Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Count Philip of Flanders suspected that his wife had committed adultery with Gautier de Fontaines he had the young man killed by hanging him upside down in a cess-pit . |
| 2 | Laughing he tossed the hot nut , and Emilia , squealing , caught it in gloved hands . |
| 3 | ‘ I expect he timed the whole thing with a stopwatch , ’ said Greg . |
| 4 | Yeah , is he coming back or has he gone the other side of the pond ? |
| 5 | I said , ‘ Has he joined the true cause ? |
| 6 | Has he made the right choices , and can he suggest the current direction of American art with just these three candidates ? |
| 7 | Has he seen the excellent Glasgow Evening Times article of 20 November which highlights that serious problem in Scotland ? |
| 8 | ‘ What , boy , and has he taken the very bed from under you — the very pillow from under your head ? ’ |
| 9 | That 's more like it , but why has he bypassed the usual channels ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And has he married the young milkmaid , as he promised ? ’ |
| 11 | Yeah , but has he got the actual copier . |
| 12 | , who had felt perfectly well , was astonished to discover he had the early stages of tuberculosis . |
| 13 | That 's what you want he said the thick stuff . |
| 14 | A solicitor says that , technically , he DID act outside the law , but police say he did the right thing . |
| 15 | Never leaving us to feel that he has short-changed us , each observation complete in itself , as if it has been roundly considered before utterance , he manages to accommodate the following items of interest in that eighteen hundred words : a comparison between Hebridean manners of burial and Roman funeral rites ; the weather ( repeatedly ) ; the literacy of the Hebrideans ; how travellers are accommodated , there being no hotel system ; diet — wild-fowl , fish , venison , beef , mutton , goat , poultry , bread ; whisky for breakfast ( the morning dram , known as a ‘ skalk ’ ) ; the availability of tea , coffee , marmalade and other preserves , honey and cheese ; trading practices — wine from the French in exchange for wool ; culinary variety , short on vegetables other than potatoes , not good on custards ; napery , crockery and cutlery ; the abating fervour of the clans in the wake of Culloden ; and he believed he saw the slow rise of prosperity under the ‘ unpleasing consequences of subjection , . |
| 16 | As a result of the meeting Devi Lal apparently believed he had the Prime Minister 's approval to reinstate his son , although Singh subsequently denied that he had given his approval to such a move . |
| 17 | Mr Maginess added he believed the only answer was to tighten security measures and provide a stable political situation where problems could be solved . |
| 18 | But Mr Raisin says he doubts the Labour Party 's criticism that the budget itself is too small . |
| 19 | He says he understood the new model was to be portable , and to be used by surrounding hospitals — and says he feels fundraisers have been misled . |
| 20 | But , East Antrim MP Roy Beggs , says he believes the Irish Government do not want to investigate because the case could embarrass senior political figures . |
| 21 | He says he joined the Labour Party in 1977 , seven years after he began work with the forerunner to the present local authority . |
| 22 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 23 | If my list of cons against Alfieri seems great , it does not mean I dislike everything he does for as I 've said he plays the important role of introduction and conclusion which I like especially and count as a clever idea on the part of Miller . |
| 24 | And now Benn can claim he has the senior crown as the WBC title is regarded as more prestigious than the WBO version held by Eubank . |
| 25 | Three independent sources confirmed he gave the positive test , it added . |
| 26 | The senator paused to light his first Havana of the day and as he got it going he studied the matted vegetation of the riverbank through its smoke . |
| 27 | Lamb claimed he spotted the Pakistani bowlers behaving illegally and brought it to the attention of umpires John Hampshire and Ken Palmer . |
| 28 | And just a week before the Council opened he warned the papal curia that it must not be an obstacle in the way of reform . |
| 29 | When of course you can see he wants the whole thing hushed up . |
| 30 | And 47-year-old Peter , who models himself on rock legend Elvis Presley , reckons he has the perfect record to make him into an all-round star — Bhingi Bajee Boogy . |