Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With his brigade of six , he turns out daily changing menus which include noisettes of lamb with herb mousse and lentils ; penne pasta with sun-dried tomatoes , olives and oregano ; and escalope of halibut with courgette ribbons . |
| 2 | ‘ He looks in very good shape and I would be very surprised if he did n't make Britain 's World Championships team . ’ |
| 3 | David Mills , the erstwhile head of the Hazardous Chemical wing of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution ( HMIP ) — and well known for his criticisms of the lack of effective policing of what he defends as largely sound rules — says that placing high-temperature incinerators in some sort of hierarchy of risks is ‘ a terribly subjective business . ’ |
| 4 | He has even more inner belief . ’ |
| 5 | He has not so much brain as ear wax , ( Troilus and Cressida ) — to anyone slow on the uptake . |
| 6 | It does not make them feel he is one of them ; it merely makes them feel he has no longer any clout . |
| 7 | In the first scene , where he has only marginally greater status than McKendrick ( his university is more prestigious ) , but where McKendrick is a stranger to him , he does not risk threatening McKendrick 's negative face ( the term used by Brown and Levinson ( 1978 ) for the individual 's desire not to have one 's freedom impinged upon by others ) by encroaching on his conversational space through interrupting . |
| 8 | Every appointment seems to be an outrageous shot in the dark , either because the person appointed has no experience , or because he has far too much experience , having been fired from 43 other clubs ( three times from QPR ) . |
| 9 | In her Souvenirs intimes Caroline recalls her uncle 's return from Egypt when she was a small girl : he arrives home unexpectedly one evening , wakes her , picks her up out of bed , bursts out laughing because her nightdress extends far below her feet , and plants great kisses on her cheeks . |
| 10 | Melchiori in one place actually describes ‘ the I ’ as being ‘ the poet who voices his own feelings ’ , and says that the absence of the I form in some sonnets ‘ is an impediment to the dialogue , to the theatrical quality ’ , which he describes in disappointingly literal terms : ‘ Normally in Shakespeare 's Sonnets we find a truly dramatic dialogue between two characters : the persona of the poet himself ( the speaking I , not the man William Shakespeare ) ’ — a welcome disclaimer ! — ‘ and a ‘ you ’ , the actor playing the role of a lovely boy , a worthy or unworthy mistress , possibly a rival poet' . |
| 11 | Yet when the Duke addresses Lucio and sentences him , he replies in suitably chastened prose ( 500ff. ) , relegated to the medium where he belongs . |
| 12 | If he gets in as much trouble as I did , I will be very understanding , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Every season he appears in over 100 concerts on all five continents and at major international festivals , including the ‘ IDRIART ’ festivals which have been taking place since 1983 to encourage people to come together from east and west , and in America from north and south , through the international language of the arts . |
| 14 | He remembers how much this cottage and the surrounding countryside inspired his Godfather 's work . |
| 15 | The bad news is he weighs just under 30 stone at press time , down fourteen stone from his previous weight . |
| 16 | Turnover in 1990 was Dm4.5 million , and he expects much more this year . |
| 17 | ‘ I said Gary Pallister is soft , that he gives away too many chances for forwards to dispossess him . |
| 18 | By ’ groups ’ he means not only ethnic persons but anyone who might cause trouble . |
| 19 | Shaven-headed , Raybanned and with a wardrobe which makes Giorgio Armani look as though he spends far too much time in C & A , he 's known in the agency as The Birdman of |
| 20 | And he does very very good work . |
| 21 | Until recently it was Chinese Americans who were the most feared of poker immigrants — above all Johnny Chan , back-to-back world champ in 1988-'89 , known as the ‘ Oriental Express ’ because he rakes in so many pots so fast . |
| 22 | ‘ You could put each player on £4,000 , £6,000 , £8,000 or whatever ’ , he suggests as more realistic compensation for the elite player 's onerous commitment of time and energy . |
| 23 | He brings home about 10 rupees a day after eating his meal in the bazaar and paying for repairs to the rickshaw . |
| 24 | He believes quite simply that unemployment lies at the root of the problem . |
| 25 | He knows slightly too many people who happen to be rich . |