Example sentences of "[adj] things he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although she was not at ease herself and did not expect to be until she had told him all the painful things he would surely wish to know . |
| 2 | Apart from toys , walking-sticks , postcards and other such tourist necessities , he was also hoping to sell antiquités and the old things he had gathered lay about in an indescribable miscellany . |
| 3 | One of the few things he could instantly recall from his own brief marriage was his wife 's grilling a kipper on a gridiron over the fire . |
| 4 | there were a few things he could bring with him . |
| 5 | Some things he longed to talk about — he agonized over the Christians ' attitude to nuclear bombs and it grieved him that Fisher did not agonize . |
| 6 | Today he was dressed as a country squire , but some things he could not disguise : the muscular build and fair hair . |
| 7 | [ Guevara then went on to mention ] some things he had in mind : — ( 1 ) That they could not give back the expropriated properties … but they could pay for them in trade . |
| 8 | True , there were some things he did n't like about the Khedive 's regime , the patronage , the corruption , the inefficiency . |
| 9 | Maria jeered caustically , driven partly by masochism but also by a need to lash out as she realised that in addition to all the other contemptible things he believed of her , he was now also convinced that she was a liar . |
| 10 | No one could believe that Everett Maltby had done the appalling things he had done . |
| 11 | But to show him another prodigy equally astonishing , let him examine the most delicate things he knows … |
| 12 | He sensed that his father had moved away and guessed what he must be doing : fortifying the boards with the heaviest things he could drag : the sack of provisions , the bench-boards , the high chair itself . |
| 13 | He tells us that there are three things he does not think acupuncture can cure : existential Angst , low self-esteem and love sickness . |
| 14 | and done the brief things he could do |
| 15 | These things he barely understood , and lacking anybody to talk to , it was at lunchtime sitting before an eagle whose name he did not know was Minch that he began to see his way towards them . |
| 16 | And he could believe that although Zoser might not have said these things he had actually felt them . |
| 17 | In his mind thinks of simply incredible things he would do to her , involving getting her on a couch and going into unrealistic positions without clothes , plus jerky movements . |
| 18 | Leaving Alexandra at her door , unkissed , untouched , was one of the hardest things he had ever done , especially when what he had really wanted to do was to carry her into her bedroom — or his — and make love to her . |
| 19 | ‘ All the good things he does are not always appreciated by outsiders and he 'll captain the team at Leeds . |
| 20 | He left her then , smiling and bowing , carrying the plastic bags full of the good things he knew how to put his hands on . |
| 21 | ‘ I forced myself to write a chapter or two about the good things he did : getting rid of dead wood in the bureau ; eliminating corruption among his agents ; setting up a fingerprint system , an FBI laboratory that could serve as a technical resource for police forces all over the country . |
| 22 | This circumstance encourages me to hope that you may , if you have any opening for such a youth , be willing to take George , who is exceedingly desirous of obtaining the situation — or indeed any situation which through industry and a desire of improvement may hereafter insure a creditable independence ; but , above all things he seems to wish that it may be possible for you to take him into a situation similar to that which was offered to his Brother . |
| 23 | There was caviare and smoked salmon and cold chicken ( he buys them ready-cooked somewhere ) — all things he knows I like — and a dozen other things he knows I like , the cunning brute . |
| 24 | He remembered not only his father 's harshness , but that he had worked hard and struggled to give both children a good education , holidays abroad and a comfortable home , all things he 'd never had himself . |
| 25 | He had n't meant to say it , but it was the effect of the beer and the movement of the ship and her sophistication , all things he could n't cope with together , so he 'd taken her down to the bar and they 'd had a couple more drinks to restore his confidence before the boat docked . |
| 26 | Above all things he wanted to see McAllister 's bright and bubbling face , and she had been unwontedly shy and subdued this morning . |
| 27 | By then Cameron 's mind was rousing itself from shock , there were many things he wanted to say to James , but the moment they stepped down under the massive archway of the prison they were hustled in opposite directions . |
| 28 | There were many things he would have liked to have done but he needed this man , who , with a combination of chance and logic , could reach the truths which might affect the realm . |
| 29 | In those years he was working hard on his Bovary ( though not , perhaps , as hard as he liked to maintain ) and at the end of the day , since a physical release was too complicated for him and would contain too many things he could n't entirely command , he sought an intellectual release . |
| 30 | She 'll probably also tell us about Tony the Toddler putting domestos in the jelly , or whatever embarrassing things he did as a kid . |