Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv prt] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She would pretend to be frightened when he jumped out , would call out to him to be careful when he crept along an overhanging branch and hung , skimming the water . |
| 2 | As he was moving down , he whipped out an orange stick and began hastily manicuring his nails . |
| 3 | Mister Tom had told him not to be afraid of the earth , but it was still wet from the previous night 's rain and occasionally he let out an involuntary squeal when his spade contacted a worm . |
| 4 | He let out an involuntary groan of pain and desperation . |
| 5 | He let out an unsteady breath , his blue eyes almost as dark as hers . |
| 6 | ‘ What in the world … ? ’ began Rose , feeling quite bewildered as he let out an amused laugh . |
| 7 | He drew out an enormous red spotted handkerchief from a capacious pocket somewhere and mopped his eye . |
| 8 | He sucked in an angry breath . |
| 9 | Geikie 's drawings first appeared in the art markets in 1815 and during his lifetime he turned out an immense number of sketches , many of which were sold after his death when his fame had spread widely . |
| 10 | In addition , he rigged up an infra-red device to detect any movement in the premises and stop any possible bid for freedom , said Mr Wakerley . |
| 11 | He pulled out an empty pasta box sealed at one end with industrial adhesive tape . |
| 12 | He took over an existing but derelict blast furnace at Coalbrookdale ( q.v. ) which had been set up in 1638 , and in 1709 he discovered the method of smelting iron with coke instead of charcoal . |
| 13 | ‘ Budgie is one of Amy 's favourite drummers , and he brought in an African tribal kind of feel to the album . |
| 14 | Taking office on May 10 , he brought in an older team of officials who were said to represent a shift to the right in economic policy and a less high-profile negotiating style . |
| 15 | He kept up an unrelenting gentle moral pressure on his authors or collaborators , and as a commentator , like Tolkien he selflessly put much of himself into the work of others . |
| 16 | Then a long time after that , it was May , and I 'd been the night before , but he was out ( or in bed with someone ? ) and that evening he was in and alone , and we talked some time ( he was telling me about John Minton ) and then he put on an Indian record and we were quiet . |
| 17 | He put out an imperious hand and tapped Harry smartly on the cheek to turn the boy 's face to him . |
| 18 | Another alleged he carried out an illegal abortion at her home . |
| 19 | A ROBBER aged 74 was freed yesterday after a judge heard how he carried out an armed raid for the love of his wheelchair-bound mistress . |
| 20 | He carried out an observational study of ear , nose , and throat outpatient clinics and showed that there were systematic variations in patient assessment routines among consultants , rooted in differences between the specialists in their informal decision making rules . |
| 21 | Finally , his inductivist conscience was satisfied and he carried out an inductive inference to conclude , ‘ I am always fed at 9 a.m . ’ . |
| 22 | Home again , he shot off an urgent request to Theo for some Ingres paper that was not blindingly white — the whiteness hampered him — and stout enough to withstand his attacks on it with a reed pen . |
| 23 | He held up an open hand in salute . |
| 24 | He picked up an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival , assembled a band behind him and played loud enough to raise the roofbeams — just like he had done in his high-school days . |
| 25 | Kneeling down on the floor , he picked up an empty cartridge case . |
| 26 | As Charlie paced , he picked up an old pair of frayed jeans or a wide-collared shirt with pink flowers on it , or a Barclay James Harvest album , and tossed it out of the skylight and into the garden below . |
| 27 | He picked up an old ornament : a serpent winding itself around a globe ; an appropriate image . |