Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If permission to develop land is refused or granted subject to conditions , whether by the local planning authority or by the Secretary of State for the Environment , and the owner of the land claims that the land has become incapable of reasonably beneficial use in its existing state and can not be rendered capable of reasonably beneficial use by the carrying out of any development which has been or would be permitted he may serve on the Council , a purchase notice requiring the Council to purchase his interest in the land in accordance with the provisions of Part IX of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 . |
| 2 | ‘ And I did n't know he 'd come to the hotel to find you ! |
| 3 | To the left , he could only at first see his own garden , his tennis court , the old wall that screened his vegetables — to eat what one has grown , actually to eat that ! — but then , across a low hedge and a fence that needed repair , he found he could see into the garden of the new Rectory , whose impersonal little back windows faced the same way as his own . |
| 4 | Is the Secretary of State required to tell the prisoner what period the judiciary have recommended he should serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence ? 5 . |
| 5 | He walks about at night , and people say he can see in the dark . ’ |
| 6 | She thought his resignation was ‘ inevitable ’ but believed he could return to the Government later . |
| 7 | ‘ He says he 'll listen to the tape tomorrow . ’ |
| 8 | Inconsistency is when the wandering operations director says he 'll look into the air-conditioning problem and then does nothing about it . |
| 9 | But Richard Ingham , managing director of Beacham Peplow Noakes Advertising says he would opt for a more down-to-earth approach . |
| 10 | He arranged bridging-loans and a mortgage to make up the price of the tall house with the basement into which she had decided he should move as a lodger , abandoning his awful little bed-sit in Chepstow Road . |
| 11 | Just as they appeared to be succeeding , former Mayor Dudley Aldridge has hinted he might stand as an indepedent Tory against Mr Taylor . |
| 12 | ‘ Where I hope he will reflect on the unwisdom of employing his charm and duplicity on a woman as sharp as I. ’ |
| 13 | the sky was high , the air so clear that he imagined he could see to the ends of the earth . |
| 14 | Mr Ridley should have said he would learn from the failure of a consumer and credit-based boom , end the exclusive reliance on interest rates that so damaged the industries he was supposed to represent . |
| 15 | The farmer has said he 'll appeal against the sentence . |
| 16 | Speakers told the jokes on Friday at a dinner honouring a former Virginia representative , Stan Parris , who has said he may campaign for a congressional seat next year , the Washington Post reported yesterday . |
| 17 | But Mr Kravchuk seems unlikely to choose this course , and Mr Kuchma has said he will bow to the will of his president . |
| 18 | Shop steward 's chairman who was one of a delegation of six who later had a meeting with Minister for Energy Tim Eggar , said : ‘ We were encouraged by the promises of support we got from the MPs and the Minister has said he will look at the pension scheme position . ’ |
| 19 | Who would have thought he could turn into a hero — leading his partisans against the Germans . |
| 20 | He had thought he could look at a picture of Wyvis Hall , a photograph he had taken himself with a cheap camera Zosie had stolen , with equanimity and even a rueful amusement , but it appeared he could not . |
| 21 | Sadly Mr McLean , who had always promised he would retire with a final Conservative win after his successful opening in 1951 , was to be proved wrong . |
| 22 | On his international debut the sweeper Simon looked the genuine article , while the central defender Monzon showed he can compensate for a lack of height with good positioning and excellent timing . |
| 23 | He has 14 days to appeal but has already been told he must appear before the FA Commission . |
| 24 | He claimed Mr Marland had agreed he should look after the site and demanded money . |
| 25 | He claimed Mr Marland had agreed he should look after the site and demanded money . |
| 26 | Must have seen his name in the paper and reckoned he 'd pay over the odds to get it back today . ’ |
| 27 | Sees us clearly and reckons he 'll come to a stop more or less alongside . |
| 28 | I know he could walk in the next lesson and things would be perfectly OK . |
| 29 | You know he used to see to a lot of our meals , and see that we were away to school and such-like . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Spot of bother ? ’ he enquired jauntily as Tweed indicated he should sit in the chair beside his desk . |