Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] 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 | Hughes had reached the part of his act where he introduces the odd joke about the Sinn Fein , the political wing of the IRA . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | See diversion sign and ask B if he knows the best way around it . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Aidan Macfarlane , however , reflects much sociological work when he mentions the complex motivations that lead to young people 's behaviour . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | The right hon. Gentleman should get out of the habit of writing his supplementary questions before he hears the first answer . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A newly appointed bishop joins the end of the queue and works his way up by attrition until he reaches the favoured band . |
| 15 | it would be sacrilege if he gets the vacant No 4 shirt , they may not be allowed to do that anyway . |
| 16 | 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 … . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | COMEDIAN Ken Dodd will put a smile on the faces of patients and staff when he visits the Royal Liverpool University Hospital next Wednesday to open the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service tea bar , which has undergone a £40,000 facelift . |
| 19 | FLY tying has become an absorbing hobby for Jim Lister as he puts the finishing touches to another specimen during his lunch break in the BMK canteen . |
| 20 | Luke Steer keeps a wary eye on the fulmars as he negotiates the finishing ledges ( photos ) |
| 21 | Then , as she began to think about it , her anger rose , asserting itself to an even greater degree and causing her to almost hiss at him , ‘ Tell me this — what sort of a hypocrite kisses a woman when he dislikes the entire sex ? ’ |
| 22 | His three heads represent the past , present and future ; his spittle poisons and burns the earth ; he has a mane of snakes and a serpent 's tail ; his eyes are watchful and his ears are constantly pricked , listening for newcomers as he admits the dead and devours the still-living . |
| 23 | Neuhaus 's art is dematerialised , consisting of sounds and vibrations , which will pervade the visitor as he surveys the other exhibition buildings from the top of the stairs . |
| 24 | One could go on and pick many other scriptures , you know in the erm the New Testament not only were there those three questions that we mentioned earlier on about salvation , but there are three unanswered questions in the New Testament in Mark chapter eight , Jesus asked that question of which there is no answer , for what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and looses his sole or what shall a man or a woman give in exchange for their soul , Jesus did n't try and answer , there is no answer to that question , then again in , in Hebrews chapter three , er chapter two and verse three there is an unanswered question , how shall we escape if we neglect so greater salvation , and finally one other the apostle Peter , he asked the question in , in chapter fo , first apostle in chapter four and verse seven seventeen for it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God and if judgment begins with us first , what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God |
| 25 | Even if the Tories lose their overall majority , Mr Major is almost certain to seek to form a minority Government if he has the largest number of seats . |
| 26 | Campbell quits FOOTBALL : Former Chelsea boss Bobby Campbell has resigned as personal assistant to chairman Ken Bates because he misses the day-to-day involvement with players . |
| 27 | Possessed by the movie camera with which his sadistic father tortured him in childhood ‘ Tome ’ skewers his girlfriend with a stiletto tripod leg while he films the grim business . |
| 28 | As a demob-happy Member of the House , may I ask the Secretary of State whether he realises the absolute shambles that he has made of Territorial Army recruitment ? |
| 29 | THERE ARE MOMENTS in a man 's life when he feels the gentle brush of destiny 's hand on his shoulder . |
| 30 | LIKE any good revivalist , Kevin Keegan is confidently spreading the good word as he faces the final leg of his salvation mission at St James 's Park . |