Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] he [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In The Form of Living he charts the sacramental understanding at the heart of the Mass , as a whole way of life and perceived growth in consciousness ; his Meditations on the Passion engage with different stages of such growth and , indeed , are designed to act as catalysts for its progress . |
| 2 | Like Posidonius he stresses the internal factions and the strife of the Celts , and the volatile character of their decisions . |
| 3 | Arriving at an itinerant workers ’ hostel in LA he discovers the terrible truth about life when he happens upon a pair of magic sunglasses . |
| 4 | Flight lieutenant Fraser Boyd does n't like heights ; With that in mind he hopes the final adjustments he 's making in dock in Plymouth will render a return visits unnecessary while half way across the Atlantic . |
| 5 | While in Rouen he visits the Cimetière Monumental the year after Gustave 's father and sister were buried there , and approves its innovative policy of allowing families to buy freehold plots . |
| 6 | Taking each of his subject categories in turn he divides the total annual issues by the number of books in the category to achieve a nominal figure of the average number of issues per book . |
| 7 | Tim believes they are breaking new ground as antique dealers producing a fabric range , though in America he says the best decorators are also antique dealers , a trend which he predicts could grow here . |
| 8 | To Jon he says the odd thing about his haircut . |
| 9 | And on MONDAY he tackles the 23-mile stretch to Lytchett Minster , with Bournemouth beckoning . |
| 10 | On his return to London he makes the following comment on the period 8 to 14 November , presumably spent with Helen Noble : ‘ The holiest and best of pleasures . |
| 11 | Mr Janman has asked us to make it clear that , as he wrote in last Saturday 's Sun , he recognises that both crown servants and substantial investors in Britain have an existing right to come here and that though at present he advocates the strict exclusion of all others , he would cease to do so if the Chinese were to attempt ‘ a Tiananmen-style crackdown ’ in Hong Kong in 1997 . |