Example sentences of "he [verb] [conj] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kraus taught him to listen and about the limitations of judging . |
| 2 | Pete Waterman 's refusal to suppress his opinions has on occasion exposed him to ridicule as in the sampling storm but on the whole he appears confident and competent , clear about what he wants . |
| 3 | As the argument developed , I understood him to submit that as the remedy sought by the plaintiff was itself an equitable one , talk of strict estoppel was inappropriate , and he was content to put forward the alleged assurance and other matters to be considered in the exercise of my discretion . |
| 4 | One often reads of jealousies , of quarrels , of friendships , of instances of patronage , of pique and of loyalty which illuminate some aspect of a man 's character , of the nature of the society in which he lived or of the system in which he worked . |
| 5 | He realised that despite the money he would miss this place , the friendly faces , even the work that blinded him . |
| 6 | He realised that in the centre of the soft fake torso was a hard real butcher 's hook . |
| 7 | He was about to go back to the company when he realised that in the middle of the town was a house where an old man lived , exactly where the company were planning to build their new station ; and the old man was refusing to sell . " |
| 8 | One non-commissioned officer , writing home , said he presumed that by the time his letter arrived ‘ the bells throughout the whole of Germany would be announcing the victory over the mightiest enemy of civilization . |
| 9 | Furthermore , he agreed that after the trials and tribulations of the previous 29 months since taking over from Bobby Robson , he finally feels at ease with himself and the job . |
| 10 | He insists that at the moment there is no such point of friction within the England camp . |
| 11 | Does he recollect that during the talks last summer that he strove so hard to make successful the IRA , at least for a time , was marginalised ? |
| 12 | Complaints had been received from local residents that their wash-houses were being abused , and he expected that by the end of his beat at 6 a.m. he would be busy enough . |
| 13 | He recovered but at the age of 22 was left almost completely bald and had to wear a wig , a fashion he discarded in the heat of India . |
| 14 | So that , when cornered , he admitted that over the year he had become affected by simple , inexplicable bouts of fear . |
| 15 | How would he explain that to the police , if after Sir Henry 's death he then inherited the Baskerville lands and fortune ? ’ |
| 16 | Interest increased when he revealed that among the types of RNA successfully attacked was RNA from the HIV virus which causes Aids . |
| 17 | He found that from the intersection of Fleming 's Cross-cut with the vein , the level had been taken S.E. along it for 40 fathoms , at the forehead of which was a cross-course which cut off the lode . |
| 18 | Here he writes that with the succession of avant-gardes taking the place of established avant-gardes there is a certain ‘ épuration ’ of poetry in which the latter is ‘ reduced ’ to its own ‘ proper materials ’ . |
| 19 | On Jan. 6 , as part of a televised speech , he had described the liberation of Palestine as the main objective in the struggle , while reaffirming nevertheless that " the return of Kuwait to the motherland is a reality " , that the Iraqi army should prepare for " the mother of battles " , and that the war would reach " every struggler and fighter whose hand can reach out to harm aggressors in the whole world " ; on Jan. 9 , when an International Islamic Popular Conference opened in Baghdad , he promised that in the event of war the Americans would " swim in their own blood " . |
| 20 | His rounds took him to most parts of the building and Rain was eagerly accepting that it must have been Stan on the second floor making her jumpy when he mentioned that since the murder he did not go into MacQuillan 's room or those next to it because the police were usually there . |
| 21 | He says that below the Forest of Dean lies one of Britains largest natural reservoirs . |
| 22 | He says that under the circumstances he did the right thing . |
| 23 | He says that at the beginning of the relationship he wrestled with himself , knowing that he should back off from Mandy . |
| 24 | He says that at the end of the Laws of Moses one finds the following words : " Moses , having heard the words of God , transmitted them to the Jews . " |
| 25 | In the last chapter , in prison , he says that without the crime he would not have found within himself such questions , desires , feelings , needs , strivings , and development . ’ |
| 26 | He says that in the case of a face one has recognised , talk of ‘ separating ’ the familiarity from the impression of the face does not have any clear sense for him . |
| 27 | The witness , John Hostiar , Bailiff of Halling , testified to the old established customs of Halling and the evidence of the witness is recorded as follows : " Being asked how many plough teams of land in the Manor of Halling , he says that in the Manor of Halling with its Pertinencies , vis . |
| 28 | He says that in the end it looks as though the TI offer may be taken up . |
| 29 | He says that before the election the message was that the recession is almost over . |
| 30 | Will he confirm that in the north-west region the latest figures show a fall of 26 per cent . |