Example sentences of "he [verb] the kind " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't want to get on worse terms with his mother , from whom he hoped to get a loan for his holiday in Greece , nor did he want the kind of thing that might have happened , his mother phoning hospitals or getting the police because they could have had an accident in Goblander . |
| 2 | He had become a legend and he ensured he got the kind of treatment only a legend deserved . |
| 3 | He summarizes the kind of attitudes and assumptions towards religion which a majority of children when they arrive in school for the first time will be likely already to have assimilated . |
| 4 | No Dogs covers the early history of the Sex Pistols , and their abortive US tour , as well as Lydon 's childhood in the North London Irish community , where he encountered the kind of prejudice expressed in his title . |
| 5 | His followers sold out the Hammersmith Odeon before any major label knew who he was , and more recently , when he appeared on the black talent show The 291 Club simply to present an award , he received the kind of reception you 'd expect for the ghost of Marvin Gaye . |
| 6 | Corbett could not prove that but he recognised the kind of man who could concoct cunning elixirs which could kill a man or woman and leave no trace . |
| 7 | He wears the kind of exaggerated Giorgio Armani suits which never quite blended into the Govan landscape . |
| 8 | However , when the production shifted back to Los Angeles , the day before shooting started , he lost the kind of gravelly voice he had been working on . |
| 9 | Rohan was older , of course , but he needed the kind of attention that Fabien could not give him , although he was devoted to the boy . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I think , ’ said Andrew Ray , ‘ he saw the kind of man he would like to have been had he been straight . |
| 11 | He knew the kind of tragedies they were . |
| 12 | So he re he represents sort of old fashioned moral values and he opposes the kind of fascism which he thinks he can see in Nick |
| 13 | In March 1939 he gave the Boutwood Foundation lectures at Corpus Christi College , Cambridge , in which he outlined the kind of society which he wished to see established , a society which actively advanced the values and principles which he found so signally lacking in Neville Chamberlain 's England . |
| 14 | Oh dear , he was what would you say , I do n't know He liked the kind of ballads , er he was a more a kind of bay he liked a ballad , so I really could n't tell you who was his favourite singer or anything like that , just if a song interested him he just |
| 15 | He had the kind of hutzpah and powerful personality combined with a musical and intelligence that one could either resent strongly or admire and take on board . ’ |
| 16 | Then I saw the spare figure of Captain Robins walking towards me , bag in hand : even on land after such a short voyage he had the kind of rolling gait that proclaimed him a man of the sea . |
| 17 | But from his impassive , narrow-eyed face it was impossible to gauge his thoughts ; like many Annamese he had the kind of boyish appearance that made it difficult for an American to estimate his age . |
| 18 | His theory is controversial , to put it mildly ; but at the very least he portrays the kind of different , ‘ alien ’ intelligence our ancestors may have had . ) |
| 19 | ‘ He was a great friend and , like Noel Coward , he wrote the kind of dialogue that was easy to remember because it was the kind you would like to write yourself but could n't , ’ he said . |
| 20 | He wheels the kind of u-turn he 's been longing to do since he saw it on Hill Street Blues and he roars up to the entrance . |
| 21 | He demonstrates the kind of questions which practitioners might usefully ask if they use a ‘ research-minded ’ approach and supports his argument with more recent research . |