Example sentences of "he [verb] the [noun] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Before dinner , John , who was so laid-back he made the trees seem neurotic , offered us a yoga lesson .
2 He let the sentence hang unfinished , and she shivered , struck anew by the danger she 'd voluntarily placed herself in .
3 Parks claimed that he was n't even aware of what was happening till he heard the door slam shut as the thieves made their escape .
4 He heard the hatch hiss open and looked back at Chang Shih-sen .
5 It whined deep in its throat , as though in pain , and he saw the body grow paler as the fur sloughed away into nothing .
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