked Keiran to help out generally at the event , which he duly did in great style . |
| 7 | He duly appeared before three or four venerable gentlemen who lectured him on how to behave in the Far East . |
| 8 | His concern was solely with effectiveness rather than style ; he rarely spoke with more than brief notes and left it to the occasion to furnish the words . |
| 9 | He apparently continued in this office until 1655 , when , with essentially unchanged duties , he was appointed one of the two chamberlains of the Exchequer and keeper of its records . |
| 10 | After a spell in private practice , Vial was made equerry to Louis XVI and chef de manège of the Lyons riding academy , a post he apparently held for some years , but could not retain . |
| 11 | That was before my time , of course , but he obviously passed on some of his skills because during , or just after , very wet weather , Sam would go off somewhere and catch lovely brown trout , which he often gave to people who were ill ; and sometimes when he had a sheep to kill , he would send down the head which would make a really tasty and nourishing broth . |
| 12 | But his grandfather he only saw in brief glimpses , when James called in the hope of being given a shilling . |
| 13 | He only played in four Tests but the sweater ( and his knotted silk scarf ) became his uniform . |
| 14 | He only got to sergeant-major . ’ |
| 15 | He only learnt of Chalky 's disappearance in February 1989 five days after a meeting at his house between James , Gardiner , himself and a fourth man . |
| 16 | Otherwise his life would not have been possible , because he only thought of that every night , and every day too . ’ |
| 17 | Fighting another NME writer over a woman ; having a pint of beer in the Roxy with Robert Plant ; realising that Sid Vicious could be fronted out because he only picked on those that he was likely to win against . |
| 18 | I could no longer talk or laugh freely , as I knew he only approved of serious moods and studies . |
| 19 | One can see , then , a philosophical crux in the very nature of the Ring , one that was certainly apparent and deeply interesting to Tolkien , and one which he furthermore expressed with great care and deliberation . |
| 20 | He gingerly sawed through one of the objects . |
| 21 | Without looking back into the car he suddenly drawled in good English : |
| 22 | But when we emigrated to Mexico as teenagers with our mother and stepfather in the mid-fifties , he suddenly burst into articulate Spanish and English — to which he later added French and Indonesian — all of which he used to protect and further his folle indépendance . |
| 23 | He suddenly swam into vocal range again . |
| 24 | ‘ When can we go home ? ’ he suddenly enquired in piercing tones . |
| 25 | He constantly fiddled with that badge of office , a ready-made , multicoloured , bow tie , as he talked to Jane . |
| 26 | She smiled calmly back at him , her teeth snapping together when he just laughed in open disbelief . |
| 27 | She tried to tell him that hospitals had been using such beds for years , but he just went into another tantrum . |
| 28 | He just brought along some typing . |
| 29 | He just seemed like one of us — ’ |
| 30 | He just asked for more erm , one thing that is disturbing , what he does very causally mention is what is going on all the time |