Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv prt] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | In a new report to the council he points out some serious problems … first of all persuading terrified tenants to make a formal complaint … then there 's the threat of violence … both tenancy officers have themselves been threatened and , when convicted , many landlords are still being fined low amounts . |
2 | If people coming down from the North wearing British Coal Rugby League jumpers think they 're travelling away from home and the event is rather special , imagine the feelings of an Australian as he goes up that long concourse to the Vatican of the inflated rubber bladder . |
3 | ‘ If he digs up any more plants , ’ Mrs Ames said , smiling , ‘ I shall be very angry . ’ |
4 | ‘ A constable may arrest a person without warrant if — ( a ) he engages in offensive conduct which the constable warns him to stop , and ( b ) he engages in further offensive conduct immediately or shortly after the warning ( 5 ) In subsection ( 4 ) , ‘ offensive conduct ’ means conduct the constable reasonably suspects to constitute an offence under this section , and the conduct mentioned in paragraph ( a ) and the further conduct need not be of the same nature . ’ |
5 | We look forward very much to his succession to the Chair , and we wish him very well and I know that he can count on the full support of all the honorary officers , and all of you as members of the Council as he takes on these new responsibilities . |
6 | But he finds out all these things but he does n't tell you and you keep getting killed and you think I wonder if I could do it |
7 | That was two years after Green published his Guide in which he sets out these quoted ideas . |
8 | He takes the band off and starts to sort through ; he ticks off one more name from the Yearbook 's list of radio stations , and then copies its telephone number across onto his checklist . |
9 | Then he makes up this funny word and says it 's the name of a disease by which his brain is rotting away . |
10 | That 's when he brings in that subtle verse about the oneness of the Christian church . |