Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [verb] it the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trophy became known as the Gordon Bennett Cup , although he preferred to call it the Coupe Internationale . |
| 2 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 3 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 4 | Well if he 's snapped it the aerial |
| 5 | But on other occasions , to use a phrase of Nietzsche , ‘ a thought comes when ‘ it ’ wants , not when I want ’ , explodes and opens out too fast in in too complex ramifications to be disciplined , takes bold analogical leaps in defiance of logical rigour ; the problem on which it centres is obscure , defining itself in the process of being solved , and as he struggles to formulate it the thought is running in another direction , yet he yields to the flow out of a vague intimation that it will circle back ; for the final effort to force the argument into a coherent and publicly testable form — the only assurance even for himself that he is illumined and not deluded — he waits until the time comes to complete it on paper . |
| 6 | Though he prefers to call it the Hospice Coast to Coast , ramblers have already nicknamed the route Clapperton 's Way . |