Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] he the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's right : someone rang up and asked for him the other day . |
| 2 | Modigliani declined as politely but suggested to Lunia that she should come to his studio and pose for him the following day . |
| 3 | His first posting in 1915 took him to the Toba Batak country in Northern Sumatra in time to witness the Muslim Acehnese rising against their Christian rulers ; an event which made him appreciate the approaching crisis of Islam as a focus for nationalism , and impressed upon him the urgent need for Muslim-Christian accommodation . |
| 4 | But — ’ and here she sighed , ‘ Lily darling , I could look and look at him the whole day … ’ |
| 5 | It was to hound and hasten Leonard 's waking thoughts , eliminate any residual interest he may have possessed in mere intellectual commitment , and open to him the stark reality of life downtown . |
| 6 | He looks up , the script said , and sees above him the huge , luminous eyes of a monster . |
| 7 | Events which begin by offering the boy exciting adventure end by teaching him — about people , about statecraft — and confirming in him the steadfast loyalty to the Empire which is evident in his later exploits . |
| 8 | In 805 Charles chose one chieftain to reign as his vassal king , and bestowed upon him the ancient title of Chagan , which had originally been that of the independent High King of the Avars . |