Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green . |
| 2 | York , 54 , who guided Chrysler 's financial rebound , says he hopes to achieve a similar economic miracle at IBM , but that his decision to leave Chrysler was ‘ the toughest I 've made in my career . ’ |
| 3 | He says he wanted to become a professional singer so he would n't have to do a job he did n't like . |
| 4 | The next anyone heard from him was a post card from the south of France saying he wanted to start a fresh life . |
| 5 | The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction . |
| 6 | Did he plan to form a national government , or was it an expedient forced upon him by circumstances ? |
| 7 | As he spoke he began to take a backward step , and for an instant Gentle 's dizzied brain almost thought it possible the man would retreat into nothingness ; be proved spirit rather than substance . |
| 8 | He invented the morning press conference for the purpose of calling an afternoon press conference to say he expected to make a shattering announcement later in the day . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Just said he wanted to report a blue Fiat abandoned on the road to Cannara , near the scene of the murder . ’ |
| 10 | Why does he want to marry a white woman ? |
| 11 | DES WALKER knows he has to make a quick impression for his new club , Sampdoria . |