Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] he [vb -s] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is one place only where he lifts the curtain . |
| 2 | So it is only if he admits the strength of the argument from error that he can think he is getting anywhere by refuting PC k . |
| 3 | Mr Spielberg 's told Rosemarie he hopes so , but only if he finds the money . |
| 4 | By canne , which could mean ‘ cane ’ in the English senses of a hollow reed or a light walking-stick , Antoine implies something rather long unless he uses the word wholly jokingly . |
| 5 | Perhaps because he plays the field . |
| 6 | The chimney sweep is bound to the church , not only because he cleans the chimneys that pump out the soot that disfigures the church but also because the church preaches a kind of Christianity that can countenance beating , starving and insanely cruel treatment towards chimney sweeps . |
| 7 | He reckons it 's only because he loves the world and the people he knows that he hates the prevailing ‘ world order ’ . |
| 8 | Bridges ( 1979 ) certainly does n't think so because he sees the curriculum as a selection from culture requiring value judgements over which teachers have no monopoly of wisdom . |
| 9 | This will be so whether he takes the trouble to read them or not , and whether they are actually set out in a document in his possession , or ( subject to the question of the need to offer an oppportunity to inspect , which is discussed below ) merely incorporated into the contract by a reference in such a document . |
| 10 | John Giacobbi sums it up quite nicely when he portrays the average A&Rs as narrow-minded lemmings worried about job security . |
| 11 | So long as he speaks the truth it can t be folly — that 's what you 're going to say , is n't it ? |
| 12 | Mr Robinson could have a wide brief as well , so long as he keeps the chancellor 's confidence . |
| 13 | I therefore do not regard those authorities as affecting what I would conclude was the clear language of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1977 , that a statutory tenant remains a statutory tenant so long as he occupies the dwelling house as his residence . |
| 14 | ‘ Subject to this Part of this Act — ( a ) after the termination of a protected tenancy of a dwelling-house the person who , immediately before that termination , was the protected tenant of the dwelling-house shall , if and so long as he occupies the dwelling-house as his residence , be the statutory tenant of it ; … |
| 15 | Kevin Phillips ' snarl says it all as he leads the Neath tribe 's celebrations after winning the 1990 Schweppes Cup Final . |
| 16 | He 'll have her fast enough when he knows the sum of her portion . ’ |
| 17 | … to see Mr. Wats , keeper of the Apothecaries Garden of simples at Chelsey ; where there is a collection of innumerable rarities of that sort : Particularly , besids many rare annuals the Tree bearing the Jesuits bark , which had don such cures in quartans : & what was very ingenious the subterranean heate , conveyed by a stove under the Conserveatory , which was all Vaulted with brick ; so as he leaves the doores & windowes open in the hard(e)st frosts , secluding onely the snow , & c . |
| 18 | While he does n't support competition climbing , he can not see what right he has to offer an opinion on the subject , especially when he considers the commercialism of some Himalayan mountaineers . |
| 19 | So when he uses the term utilitarianism he takes it to mean eudaemonistic consequentialism . |
| 20 | It 's best if he arranges the transport cos he knows what 's there . |
| 21 | My brother works for the Department of Health and he can always arrange to get away if he knows the date far enough in advance . ’ |
| 22 | Sippl , who rues the fact the Unix industry ca n't agree on a common desktop interface , reflects that it 's ‘ scary that one vendor [ Novell Inc ] is about to take over what we spent a decade building ’ largely because he offers the customer homogeneity . |
| 23 | Sippl , who rues the fact the Unix industry ca n't agree on a common desktop interface ( UX No 426 ) , reflects that it 's ‘ scary that one vendor is about to take over what we spent a decade building ’ largely because he offers the customer homogeneity . |
| 24 | Thus , if the taxpayer has net income of £50,000 pa and his standard of living only requires him to spend £30,000 he may be able to give the balance away providing he starts the pattern early and continues with that pattern of making the gifts to the discretionary trust . |
| 25 | And Beuno said nothing , but he looked at him as mildly as he looks at the trout that he catches in the stream , and the doctor said , ‘ Until tomorrow ’ , and he left , and Beuno watched him go as mildly as he watches the sheep when he frees them from where they are caught in the hedge . |
| 26 | I am sure that its Honorary Treasurer , will be in touch with you as soon as he receives the cheque . |
| 27 | As soon as he hits the front , he does n't pull up but he relaxes , and today he was n't really doing much in the last furlong . ’ |
| 28 | The seasoned after-dinner speaker will know what to expect as soon as he enters the room and meets the organiser . |
| 29 | The call is uttered only by the male cuckoo , who arrives slightly before the female , and begins to call as soon as he reaches the breeding grounds . |
| 30 | It can be an insurance scam , of course ; some owner who needs money more than he needs the family heirloom . |