Example sentences of "[vb past] he [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To the left , he could only at first see his own garden , his tennis court , the old wall that screened his vegetables — to eat what one has grown , actually to eat that ! — but then , across a low hedge and a fence that needed repair , he found he could see into the garden of the new Rectory , whose impersonal little back windows faced the same way as his own . |
| 2 | She thought his resignation was ‘ inevitable ’ but believed he could return to the Government later . |
| 3 | the sky was high , the air so clear that he imagined he could see to the ends of the earth . |
| 4 | Must have seen his name in the paper and reckoned he 'd pay over the odds to get it back today . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Spot of bother ? ’ he enquired jauntily as Tweed indicated he should sit in the chair beside his desk . |
| 6 | His wife , red spots of anger high on her cheeks , gave him a pithy lecture on the rules of hospitality and gentility , so Corbett , like any good mariner facing a squall , decided he would run before the storm . |
| 7 | ‘ We both decided he should play in the reserves on Thursday . |
| 8 | There was no evidence yet that Isabella enjoyed widespread support in England , and Edward no doubt felt he could count on the loyalty of the nobles to whom he committed responsibility for the defence of the south coast . |
| 9 | David handed the statuette to his father telling him he 'd won the contest and his father told him he knew he would succeed in the end . |
| 10 | She could still see the tableau this morning : her father with tears of pride in his eyes — she knew he would go to the business and bore everyone to death with tales about how his wonderful daughter was going to university . |
| 11 | Of course he knew he would hang for the offence , but he also knew that humanity is not an endangered species , and reckoned therefore that twenty-seven ( did you say twenty-eight ? ) |
| 12 | Nicholas said , ‘ I thought he might agree to the truce . |
| 13 | ‘ I looked back and I thought he might get off the verge but it was wet . |
| 14 | ‘ Thief ’ thought he should look like the bard |
| 15 | And he thought he could do without the high-interest assistance of French or Swiss bankers . |
| 16 | But , by his own account , he agreed he would speak to the Shah if they too would do so . |
| 17 | On the evening of the British Grand Prix he announced he would retire at the end of the season . |
| 18 | The rumour mill had been in high gear since late January , when the fifty-seven year old Mr Brown announced he would retire by the end of the year to devote more time to ‘ parenting ’ and to the university founded by his family in Providence , Rhode Island ( see The Art Newspaper No. 16 , March 1992 , p. 5 ) . |
| 19 | When he announced he would retire from the game at the end of Biarritz 's run in the Championship it was the signal for scores of journalists to gather at each match to report on his ‘ funeral ’ … but we kept postponing it ’ . |
| 20 | He did not feel that he needed to apologize , and said that if similar circumstances arose he would act in the same way . |
| 21 | When the smoke cleared he would switch to the more mature Anita , who produced . |
| 22 | Maggie thought of Tom from Northallerton and hoped he would come to the pictures that night . |
| 23 | If a tenant takes only an upper floor of a building and has no more than a right to use the entrance hall for the purposes of approaching the property demised he must stipulate for the right to put a nameplate outside the property ( other than that part demised to him ) if he desires this convenience ( Berry ( Frederick ) Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland [ 1949 ] 1 KB 619 per Lord Goddard CJ at 621 ) . |
| 24 | Mr. Mendez said he would go to the hotel for John Russell and the McLaren girl and also try and find the ex-soldier . |
| 25 | Ulster Unionist secretary Jim Wilson said he would speak to the American Consulate about the purpose of the group 's meeting with Sinn Fein and then report back to senior party members . |
| 26 | Dad thanked him and said he would return for the bed after he 'd wheeled the instrument to our house . |
| 27 | Mr Pannick said he would argue at the full hearing that Mr Brooke had no power under EC law to do that . |
| 28 | Not only did this geezer Kev Knowles agree to turn out for us , he also said he would look after the programme as long as he could incorporate a number of religious tracts . |
| 29 | MacDonald said he would report to the King , and advise a Palace conference of the three party leaders for the following morning . |
| 30 | On the Cowgate , many residents did not venture out late at night , and he said he would fear for the safety of tourists . |