Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | Where he walked the Dark Elves trembled , for he commanded the powers of magic as if born to them . |
2 | He was educated at Quaker institutions : Sidcot School and Woodbrooke College , Birmingham , where he took the social studies course . |
3 | Flynn had overcome this shortage by holding a night school for his gangers , where he taught the simple precepts of laying down a line on the ground from a survey map . |
4 | ‘ Even has a secret little den where he takes the other members of his gang . |
5 | As he journeyed on horseback through Palestine and then up the coast of southern Lebanon in the 1830s , he was an adventurer , staying overnight with the governor of Tyre , crossing the snows of the Chouf mountain chain to the gentleness of the Bekaa Valley where he sketched the great temples of the Roman city of Heliopolis . |
6 | Minns brought a broad range of expertise to bear on a field extending from eastern Europe to China , while at the same time paying close attention to the antiquities and books of his own college , where he occupied the same rooms over a period of fifty-five years as undergraduate , fellow , president ( 1928–49 ) , and senior fellow . |
7 | Although he knew the basic principles of assessment and care management by social services , he did not know what his own role in the process might be . |
8 | For the past two years , although he lacked the metropolitan powers of an archbishop , he had been fully responsible for maintaining the possessions and privileges of Christ Church , Canterbury . |
9 | Dzerzhinsky was also a strong advocate for the application of khozraschet , although he understood the peculiar difficulties of nation-wide utilities in this respect . |
10 | Of those left behind , none more than he knew the awesome dangers implicit in the recall signal from G9 . |
11 | on ends , so he took the two ends off , cleaned the rails and he was sat on settee watching telly rubbing away and rubbing away and I says hey you gon na put them ends back on ? |
12 | Once he finds the right ones he throws the bag over his shoulder like Santa and strides purposefully towards the door . |
13 | The customer can use his lien to enforce this ; he can refuse to hand over any goods which are returnable by him , until he receives the part-exchange goods or the part-exchange allowance . |
14 | He was not sure if he should tip-toe slowly and cautiously along until he reached the lower grounds of Old Ashfield , or make a sudden dash for it in the hope of outrunning any danger that might be waiting to pounce . |
15 | The principal provisions pertaining to the structure of the learned profession lay down that a candidate for office , a mulazim ( mulazim ) shall first teach at a 20-akce medrese , that is , one at which the stipulated salary of the muderris is twenty akce daily , and shall then proceed to advance by 50-akce stages ( e.g. to a 25- , then to a 30-akce medrese , and so on ) until he reaches the 50-akce medreses of which there are three classes : and the Sahn . |
16 | Lucien feared that if he told the other vibrancers he was working with Jeopardy , it would excite resentment among them . |
17 | It was doubtful if he heard the final words . |
18 | Military analysts say President Bush is deluded if he thinks the 30,000 troops will be home by January 20 , when Bill Clinton takes over . |
19 | If he violates the tough conditions , including random drugs tests , he could end up doing three years in a State prison . |
20 | I like , do n't like getting them like that and if he gets the new ones |
21 | He had better start by accepting that if he does the right things , they will not be popular ones . |
22 | The chaplain , crouched on a stool near the fireplace , stared into the flames wringing his hands whilst Rastani , the silent , dark servant , sat with his back to the wall as if he wished the very stones would open and swallow him . |
23 | " Ask him if he knows the magic words ! |
24 | Both the Government and union lawyers were poring over Lord Justice Iain Glidewell 's ruling to see if he intended the 10 pits to be re-opened . |
25 | Carl Jung , writing about black Americans in the 1930s , believed that ‘ the inferior man exercises a tremendous pull upon civilized beings who are forced to live with him , because he fascinates the inferior layers of our psyche ’ . |
26 | Well , I said , I 'll give it a chance , I said , and if it does n't pay , Cos he was better off than I was because he had the two shops . |
27 | That in itself was a minor triumph for the Popular Front agitation ; Chamberlain moved partly because he feared the domestic consequences of not doing so . |
28 | If in refusing , he acted as a reasonable man would have done in the same position , because he entertained the same fears , having regard to the character of the proposed assignee , etc , the real purpose of the assignment , the effect of the assignment on the property or other property of the landlord , etc , the refusal will be upheld as reasonable . |
29 | Eddie gets the best lines , perhaps because he has the most lines . |
30 | Initially , used the effect to entertain children at the Leukaemia unit in St Bartholomew 's hospital , but when he found that scientists also were taking interest , he founded the Magic Penny Society , partly because he sees the new pennies as an excellent educational toy to excite children 's interest in science . |