Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] he [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To know that he knew the truth at last . |
| 2 | The other members began to find that he gave the faculty coherence and a sense of purpose . |
| 3 | If peace was not obtainable on these terms , then of course he wanted victory , and he wanted to know before he started the battle that he could be certain of gaining it . |
| 4 | He was just cursing the child lock which his sweating , trembling hands were unable to work when he noticed the girl jockey walking towards his car . |
| 5 | He refused to comment as he left the court . |
| 6 | A stony-faced Ablett refused to comment as he left the ground . |
| 7 | Manville grinned , pleased to see that he had the man rattled . |
| 8 | For a second I thought he was going to hit me , but then he reached into his jacket pocket and brought out a wallet that he unfolded and thrust towards me , giving me just enough time to see that he held the rank of chief inspector , one of the highest ranks in the Bahamian police force , then the wallet was snapped shut and Deacon Billingsley moved to stand very close to me , so close that I could smell the cigar smoke on his breath . |
| 9 | ‘ It is disappointing to see that he heeded the whisky lobby but not the wine merchants who must be very disappointed with the rise , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Printed on the back of the letter there will be forms enabling the allottee to renounce , and the person to whom they are ultimately renounced to confirm that he accepts the renunciation and agrees to be entered on the register . |
| 11 | My brother prior has himself testified to her powers of grace , and says plainly that no man has been found to own that he carried the reliquary . |
| 12 | Petion had to duck as he preceded the Doctor into an adobe-style blockhouse , which was refreshingly cool inside . |
| 13 | They waited for him to elaborate as he unbuttoned the side pocket of his tunic and took out his cigarettes . |
| 14 | He took out an endowment policy ten years ago to mature when he reached the age of sixty . ’ |
| 15 | A British citizen with a valid passport does not need a visa to visit the U.S. for up to 90 days for holiday or business or to transit if he enters the country on an air carrier that has agreed to participate in the no-visa program . |
| 16 | ‘ Apart from the boring bits , like opening up , checking the vaults and so on , ’ she mused , holding her breath to see if he took the bait . |
| 17 | Meanwhile we , and God too , must wait to see if he passes the test or not . |
| 18 | Ten yards to go and he heard the driver of the Discovery accelerate away from the roadblock . |
| 19 | He can already foresee the day when sales begin to fall and he wants the group to readjust their stringent stance , mainly for their own survival . |
| 20 | Taskopruzade does not mention any successor to Tursun Fakih , nor does he seem to describe the activities of any other scholar of the relevant period in such a way as to suggest that he held the office of Mufti . |
| 21 | So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik . |
| 22 | It was said loud enough for Therese to hear and he had the satisfaction of seeing a slight flush creep over her face . |
| 23 | But Hendry had more reasons to smile as he reached the mid-session interval with a vital 3-1 advantage . |
| 24 | There was nothing to spare unless he used the rupee that he had been given for his own food . |
| 25 | He is right to insist that he rejects the material world of philosophers , such as Descartes and Malebranche , a world that is only indirectly perceived r=itvia our ideas . |
| 26 | In 1894 he went to Oxford University as a non-collegiate student but ill health caused him to leave and he spent the year 1895 acting as tutor to an English family in Odessa . |
| 27 | There is a story that a Hertfordshire man , George Allen , who made the metal rings for McAdam , asked him what a stone-breaker was to do if he lost the ring . |
| 28 | He could not say what he intended to do if he found the girl . |
| 29 | In the end that is the same thing as Andrew Murray has been attempting to do since he joined the Tour in 1979 . |
| 30 | But contempt had returned with a vengeance , erasing everything else the moment he realised she did n't know what to do when he changed the boat 's direction . |