Example sentences of "[Wh det] he [verb] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later that month , the Archbishop of Tuam delivered a sermon in which he came out against the mining . |
| 2 | For example a salesman may operate with his own briefcase computer unit which he plugs in to the telephone system when he wants to obtain or transfer information . |
| 3 | In Berkeley 's view , the mistaken doctrine of abstraction is also involved in the distinction between primary and secondary qualities , a distinction which he rejects along with the materialism it involves . |
| 4 | Vyshinsky made what Bevin described as ‘ an interminable speech ’ in which he quoted extensively from the agreements reached at Potsdam and stated that under the Potsdam terms the Council of Foreign Ministers and not the FEC was the relevant body for negotiating a peace treaty . |
| 5 | I fully agree with my noble and learned friend 's observation that the dictum in Morris has led to confusion and complication where those in de facto control have been charged with theft from a company and I , too , consider , on the basis ( which he assumes only for the sake of argument ) that the Morris dictum is correct , that it would be wrong , when a person who by virtue of his position in the company constitutes ‘ the directing mind and will of the company ’ is accused of stealing from the company , to acquit that person on the ground that , in his capacity as the company , he has consented to the taking ( by himself ) of the company 's property , with the result that no appropriation , and therefore no theft , has occurred . |
| 6 | He dwelt on the " great historic victory " of 1989 , which he summed up as the " three great victories " : suppression of the counter-revolutionary riot in June , rectification of economic order , and " a new favourable turn on the ideological and political front " . |
| 7 | Nero constructed his Imperial Villa — the famous ‘ golden house ’ — which he began soon after the great fire of the city in A.D. 64 . |
| 8 | Devlin rammed the muzzle of the Walther into his neck and reached inside Berger 's coat , removing the Mauser which he tossed on to the bar . |
| 9 | Then he strolled to the end of the byre and returned with a forkful of hay which he tossed expertly into the rack . |
| 10 | She was shuddering in distaste when Travis came in carrying an armful of kindling , which he tossed down by the fire . |
| 11 | Edward did not create it from nothing , but he founded a new town — King 's Town — on the old site , which he manipulated especially on the western side . |
| 12 | The principle of identity in Hinduism , Tillich maintains , finds expression in the prohibition of the killing of animals , which he relates also to the belief that in order to fulfil his karma a man may find himself reincarnated in animal form . |
| 13 | Etchings were sent to a printer to make some impressions and someone surreptitiously made copies which he passed on to the defendant who intended to display them in an exhibition which the public could attend on payment of an admission charge . |
| 14 | Drawing on a Stoic concept of seeds , which he applied even to the origin of Adam and Eve , he had a sense of natural order that could hardly be considered hostile to further inquiry . |
| 15 | In a recent paper , Halilsoy ( 1988 b ) has considered a technique which he applied initially in the context of colliding shock electromagnetic waves ( Halilsoy , 1988 a ) . |
| 16 | He played soccer for Middlesbrough in the immediate post-war years and , in 1950 , moved to Portsmouth where he played professionally until 1958 , after which he drifted away from the club never to contact Portsmouth again ( W. J. B. Davis , Portsmouth FC Secretary , personal communication , 1979 ) . |
| 17 | Yesterday , he said he ‘ forgot ’ about the trip which he made shortly after the break-up of his second marriage to Dr Who actress Janet Fielding . |
| 18 | Super Mario exists on a sole diet of mushrooms , which he gobbles up during the game , but Mario 's favourite food is pasta . |
| 19 | His hair was reddish below the hood , which he swept back despite the freezing of ice on his lashes and brows . |
| 20 | The minute it 's taken , though , Hall is off into the VIP trailer from which he walks straight onto the set . |
| 21 | Well known aerobatic pilot , Jim Franklin , as purchased two of the Iskras for use in his airshow act , which he performs all over the USA . |
| 22 | He shrugs off his legacy of injuries — a fractured bone in his back , ripped Achilles tendons , the deep bruise on his face which he picked up on the way to winning a bronze medal in Poland . |
| 23 | He hopped in and unzipped the rucksack , taking out only the scope which he pointed back towards the lakeside . |
| 24 | This was to be the visit on which he linked up with The New York Dolls . |
| 25 | This is because as and when the trust repayed the loan which the settlor had guaranteed the settlor would benefit from being released from his guarantee obligations which he gave bounteously in the first place . |
| 26 | In addition to being an executive director of Mirror Group Newspapers , Mr. Haines cringingly wrote the authorised biography of the late Robert Maxwell , in which he threw out of the window what little journalistic integrity he ever had . |
| 27 | I think I 'll have a beer tonight Knock , give the jake a rest , ’ said Yanto ‘ Suit yourself , ’ Knocker replied , and drew off a pint of bitter , which he held up to the light . |
| 28 | He had a grey hat which he held tightly by the brim with both hands . |
| 29 | — This trend to professional academic specialization is confirmed by G. B. Harrison , writing in 1940 on the Review 's first fifteen years : " It will hardly be denied by anyone who looks through the files of the Review that the earlier numbers were more interesting than the later " , which he put down to the " increasing specialization in English , as in all forms of study " . |
| 30 | Carole had said that the style of warden could really make a difference , and I was relieved to see that Aj was far too easy-going to be a slave-driver ; a non-conformist , his regulation chocolate-brown corduroy trousers were bleached white , a phenomenon which he put down to the use of Ariel automatic . |