Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] he [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sulzberger thinks he has the answer . |
| 2 | Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says he regrets the demise of the Soviet Union but says it would be impossible to bring back . |
| 3 | G. says he thinks the man is lying , that the vat went over not by accident but because the ice cream was not up to standard and pouring it away was the most convenient way of getting rid of it . |
| 4 | On his first attempt to start he pumped the accelerator too hard and almost flooded out . |
| 5 | Jinkwa thought he saw the parasite raise its weapon in a puny gesture of defiance . |
| 6 | Coun Bolland feels he needs the practice . |
| 7 | Livingstone said he had been at home at the time of the trouble while Hardy said he watched the disturbance , although he did not throw anything . |
| 8 | But unless the defendant admits he knew the report to be false the prosecution will have to rely on circumstantial evidence . |
| 9 | Sir Edward said he considered the association helpful to Headley Down residents in that it acted as a safety valve in times of crisis . |
| 10 | ‘ The name Arghuri is derived from two Armenian words signifying he planted the vine . |
| 11 | Ken said he saw the play in the way he saw all comedy ‘ like a ball being thrown from one place to another ’ . |
| 12 | Even two years later , at the 1980 Annual General Meeting , the President said he felt the Constitution to be ‘ ideal for its needs ’ . |
| 13 | PC Dale Cowey said he examined the vehicle which had no defects other than those caused by the collision . |
| 14 | Mr Beregovoy says he accepted the money from his ‘ friend ’ , Roger-Patrice Pelat , in September 1986 in order to help to buy a modest , 100 square yard flat for himself in the fashionable 16th Arrondissement of Paris , costing 2.5 million francs . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , reports The Daily Telegraph , Dr David Wynne Evans a Welsh GP says he has the solution to the agonising pain of the Weaver 's sting — forget morphine and pethidine and instead apply very hot water . |
| 16 | Mr Holmes says he reported the matter to the ferry company , and they told him the air conditioning was n't working . |
| 17 | But Mr Blair says he suspects the caller was a unionist attempting to ‘ stir things up ’ . |
| 18 | David Perry says he wants the Nuffield to provide good value service of a high quality , he 's particularly keen it continues to help the County 's Accident Service , but he has no doubt the Authority will continue to use it . |
| 19 | Land expert at the Trust , Simon Potts says he welcomes the call for farmers to sell land at near agricultural prices , but admits there 's not much to be built , not much in it for the landowners themselves . |
| 20 | The natives insisted he burn the book or they would attack him . |
| 21 | Mr Keane said he heard the voice of a man with a European accent ‘ saying something about gas and that we should get out of our cabins ’ . |
| 22 | Wickham wished he knew the truth about the story Sniffy Wilson had brought out of Gorstone , but that would take time , if not prove impossible , to check ; and anyway , a plot plotted was very far from a murder carried out . |
| 23 | Sharpe hoped he spoke the truth . |
| 24 | One diplomat said he saw the referendum , proposed by an important ally of President Corazon Aquino , as ‘ a way to manoeuvre around the Senate block , to isolate the Senate as an elite that is unresponsive to public opinion ’ . |
| 25 | Mr Khasbulatov said he preferred the idea of early , simultaneous elections for president and parliament instead of Mr Yeltsin 's referendum . |
| 26 | But one inventor thinks he has the answer — a building material made of straw that can withstand very high temperatures . |
| 27 | That 's right , its a job Has he got the flight out there and everything , they pay for it ? |
| 28 | But Richard Wilson says he regrets the fact that units like the Ritchie Russell have to find money from outside the NHS . |
| 29 | Her old tutor is horrified , but her husband says he supports the hunger strike -- even if it claims her life . |
| 30 | He used to be a professional sailor before an accident meant he lost the use of his legs , but he 's still able to pursue the sport he loves . |