Example sentences of "[conj] [vb mod] [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so , resentfully , he learned concepts that could stand him in good stead . |
| 2 | Yes , to give him the chance to find the right one , the one that would stir him in such a way that he felt he could n't do without her . |
| 3 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 4 | Now Vic has reached the last traffic lights before the system of tunnels and flyovers that will conduct him without further interruption through the centre of the city . |
| 5 | And while Clough misses out again , it is understood that Blanc has a contract that will take him to French drama club Marseille in the summer . |
| 6 | it 's only a chosen few that can understand him at that speed . |
| 7 | The youth may want to buy a motor bike , but his mother wants him to purchase an old car because she thinks bikes are dangerous and will get him into bad company . |