Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rather hoped his wife would wake and catch him like this , unshaven , hair greasy and uncombed , and as he stood beside the bed he farted quite loudly , as if to remind her that she deserved someone as awful as him . |
| 2 | All the same he rather hoped it was n't coley , suitable Lenten fare though it might be . |
| 3 | He rather hoped she would complain so he could point out that incontestable fact . |
| 4 | ‘ I think he rather likes you , ’ Ginny said . |
| 5 | The family had finished their supper when she got home , but her temper was soothed by her reception : Herr Nordern coming from the bedroom to greet her , Omi fussing , Erika getting her meal , even Paul helping her off with her coat , although he rather spoiled his effect by then chucking it over the back of a chair instead of hanging it up . |
| 6 | He rather thought they might be . |
| 7 | He rather thought he 'd let him stew for a while ; with the murder investigation on , he could n't get far — or he 'd be a fool to try , and Peckham was no fool . |
| 8 | One of his main interests was Italian art , but he rather felt he 'd like to keep that for himself , not muck it up with money and degrees . |
| 9 | Besides , he rather liked her boozy self-confidence — and her style of interior decoration . |
| 10 | In his treatise I Will Pray with the Spirit he describes that Church 's Book of Common Prayer as ‘ a mere human invention , which God is so far from owning it that He expressly forbids it , in His most Holy and Blessed Word ’ . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , no ? ’ he drawled mockingly as he slowly lowered his dark head towards her . |
| 12 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |
| 13 | And that was exactly what the radiologist was doing as he slowly ran his sensor over my stomach . |
| 14 | Talking softly the whole time , he slowly ran his hands over her , caressing , gentling and scratching up and down her mane where once her mother would have lovingly nibbled her , then progressing to her back and flanks . |
| 15 | Afterwards , they lay silently together and as he thought of the recent conversation with Giancarlo he slowly ran his finger along her hip-bone and down towards her inner thigh . |
| 16 | When the van came to a halt and the loading doors were opened he slowly raised his head and blinked at the light , like some slow-moving reptile whose rock had been taken away . |
| 17 | Taking the brain in two hands , he slowly lifted it out backwards . |
| 18 | When she grew calmer , he slowly released her and she walked away a few paces , staggering , digging her hands in her pockets and turning her back on him . |
| 19 | His face curiously bleak , he slowly released her . |
| 20 | And then , with a heavy sigh that shuddered through his hard frame , he slowly released her . |
| 21 | He slowly released her , and she lay against his arm , against the soft needlecord jacket . |
| 22 | He slowly released her , looking deep into her eyes . |
| 23 | He slowly made his way along the train of fish vans . |
| 24 | ‘ Right-ho ! ’ and he slowly squelched his way through the gate and out of sight . |
| 25 | Handing her one of the mugs , his eyes on her apprehensive face , he slowly sipped his own coffee . |
| 26 | A natural leader of men , well liked , respected , and , as though aware of her watching , he slowly turned his head . |
| 27 | To a slow hand-clap , he slowly removed his mask and then hers , took her gently in his arms and kissed her tenderly . |
| 28 | Without saying anything , he held out a fist and then , as she watched , mesmerised , he slowly opened his fingers to reveal something lying in the palm . |
| 29 | As he slowly revolved he observed all points of the compass with eyes wide in wonder . |
| 30 | He slowly picked himself up . |