Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through his efforts in this direction he effectively mocks much that is dear to scholars , historians , literary critics and art historians , especially the concept of a clear chronological sequence : his answer to the problem of how a Mexican can ‘ belong ’ to the dynasty of European art is , as it were , to invade it retrospectively . |
| 2 | For the moment , he obviously has more urgent tasks than writing plays . |
| 3 | Although Peter my friend 's he , he did that but er it did n't come to much , they 'd 've saved it or something , one job , cos he was made redundant about three times and er one , one place he was at they 're supposed to have kept it and paying him it now but I do n't know how they came about that bu because actually they we played him a dirty trick , they persuaded him to leave his job and then about nine years or probably less than that later you know and he was out again , redundant and , you know , I think they felt a bit guilty but he only gets about five pounds a week from , off that one , which is |
| 4 | He only averages about twenty five , thirty hours a week really . |
| 5 | You go there God he only looks about five Mark , do n't he look like Mark though ? |
| 6 | He only jumps so many times ? |
| 7 | And a cut down multiplication table , where he just learns about half of them . |
| 8 | He just goes quite silent and does n't speak for days . |
| 9 | ‘ He just gives out this incredible air of sexuality . |
| 10 | He just looks bloody awful . |
| 11 | Unfortunately he predicates his discussion on the contrast between ‘ empiricists ’ and ‘ nativists ’ , a distinction he soon recognises as inadequate . |
| 12 | He seemed to have lost weight , and his face was all white and drawn , and his hair , which he normally keeps quite neat , was getting straggly . |
| 13 | He already has about 700 of the names . |
| 14 | He already has about three quarters of the membership on his computer database of members ' electronic expertise , so the amount of extra work will not be too great , but it will be a considerable relief to me . |
| 15 | In subsequent books the landscapes are less vivid and Dick 's intervention in times of stress seems less precisely motivated , though he still flies over troubled waters as his guardian , Count Jasper , supposes he always will . |
| 16 | Among right-wing voters , he still ranks only fifth in popularity ( Mr Chirac comes top ) . |
| 17 | He still looks pretty miserable , but Dancer seems to have cheered him up , and the specialist says he 'll definitely be playing again next year . ’ |
| 18 | Although he 's now 28 , he still looks around 20 on screen . |
| 19 | Oh well , well he still looks very sweet to those of us who are not familiar with him . |
| 20 | ‘ However bad the horse , he still looks bloody good on it . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But he always seems so tired and stressed . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ … the biogeographer may study the same phenomena as the ecologist , but he usually places as much emphasis on the distributional aspects as on the environmental relationships in this study . |
| 23 | He also points out additional practice . |
| 24 | He also points out similar situations in Argentina in the 1960s , when car workers were involved in revolutionary unionism and urban insurrection , and in Mexico , where they have fostered some of the stronger , independent unions . |
| 25 | Working long hours also means that er he also gets very tired and , as he now acknowledges , when he 's tired he tends to be short-tempered . |
| 26 | He also brings out some thrilling orchestral details which can easily be submerged in the sound of a organ going for glory . |
| 27 | Rhines expects the Japanese consumer market to strengthen later this year , thus benefiting Texas , and he also expects more political pressure for increased market access . |
| 28 | He also demonstrates how hard it is to maintain this view , and how easy it is to lapse into logocentric assumptions . |
| 29 | He also comes very close to describing what anthropologists have actually found is the case as regards property in pre-capitalist systems . |
| 30 | He also shows more recent work which takes the form , somewhat unexpectedly , of meditations on the slatted window blind . |