Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What did Higueras spot in Michael Chang which caused him to envisage Chang in stellar performances on French clay ? |
| 2 | In the first case the creditor has obtained a grant from the praetor entitling him to take possession of certain property of the debtor in order to secure his loan . |
| 3 | The party will want him to resolve concern about high interest rates and mortgages , the weaker pound and higher inflation . |
| 4 | His classical and monarchist position led him to couple admiration for urbane , urban eighteenth-century verse with more general wishes for social order , helping to develop his interest in the ideas of Maurras . |
| 5 | The sum changed hands , but underneath the table because it embarrassed him to receive money in public . |
| 6 | The Caucasus alone would have been enough to incline him to seek peace in external relations . |
| 7 | He left because he had decided that his conscience could not allow him to take part in military action arising from the Gulf crisis . |
| 8 | Not only did he write music for various Masonic ceremonies ( such as the Maurerische Trauermusik ( Masonic Funeral Music ) , K.477 , for the memorial service of two fellow-Masons ; but , as we shall see , he actually wrote a ‘ Masonic ’ opera that was riddled with the arcane symbolism of the craft — an incredibly daring act for the member of a society dedicated to absolute secrecy to do ( all its members had to swear an oath to ‘ hear and conceal ’ on pain of having their throats cut or their tongues pulled out ) . |
| 9 | But he plays that well every , cos every time I see him play he plays hell of bloody suit ! |
| 10 | She wanted him to have contact with other Irish kids and families , as a sort of bulwark against the swamp of English culture . |