Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't expected him to greet her with ecstatic joy — his emotions were n't extreme like Lowell 's thankfully — but neither had she expected a degree of embarrassment . |
| 2 | Parliament was thus taking the marital exemption into realms uncontemplated even by Hale , who believed that it was one thing for a man to have sexual intercourse with his wife without her consent , quite another for him to force her into sexual intercourse with others . |
| 3 | With the agreement of Tony 's parents , Tony would follow a partial timetable for between two and three weeks , allowing him to phase himself into full attendance at the school . |
| 4 | This failed and when the auction was over he sold it by private treaty ( agreement ) . |
| 5 | But Housman did in fact say something about " Diffugere nives " — had said it , when the poet in him pre-empted the professor : he translated it into English verse , and in doing so produced a text that in its beauties or its blunders ( as perceived by diverse readers ) strikingly exemplifies a phenomenon , not exactly translation and not purely creative invention , called by our literary ancestors " Englishing " . |
| 6 | Although agreeing that this approach raises value issues ( his first question ) , he thinks it of limited use in generating a range of curriculum alternatives ( second question ) , that it ignores the effects of choosing particular courses of action ( third question ) , and does not facilitate an examination of teacher 's common sense beliefs and opinions ( fourth question ) . |
| 7 | He found himself under severe pressure last year when the pit closure programme was announced . |
| 8 | He regarded her with total disbelief . |
| 9 | While he regarded her with evident interest , she searched her mind . |
| 10 | He regarded her with calculated interest . |
| 11 | He regarded her with undisguised affection . |
| 12 | But the fact was that when it came to practical jokes , he regarded anybody as fair game , from the most fleeting acquaintance to the dearest friend . |
| 13 | Pyatt has outstanding hand speed and he demonstrated it to full effect against an opponent who was clearly out of his depth . |
| 14 | He agreed to the clause allowing them to release records elsewhere , after giving RCA the first option , because he say it as common sense . |
| 15 | As for the case made against the versions in the Classic Anthology — that by using rhyme they align themselves with the closed poetry of print and not with the open poetry of the speaking breath — the obvious retort is that , although in these poems Pound often rhymes , he writes them in free verse , and in a free verse where the syllables are weighed , and the varying pace controlled , as scrupulously as in anything else he has written . |
| 16 | He bore himself with great dignity , and not a little humour , but he was disappointed to the innermost core . |
| 17 | Plus he has plenty of other work on the way : Bodies , Rest And Motion , an existential romantic comedy for the twentysomething generation in which he plays opposite Bridget Fonda ; and the low-budget Jumpin' At The Boneyard , in which he plays a Bronx street kid trying to straighten out his crackhead brother . |
| 18 | He has plenty of good form over three miles and less and the way he progressed last season suggests he could develop into a Gold Cup horse . |
| 19 | He knew that these societies of Gaul and Spain had their own rules and virtues , and he described them with obvious sympathy . |
| 20 | When the staff at Bloomfield criticize the Profitboss for cancelling a visit three times running , he accepts it as constructive advice . |
| 21 | He trained them to regular confession , and whenever any one of them was dying would prepare them for death , and be thankful when they died in penitence , peace and hope . |
| 22 | And if he involved himself in military activity , he would simply have been discharging the martial duty expected of him as royal liberator . |
| 23 | I noted that he pronounced it in eighteenth-century fashion : ‘ m ’ verse' . |
| 24 | His favourite radio show was Ryuichi Sakamoto 's — ‘ He played everything from Indian music to Erik Satie ’ — so he sent Sakamoto a tape , who broadcast it twice , and ‘ we became a good relationship ’ . |
| 25 | He received me with grave courtesy and enquired after my family . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's the heavens rejoicing , ’ he told her with firm surety . |
| 27 | Awfully cold , ’ he told her with malicious pleasure . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's what one does to necks , ’ he told her with mock menace . |
| 29 | He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office . |
| 30 | ‘ To see the trash ! ’ he told me with childlike frankness . |