Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished that one of the journalists who 'd interviewed him had expressed the substance of his life and work in such up-market , romantic terms . |
| 2 | The suit also alleges Crue members Nikki Sixx , Tommy Lee and Mick Mars libelled Neil by announcing he had left the band . |
| 3 | The business of the Council was soon dealt with and merged into general feasting when the King surprised everyone by announcing he intended to join the Queen at Kinghorn . |
| 4 | I think that 's a silly decision by Vic but I expect he 's got the unions on his back . |
| 5 | That fire man has he came to do the gas fire yet then ? |
| 6 | Never before has he dared to question the sensornet or insult another officer so openly . ’ |
| 7 | JINXED astronaut Franco Malerba flew home to Genoa yesterday — to find he had lost the suitcase containing the Italian flag he had taken into space . |
| 8 | His scam was discovered when a club manager rang the boy 's company Sky As A Kite and found he had dialled the head of sixth form at the prestigious Leeds Grammar School , West Yorks . |
| 9 | ‘ Steve ! ’ she cried in amazement as he let himself into the apartment , grinning all over his silly face as if he 'd just popped out for a paper that morning and found he 'd won the state lottery . |
| 10 | Perkin with brotherly bossiness told him to stop kicking the table leg and Gareth uncharacteristically sulked . |
| 11 | Cornford 's individualism caused him to refuse to join the Officer Training Corps . |
| 12 | Commander Abigail was not a heavy drinker , but after his gloomy morning walk he had felt the need of consolation and had found it in the Disraeli Lounge of the Queen Victoria Hotel . |
| 13 | Nigel says he deserves to win the world title . |
| 14 | He says he offered to buy the house for more than it 's worth , but the Maskells were n't interested . |
| 15 | Mr Harris says he hopes to leave the hospice later this month . |
| 16 | ‘ He says he 'd won the right to kill . ’ |
| 17 | Although Bob Hawke says he intends to lead the Labor Party into the next general election , due by 1993 , the toppling of Margaret Thatcher has shown that even the mightiest are vulnerable . |
| 18 | The engineer says he wants to drain the oil out of the catchment tank as there 's no point in doing anything as costly as G. 's suggestion to begin with . |
| 19 | And he says he wants to reinforce the Community 's ‘ military and political cohesion ’ . |
| 20 | A snake breeder says he wants to improve the reptiles image . |
| 21 | He says he wants to end the waste of young talent . |
| 22 | Ian Frank , leading light of the Lazenby action group Neon , says he wants to study the Newcastle survey , particularly as one of its authors , Dr Peter Phillimore , wrote a previous report on the Grangetown situation . |
| 23 | Dad says he did shut the door — ’ |
| 24 | Henry says he 's lost the belts but not what they stand for . |
| 25 | Nigel says he 's had the world championship snatched away from him and even Nigel Mansell believes he deserves one world championship … |
| 26 | The 85-year-old , who will be at tonight 's concert , says he has heard the music a number of times . |
| 27 | Mr Alton says he has toured the centre , where trials are underway on a system to minimise the risk of a outbreak of the disease . |
| 28 | Sacha says he has put the traumas in his life firmly in the past . |
| 29 | Mr Goodson , of the university 's electronic engineering department , says he has offered the equipment free of charge . |
| 30 | and er he he used to ring the bell and he used to clean he had to clean the church and all the rest of it you know . |