Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has he asked indeed the tenants who have not already bought their home if they would be interested in the Government 's Rent to Buy housing scheme ? |
| 2 | Has he watered down the stock ? |
| 3 | For his part the comedian says he understands why the man was so upset , though not his racism . |
| 4 | He says he found out the calves ' tongues were grey and pink . |
| 5 | The county 's chief constable , who heads a national committee on crime , says he has n't the resources to cope . |
| 6 | ‘ He says he has n't the time to do a good job . |
| 7 | It was suspected he serviced both the master and the mistress in their chambers . |
| 8 | but then on the erm , Saturday , and the , that 's , and then on I say then on the bloody Friday night what happened he fell out the bed I phoned |
| 9 | Every time we meet he brings up the subject , and Dawn says — ’ |
| 10 | It caught on the second try , and after a minute 's revving he switched off the ignition and let it die . |
| 11 | The jury heard he carried out the attack on a post graduate Russian student as she cycled home across Oxford 's Port Meadow last July . |
| 12 | A few minutes after restarting he picked up the autobahn to Salzburg . |
| 13 | The ideas were always Durance 's , he always initiated the paintings and when his hands permitted he carried out the work , but as he had become increasingly crippled the execution had been left more and more to his protégée . |
| 14 | And when Gómez did not answer , he swung round on her and said , ‘ Does that mean he knows where the ship is ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ So … if the kitchen bag had just been changed and the photos were on the top outside , it can only mean he threw out the photos in the last couple of days . ’ |
| 16 | After she had gone he switched off the gramophone , drained his drink in a single gulp , then stooped to pick up the offending telegraph message . |
| 17 | He knew he had n't the nerve to face his mother 's wrath . |
| 18 | And he knew he had not the justification of genius . |
| 19 | When I told him I could not come he turned up the collar of his coat and walked away , looking at the pavement beside the unlit shop windows , hands deep in his pockets , and passed into the night going towards the Bridge of Three Eyes . |
| 20 | well I , apprehensive is the word really , but he , I think he came down the other , this week just for a day and spent back here and saw one or two people and I think he 's happier now |
| 21 | As for the Chancellor himself , Mr Parkinson said : ‘ I think he has both the backbone and the brains and the determination to see us through this difficulty . ’ |
| 22 | How much help did he give in the house ? |
| 23 | Merckx was known as ‘ the cannibal ’ , so often did he scoop up the prizes , even in minor events when he might have been expected to allow minor or local riders to have their day . |
| 24 | Did he smash up the statue himself ? |
| 25 | And thusly did he pump up the volume . |
| 26 | Did he know exactly the kind of dilemma she found herself in ? |
| 27 | The offender held his pistol to the head of a customer who was being served and demanded that the assistants filled two bags with cash ; when one of them hesitated he pulled back the breech of the gun and threatened to shoot the customer . |
| 28 | Well — Lorne had almost got his Business degree , for just a week before graduating he accepted instead the position of assistant to Bob Cundy , an independent ethnographer who virtually single-handedly cranked out hair-raising adventure films , shot in all parts of the world , at a time when it was still feasible to make a living out of them . |
| 29 | Mr Power ca n't have done because now and then when rebellion stirred during overlong film repairs he rushed down the aisle cracking a whip . |
| 30 | He confesses he has n't the face to make enquiries about methods and means of contraception , even in the most indirect way . |