Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I said , ‘ 'Course I can , ’ an' then 'e starts lookin' at these papers as though I was n't there .
2 Against this vision of debtors ' prisons , ‘ harm to interests ’ theories merely require a person in default to pay monetary compensation for any harm which he has caused to protected interests .
3 He has contributed to many magazines and newspapers and has held a string of exhibitions in England and France .
4 He has contributed to many magazines and newspapers and has held a string of exhibitions in England and France .
5 He has studied for four years at the Beda College in Rome .
6 On the face of things , President Carlos Salinas continues to treat energy as a special case , a no-go area for the free-market reforms he has applied to other parts of the economy .
7 The deal provokes further speculation that Rowland is preparing the way for a successor to take over the group he has led for 30 years .
8 The 32-year-old central defender will hand in his application this week to a club he has served for nine years in two spells .
9 He has served for 30 years as the local church warden and he spent 42 years as treasurer of the local branch of the Royal British Legion .
10 Since then he has operated from various locations and in 1979 was appointed barley buyer for the north of England , based at Knapton .
11 The name of ‘ Derrida ’ has been used in such a way as to imply that it refers to a real person who has certain ideas and theories which he has expressed in various books and essays , and which this introduction has tried to repeat , treating them as signifieds that can be represented in a number of different forms .
12 He has sent off some ideas to Africa for inclusion in the first draft , which should be ready in about ten days .
13 He has raced in several countries primarily on the European mainland — Belgium , France , Germany and Spain among others .
14 ‘ Langstrath in Borrowdale is a particular favourite and I have painted that one lots of times , ’ he says Mr Healey , aged 57 , who lives in Kirkleatham Avenue , Redcar , left his job and enrolled on a teaching degree course at Teesside College of Education , to combine his love of painting with his desire to share the skill When he qualified in 1974 , he started teaching art at St. Thomas ' School , Middlesbrough , before moving to St. Peter 's Roman Catholic School , South Bank , where he has taught for 13 years .
15 Unlike previous education secretaries , he has built on recent changes and amassed a far wider range of powers before setting his plans in motion .
16 He turns his old head wearily , as if to indicate to his family the kind of people he has to deal with these days .
17 He has called for secret police to track down those spreading rumours of early elections , and recently warned golfers ( who include many rich Kenyans ) against anti-government talk on the fairways .
18 Now he has called on other schools in the town to unite in a crusade against violence and drug abuse .
19 Amis writes here , as he has written in other books , about the distance between men and women ; here , too , is the trouble that awaits the rational hedonist who deceives the woman he lives with and loves .
20 He has pulled down princes from their thrones and exalted the lowly The hungry he has filled with good things , the rich sent empty away .
21 Zuckerman has enabled Roth to deal with the question of the offence he has given to righteous Jews , and to come to terms with the rebellious , psychedelic , philo-Semitic Sixties , when Roth 's writing went , with the times , derisive and fantastic .
22 Yes , it is a bad winter , the worst he has seen in sixty-five years of herding reindeer here .
23 He is well qualified to do the job he has done for many years and we will continue to employ him at races . ’
24 He is well qualified to do the job he has done for many years and we will continue to employ him at races . ’
25 Festival spokesman Joe Leddin said : ‘ The Japanese man was born in 1903 and intends to play , as he has done at previous festivals .
26 Laing feels strongly that the chief executive of a company should define , as he has done at United Biscuits , exactly what its responsibilities to the community are .
27 Some odd jogging ! — 32 miles on the Workington to Keswick run which is an annual walk for most people , or 40 miles on the Keswick to Barrow run which he has done in 6 hours 15 minutes .
28 Coppell , who is putting out the most inexperienced team he has fielded in nine years at Palace , said : ‘ Because Andy is a diabetic , he could not have the operation under general anaesthetic .
29 But he has considerable respect for Derry , a side he has encountered on numerous occasions to date during his speel in charge of Down .
30 He has looked at marginal rates in some cases , but not in others .
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