Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] he [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Even has a secret little den where he takes the other members of his gang .
2 Louis then swore in the lingua romana , so that Charles 's men would understand him : For the love of God and for the Christian people and for our common salvation , from this day henceforth , as far as God grants that I know and can , I shall so help this my brother Charles with my aid and in all things , as every man ought in right to help his brother , on condition that he does the like for me .
3 Krimsky was well placed to observe key individuals and groups in action and he tells the local story vividly .
4 Hughes had reached the part of his act where he introduces the odd joke about the Sinn Fein , the political wing of the IRA .
5 It is one of the many strengths of Coetzee 's work that he recognizes the disruptive potential of the new organizations , but he concludes that ultimately they were of benefit to the Conservatives .
6 And it is in the privacy of his home that he demonstrates the ultimate love for his partner .
7 Huntington 's argument goes a long way to making clear the disappointment a reader experiences if he approaches the Wellsian SF novels in chronological order .
8 See diversion sign and ask B if he knows the best way around it .
9 Wright has such talent that he can become a much more exciting player than Lineker because he has the added bonus of being able to play with the ball as well as without it .
10 Aidan Macfarlane , however , reflects much sociological work when he mentions the complex motivations that lead to young people 's behaviour .
11 ‘ Mickey has played at the highest level and he gets the same thing out of the game as he has always done .
12 When Absolon brands Nicholas with the hot coulter there is an unmistakable innuendo that he disgraces the rampant Nicholas , who has replaced Alison at the window , with a homosexual assault .
13 It is when the Great Detective makes a jump out of such ideas that he solves the baffling mystery , that he sees , to quote a famous example from Poe , that the best place to hide a letter is in a letter-rack .
14 But our judge might be able to guarantee this by making plain that he intends the new rule to govern all future cases , and that the exception for Elmer was made possible only by the fact that no judge had laid down a similar rule before Elmer committed his crime .
15 A hundred yards further on , he turns down Coney Lane , passes Shopfix , Atkinson Insulation , Bitomark , then runs alongside the railings that fence the Pringle site until he reaches the main entrance .
16 As the bemused straight man , however , Broderick does his usual competent job and he handles the sentimental scenes showing the growing father-son relationship between Kellog and Sabatini with real skill .
17 John Carwelti argues that certain types of formula-stories , ‘ Adventure , Mystery and Romance ’ , must be judged by their own standards and conventions and he deplores the literary assumption that this type of writing is ‘ subliterature ’ .
18 Roger Roberts is planning the extra service by adding kennels to the side of CJ 's restaurant building , and offering dinner to the guests while he pampers the human customers .
19 To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the higher standards of residual stability recommended by the steering committee of the roll on/roll off ferry safety research programme to be applied to all roll on/roll off ferries using British ports .
20 Some critics have interpreted this as evidence that he finds the human body disgusting , but the opposite is true .
21 A blind man lacks the ideas of colour because he lacks the requisite experience , and a man ‘ deprived of every sense … would have no idea of a single thing ’ .
22 The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer .
23 Generally , a person organises a procession or an assembly when he makes the necessary arrangements for the conduct of the event by initiating it , planning the route or location , or assists in doing so .
24 In searching for question 7 for example , the examiner must open the book fully at each page until he spots the small number 7 almost tucked into the binding .
25 A newly appointed bishop joins the end of the queue and works his way up by attrition until he reaches the favoured band .
26 it would be sacrilege if he gets the vacant No 4 shirt , they may not be allowed to do that anyway .
27 He 's a good listener , who learns very quickly , brings others into the game and he links the whole team together .
28 It 's an introduction cos this is given to a member of staff and he says the first the question is can develop and train all staff .
29 The Wells Report went further , in its consciousness of the need to raise and maintain academic standards , stating that : ‘ No person shall be eligible to become a chartered surveyor unless he possesses the necessary academic qualifications and has acquired a practical knowledge of surveying … .
30 Gamble advances the same argument when he identifies the Conservative challenge to the social democratic concept of citizenship as an attempt to block the extension of equal civil , political and social rights to all citizens .
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