Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He beamed again as Ali , practically choking on his own saliva , fell forward into a group of pupils . |
| 2 | He limped just as Adam remembered . |
| 3 | On the other hand , he points out that Devlin had in fact answered the question in the affirmative , and had justified this response by suggesting that , just as society can take steps to preserve itself against acts of treason , then so it may protect itself from attacks on established morality , for this too can threaten society 's existence . |
| 4 | Once again , he points out that Gould is a New Zealander . |
| 5 | Similarly , he feels that by offering it as a no-cost option , the company invalidates the criticism that users will tie themselves into a non-standard technology : since V.32terbo is downwardly compatible with V.32bis , he points out that users are not losing anything by giving themselves the option of faster transmission with V.32terbo . |
| 6 | He points out that Sberbank was forced to lend to the government nearly all of its 372.3 billion roubles in deposits at the start of 1992 , the year when price controls were removed and prices rose by a factor of 26 . |
| 7 | He points out that AT&T 's computer business has repeatedly failed , something which even AT&T admits . |
| 8 | He points out that petrol is now very cheap : if , in real terms , it were to be the equivalent price of a decade ago it would cost over £4 a gallon . |
| 9 | He points out that processes of this type are difficult to accommodate within orthodox economics because they are not amenable to ‘ costing ’ in the standard economic sense . |
| 10 | Specifically he points out that parsing is performance motivated and directional ( i.e. from surface to structure ) — the very opposite of the aims of competence theory . |
| 11 | While he does not deny that they often speak in a manner that ‘ normal ’ people regard as metaphoric , he points out that poets are aware of the metaphoric nature of their linguistic productions , whereas schizophrenics are not ; they use what Rogers calls ‘ unlabelled metaphor ’ ( 1978:42 ) . |
| 12 | He points out that coordination was a dominant tendency , but it was not total . |
| 13 | Dworkin confirms this himself when he points out that Rawls 's basic liberties ‘ are in fact rights in the sense I am using ’ . |
| 14 | He points out that Clwyd benefits from the EC 's regional policy to the tune of about £10m a year . |
| 15 | He passed on and Charlie Hatton sniggered . |
| 16 | So as I sipped the barely brown dishwater he passed off as coffee ( at a wholly extortionate price ) I was able to thaw my limbs , re-line my stomach , rest my hand and ponder at length the best or most honest method by which to tackle the remainder of this difficult and embarrassing work of explanation . |
| 17 | If you tell him sternly , he does understand the tone of your voice if he goes off and sulks for a while , well so be it you 'll have to sulk till you get used to it , there you are . |
| 18 | He goes out and talks to the lions every morning from the back of a land-rover , and they all have names , just the way the dairy herd had when we were children . |
| 19 | He sits back and drinks Diet Pepsi and looks content . |
| 20 | He argued however that women would actually be more expensive than men if paid the same wages . |
| 21 | ‘ Diamonds , ’ he announced thoughtfully as Samuel emerged from the parlour into Nuckell 's Place . |
| 22 | ‘ Your cousin at home , is he , Angharad ? ’ he asked mildly and Hari felt herself grow tense . |
| 23 | There was one small question nagging him which he asked just as Samantha Lightbody was ringing off . |
| 24 | ‘ You want me to stay , do n't you ? ’ he asked quietly and Maggie shook her head . |
| 25 | Years later , on Gilbert 's second visit to the colony , he asked specifically that Gilbert should investigate the ‘ nidification of the Menura ’ . |
| 26 | He asked only that Lionel might accompany them on the trip . |
| 27 | He got up as Leo walked across the lawn outside and smiled down at the trio in the swing-seat . |
| 28 | It was only when he got closer that Sibele saw the blood on the sleeve of his blue overall . |
| 29 | Elizabeth , poor Elizabeth ran into the sunlight and he stopped the car and he got out and Elizabeth ran towards the car until she saw the girl . |
| 30 | And so , he phoned when he got home and Mr was in and and then when Mr came out he told Miss to mind the class cos he did n't get up till late . |