Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the place where he had almost bowled Anna over many months before and where he enjoyed riding the horse at breakneck speed , disregarding anyone else who might chance to be on the path . |
| 2 | The next day he appeared at the Uxbridge Magistrates ’ Court where he admitted having the drug in his possession . |
| 3 | He unfolded it carefully , took a stub of pencil from his ammunition pouch , and marked a cross where he had seen the enemy cavalry . |
| 4 | Where he had reached the summit , the cliff had disappeared : it had been excavated by explosions , it was a hole ten metres wide . |
| 5 | On his return from the United States , where he had attended the World Jewish Congress , Walesa announced on March 27 the formation of a 21-member council for Polish-Jewish relations . |
| 6 | It took some further persuasion to elicit exactly where he had spent the hours in Newcastle . |
| 7 | Dr Lyons said Moore should have been escorted the morning following the cemetery incident when he left the home of a colleague where he had spent the night . |
| 8 | Where he had torn the dress from her shoulders the gentle swell of one breast gave promise of the advent of rich womanhood and he longed to cup it in his hand so that its sweet warmth rested against his own flesh . |
| 9 | There was this rather famous instance where he had to scrub the floor while Pamela and I were having a long and involved discussion , but I was told that people could n't take their eyes off him . |
| 10 | The Cohen Committee admitted that these complaints were not altogether unfounded but all that has resulted is section 192 of the Act which invalidates provisions in trust deeds ( or elsewhere ) which purport to exempt a trustee from , or to indemnify him against , ‘ liability for breach of trust where he fails to show the degree of care and diligence required of him as a trustee having regard to the provisions of the trust deed conferring on him any powers , authorities or discretions . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Not in November , ’ Robert growled from the side table where he liked to carve the meat himself . |
| 12 | He said he had woken him up when they arrived at Linighan 's Harpenden home , where he refused to pay the £63 fare . |
| 13 | Does he also agree that , where he has extended the competence of the institutions of the European Community , we shall increasingly see , as we have seen in relation to Sunday trading and British Aerospace , the emergence of two forms of law — first , British law , which we encourage the population to obey and honour , and , secondly , European law , which we try to avoid — and thus we shall succeed in undermining the rule of law here ? |
| 14 | The conduct of the consumer may also be relevant where he has put the product to a use for which it was not intended . |
| 15 | We paused at his favourite green , the 6th/12th , where he bent to stroke the surface : ‘ Feel that , pure velvet ’ . |
| 16 | I followed him through to my room , where he bent to light the lamp . |
| 17 | Using three dimensional imaging , he told Robodoc exactly where he wanted to put the implant before starting the five-hour operation . |
| 18 | I know a very distinguished gentleman at Windsor who 's reaching a certain age where he wants to put the Aston Martin in his will in case there may be a family war over its inheritance . |
| 19 | The writer means that she or he has discussed the poem 's meaning , but the sentence literally says that the next stanza discusses the poem 's beginning ( an unintended meaning ) . |
| 20 | Erm next day it was still there although he 'd phoned the police . |
| 21 | Although he managed to beat the count , Wormald was in no position to defend himself and referee Dave Parris stopped the contest with 35 seconds remaining in the opening round . |
| 22 | But apart from hunting , he seems to have left the business of government to his earls , although he continued to enjoy the society of churchmen , especially of foreign churchmen , gave his heart to the building of Westminster Abbey , engaged in the royal works of mercy , stood meekly through divine office and mass , and — a special note of conscientiousness — ‘ at these times , unless he was addressed , he rarely spoke to anyone ’ . |
| 23 | President Eyadema , although he had supported the move to have the RPT 's assets unfrozen , declared on Oct. 23 that sanctions would be taken against those involved . |
| 24 | From about 1563 until his death in 1590 they were held by Charles Fox , although he had to share the Signet with John Dudley ; and in 1590 Fox was succeeded by Fulke Greville , who had already taken over Dudley 's share of the Signet and had acquired reversions to the Clerkship of the Council in 1577 and the Secretaryship in 1583 . |
| 25 | Although he had won the Derby , plenty of people were still convinced that he did not truly stay a mile and a half and that Piggott 's sensitive handling of him at Epsom , producing him at the very last moment , had masked this lack of stamina . |
| 26 | Well Romeo was although he wanted to keep the peace , he was a chicken so I had to stick up for him cos I don I do n't like people doing that to my friends . |
| 27 | Unlike Spurgeon , Parker was a keen and fairly radical Liberal although he did support the Boer War . |
| 28 | Richard Lambert , editor of the FT , says the decision to go for Labour was a collective one taken with senior colleagues , although he did write the article himself . |
| 29 | Although he refused to use the term " blockade " , Baker stated that the request had given US naval units the legal right to stop vessels carrying goods to and from Iraq . |
| 30 | Although he has travelled the world , Edinburgh and the family memories it evokes , are still profoundly important to Graeme Souness . |