Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [pron] [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , in the 1590s , Essex failed to get the Attorneyship for Francis Bacon , he sought for his protege the vacant post of Solicitor . |
| 2 | He read in her face the surprise and shock that a suspicion confirmed can sometimes bring . |
| 3 | He found in its nature the means by which he could impart freshness , immediacy , spontaneity , imagination to his own vision as a writer . |
| 4 | He drew to our attention the views of the academic writers in which the point is raised and discussed ; thus in Professor Griew 's book The Theft Acts 1968 and 1978 , 6th ed. ( 1990 ) , p. 186 , para. 10.15 , the author suggests that the use of the word ‘ employment ’ may limit the operation of the subsection to : |
| 5 | He has in his grasp the ability to reduce anyone to tears , through a snappy headline or lurid story . |
| 6 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |
| 7 | Detaching himself from this passionate domesticity , he composed in his mind the kind of picture Rembrandt would have made of it . |
| 8 | He heard in his mind the catchphrase of a long-forgotten Northern radio comedian : ‘ I wo n't take me coat off , I 'm not stopping . ’ |
| 9 | When he knocked on our door the older detectives would n't answer it . |
| 10 | When my right hon. and learned Friend meets the chairman of London Transport to discuss improvements , will he draw to his attention the importance of providing for south-east London , which is so ill-served by the underground system , and of driving a route through Camberwell , Dulwich and onwards to Crystal Palace ? |
| 11 | And conversely , in the exalté atmosphere of Northern Nigeria , a Resident who admitted defeat at the hands of his emir was deemed to be guilty of two unpardonable sins : he disgraced by his ineptitude the good name of the British Colonial Service ; and he brought the whole principle of local administrative autonomy into disrepute . |
| 12 | With uncustomary generosity , he included in his letterpress the Aboriginal name for a species , when he knew it , alongside its Latin and common names . |
| 13 | Holly smiled to himself , chuckled softly , because he saw in his mind the face of the man who had brought the food to the hatch , and he thought of the retribution that would fall on the cretin 's shoulders . |
| 14 | Suddenly , he saw in his mind the utility room at Streatley and a scattered pile of boxes . |
| 15 | He chose for his format the imperial folio size ( 22 x 16½in/59 x 42cm ) considerably smaller than Audubon 's double elephant , but still affording him the chance to draw most of his subjects life-size . |
| 16 | He scraped with his thumbnail the metal hinge . |
| 17 | He had in his pocket the key to an office where 5,000 match programmes , a historic souvenir eagerly sought , were stacked . |
| 18 | He 's honoured as a national hero , he has a shrine in a Washington Masonic temple , he carried to his grave the tributes and the written gratitude of every president he ever served ( at least one , Gerald Ford , was his informer ; so was Ronald Reagan ) . |
| 19 | He said in his opinion the accident was caused through driver error . |