Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has felt the presaging shadow of death , and he goes to meet it in the old unchanging way of the wild — alone . |
| 2 | Occasionally in the pursuit of profit he has to sacrifice himself to the ordeal of a business lunch with a customer , supplier or business contact . |
| 3 | He has said nothing about the government 's economic package , with its plan for a FFr68 billion rise in taxes . |
| 4 | He has freed you from the burden of the rules of Holy Law . ’ |
| 5 | Trying to drive yours up , spread on the table , not on the carpet , cos you he has to move everything on the carpet it 's not so slippy . |
| 6 | He has shot himself in the arm . |
| 7 | As an agriculturist he has to take him in the garden for practical training . |
| 8 | But he has forsaken them for the moment , at least in his current Emmerich show , ‘ Some Very Recent Paintings ’ ( opening 14 January ) . |
| 9 | He has raced it at the Nurnburg Ring incorporating a five day trip and intends to explore the delights of this new venture to the utmost . |
| 10 | He has raised it with the contractor . |
| 11 | ‘ Story of my life , ’ he growls when a red declines to go into a pocket for the simple reason that he has hit it at the wrong angle . |
| 12 | The review seemed to think that the swinging Sixties contained a readership , among others , that would be shocked by the novel 's candour and scabrousness about sex — ‘ no doubt he has touched himself on the raw . |
| 13 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |
| 14 | I for one value the friendship that he has given me in the eight and a half years that I have been a Member of the House , despite the fact that we are in different parties and disagree on many issues . |
| 15 | Since then , they estimate that he has seen something in the region of 70 doctors . |
| 16 | The misspelling may be because the child has not previously seen the word written down , but more likely because he has seen it in the context of his reading , without paying much attention to anything more than its contour — that is , he has recognised the word without having to decode it , and has understood it without giving its spelling structure close attention . |
| 17 | The reason for this is that ( in many cases ) the client becomes aware of the proposed legislation either because he has been served under the General Orders with a notice as being directly affected , or because he has seen it in the local newspaper or Gazette advertisement . |
| 18 | As often as not , He has done nothing of the kind . |
| 19 | I do nt think he has done anything for the national game . |
| 20 | Mr. Wilson : As the Minister reiterates his enthusiasm for bids that give workers a substantial say , does he consider that there is any conflict between that and what he has told us about the SDA investing £500,000 to ensure that such bids do not succeed ? |
| 21 | ‘ I expect he has told you of the tragedy ? ’ |
| 22 | He has armed himself with the munitions of modernity , not only with ‘ conventional arms ’ , but also with an arsenal of nuclear , biological and chemical weapons . |
| 23 | He has educated me in the best sense of the word and I have trusted him as I think I would trust no one else of my own sex . |
| 24 | He has proved it beyond the shadow of a doubt . |
| 25 | ‘ He has got himself into the most God almighty muddle , ’ he said , adding almost hopelessly , ‘ he is not a worldly person . |
| 26 | ‘ In charge of ’ means that once a person takes a vehicle on a road or public place he normally remains in charge of that vehicle until he has taken it off the road or public place again . |
| 27 | In a way he has moulded himself on the likeness of Ben Hogan . |
| 28 | Since 1987 , when he had a difficult first few months while the recently arrived Jonathan Davies was recovering from injury , he has established himself as the freshest , most innovative Welsh analyst of modern rugby . |
| 29 | Atkinson stepped in to sign the 21-year-old 12 months ago and he has established himself in the Villa side ahead of Nigel Spink . |
| 30 | Tom Berenger is an amnesia-suffering crash victim who suspects he has murdered someone in the stylish thriller Shattered . |