Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The meaning of ‘ volley ’ here is : when a ball comes to the player and he hits it first time at the goal before it touches the ground . |
| 2 | His hair was a little white in places and he found it difficult talking to people . |
| 3 | ‘ And he wants it that way . |
| 4 | Matisse comes at the end of a tradition of Renaissance illusionism and volumetric painting which is irrevocably shifting into something different and he wants it both ways , just as Giotto wanted it both ways . |
| 5 | Sir Michael , now 88 , adds that the performance is very appropriate and he wishes it great success . |
| 6 | Marion had worried that , if he consumed it that afternoon , his performance would suffer that evening . |
| 7 | May be better if he does it this afternoon pal |
| 8 | But he made it clear Britain would fight its corner . |
| 9 | I do n't think it was just because he made it back-to-back wins , either . |
| 10 | He must have liked the sound it made because he gave it another couple for luck ; my courage rising , too , I gave it two more . |
| 11 | Since he put it that way , like a parlour game , intended to keep him from dying of boredom in her company , which was more the effect she was used to having on men , she considered . |
| 12 | Police have located the owner of a van with the same number plates , who described the builders ' logo on the vehicle when he sold it several months ago . |
| 13 | Here , as he put it many years later , he made the |
| 14 | ‘ Just another five minutes , ’ Nick begged , not taking his eyes from the ball as he whacked it half way down the table . |