Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] he [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When he was sure that there was no chance of being disturbed or observed he undid the flap at the top of the bag and reached inside .
2 Or did he leave the court without speaking ? ’
3 Is the Minister satisfied that not a single case was substantiated by the independent Police Complaints Commission , or does he share the scepticism of Lord Colville and others , who feel that nought out of 726 does not reflect the world that we in Northern Ireland inhabit ?
4 Is this , all these wonderful protection of animals , dogs and horses and so on , and pet shops and so on , do , does the Chief Fire Officer think in his local knowledge , that most of these have been inspected by his officers , or does he get the feeling there , that sometimes the district councils are not asking for these inspections ?
5 Was it just to save money , or had he imagined the atmosphere would perhaps induce a miscarriage ?
6 Nor has he mentioned the breathlessness suffered by the patient after he has inhaled the cholera poison ! "
7 Nor has he taken the trouble to go into details concerning the clerical work to be done .
8 ‘ The Bristol sector controller neither complied with the co-pilot 's specific request for radar navigational assistance , nor did he advise the flight of its position or give any relevant information regarding Southampton , such as current weather , runway in use , pressure settings etc . ’
9 He did n't refer to the party , nor did he mention the earring , but the subject seemed to hang over Merrill like the sword of Damocles .
10 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 .
11 He did n't know her , nor did he recognize the handwriting .
12 Campbell was little concerned with the lives of ordinary seamen ; nor did he reflect the alarm which many of his contemporaries felt about the sea and the behaviour of those who sailed on it .
13 But you wo n't find many of his ideas in standard reference works : he was n't swayed by dogma , nor did he spend the earth .
14 Yet North said he did not remember that conversation , either at the hearings or later ; nor did he remember the memo in question , or not with any conviction .
15 Nor did he enjoy the business of parliamentary opposition .
16 He had never been inside the box , nor had he seen the Decontamination Centre that was alongside , nor the Liquid Waste plant .
17 Nor had he spent the night at the opera , or at the Naval and Military Club , or feasting at Hummums Hotel as in the case of the respectable ruffians of Cremorne .
18 He is born with that instinct , for no mother wasp ever taught him , nor does he possess the capacity to learn something so fundamental to his existence .
19 Nor does he feel the stockmarket has fully discounted a recession .
20 Nor does he consider the possibility that some pupils may find that the approach does not work for them .
21 Nor does he condone the lawlessness ( or more precisely , " the frantic and lawless conduct " ) of the other rebels ( 36.11 ) .
22 The architect explains his reasoning and says he thinks the tenant might enjoy the privacy .
23 ( Gubbins suffered from chronic dyspepsia , smoked fifty cigarettes a day , and confessed he found the world intolerable without a glass in his hand . )
24 Occasionally , such a player realises this and finds he has the nerve to win the tournament , just as he had the nerve to win the tournament that took him to Augusta in the first place .
25 But she had turned away from her high window and demanded he scale the ivory walls without her help .
26 And did he bring the news ?
27 And did he know the reason or could he offer any explanation for her unusual demeanour at the meet ?
28 Some of his commissions continued for many years ; at both Chirk Castle and Erddig he supervised the landscaping for twenty-four years .
29 When questioned William Black , 46 , of Rowson Street , admitted his involvement and said he spent the money on ‘ drink and having a good time ’ .
30 He had served at the Khyber Pass and said he recognised the place at once . ’
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