Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] he [vb -s] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He simply absents himself if he feels the programme to be wrong , and his self-discipline is unswerving about doing his homework , and knowing his own way forward . |
| 2 | The visiting General smiles to himself as he watches the patrol reacting to an imaginary enemy ambush . |
| 3 | Ignoring the edge of sarcasm audible in his reply , and making no attempt to conceal her scepticism , she asked instead , ‘ You really believe Svend will get in touch with you if he receives the message ? ’ |
| 4 | I 'll catch you when he hits the dirt . ’ |
| 5 | No , that is from the computer but he gave it to me because he uses the monitor . |
| 6 | ‘ Ask him if he understands the charge fully . ’ |
| 7 | You think the same thing could happen to him if he pursues the story ? ’ |
| 8 | The House of Lords has asked whether it is sex discrimination , contrary to Directive 76/207/EEC , to dismiss a female employee when she has been engaged for the specific purpose of replacing ( after training ) another female employee who is about to go on maternity leave and when the maternity leave replacement discovers very shortly after appointment that she too is pregnant and will need maternity leave and the employer dismisses her because he needs the job holder to be at work during that period . |
| 9 | And as to Spasov and being saved — ‘ Il me semble que tout le monde va à Spassof ’ — there is still some comic devillife in him as he quotes the Saviour against his bible-selling saviour because she is taking thought for the morrow , and as he turns the gospel on its head with ‘ Happiness does n't pay me because I start at once forgiving all my enemies . ’ |
| 10 | THE Scotland Under-21 team manager , Craig Brown , will try to use the ‘ granny dimension ’ now open to him as he addresses the problems of call-offs before tomorrow 's game with Malta at Tannadice , writes Hugh Keevins . |
| 11 | If he has n't said anything yet , we must catch him when he leaves the police station . ’ |
| 12 | His left leg is almost totally stiff , and he usually takes a stick with him when he leaves the house . |
| 13 | A third party coming into possession of confidential information is accordingly liable to be restrained from publishing it if he knows the information to be confidential and the circumstances are such as to impose on him an obligation in good conscience not to publish . |
| 14 | He teaches me one of his songs and I sing it while he plays the guitar . |
| 15 | If the French do not ratify these proposals as may appear likely now er how late can the minister leave it before he informs the people that they must fight the European elections on the old boundaries and not the new ? |
| 16 | Jesus uses it when he confronts the disciples after his resurrection : ‘ Why are you so perturbed ? ’ he asks . |
| 17 | This paraphrase is not entirely appropriate as a description of the meaning expressed however ; Jespersen ( 1940 : 280 ) does a better job of it when he characterizes the sense of see with the bare infinitive as that of " immediate perception " , and its sense with the to infinitive as that of " inference " . |
| 18 | ‘ What if he demands the advance back ? ’ |
| 19 | The Hearts manager is happy with the quality of players coming through the ranks , but will only blood them when he feels the moment is right . |
| 20 | I should like the Minister to tell us whether he believes the myth about privatising the coal industry . |
| 21 | He has not yet come off the fence and told us whether he supports the barrage project . |
| 22 | No doubt he will be reminded of us when he re-visits the Lake District ( one of his favourite haunts ) and it rains ! |