Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , Peter Matthiessen 's account of his astonishing journey on foot , with limited supplies in the face of overwhelming winter snows , from Nepal to the Crystal Mountain in Tibet where he goes fired with the hope of seeing the rare , almost mythical , snow leopard , expresses a pattern of experience that is at the heart of the awareness of the medieval mystics with whom this book is concerned . |
| 2 | I fully agree with my noble and learned friend 's observation that the dictum in Morris has led to confusion and complication where those in de facto control have been charged with theft from a company and I , too , consider , on the basis ( which he assumes only for the sake of argument ) that the Morris dictum is correct , that it would be wrong , when a person who by virtue of his position in the company constitutes ‘ the directing mind and will of the company ’ is accused of stealing from the company , to acquit that person on the ground that , in his capacity as the company , he has consented to the taking ( by himself ) of the company 's property , with the result that no appropriation , and therefore no theft , has occurred . |
| 3 | Terry Yorath , the Wales manager , is delaying his selection until he has checked on the fitness of Barry Horne , the Southampton midfielder , who has had a knee injury . |
| 4 | ‘ If you had asked the same plumber three times to fix a leak , and , every time he has been , he has pottered around a bit and he has gone away , telling you he has fixed it and there you are standing in the kitchen up to your waist in water , are you going to call the same plumber to fix it again ? ’ he asked . |
| 5 | Although he has lived in the UK since 1969 , Zarei was born in Iran and is often listed as Iranian , but he is officially a British athlete , and won an England vest when competing in the Milton Keynes 24-hour Championships in 1989 . |
| 6 | GERALD MALONE , official Conservative was appointed by the Winchester branch of the party as their prospective candidate some 18 months ago , since when he has lived in the area . |
| 7 | I admire Mac because he has remained at the top of British sprinting for a decade through a lot of hard work . |
| 8 | Presumably he has remained at the back to supervise the operation . |
| 9 | He has retired with a Jersey cow , 10 cats and some geese to a cosy smallholding . |
| 10 | On 7 May the applicant was admitted to bail , and so far as we are aware has been at liberty ever since , although it appears that he has appeared on a number of occasions at the Guildhall Magistrates ' Court , to what effect we do not know . |
| 11 | Over the years he has appeared in The Stone Boy , The Outsiders , Rumblefish , The Cotton Club , Paradise Alley and , most memorably , as the down-and-out DJ in Jim Jarmusch 's Down By Law and the jinked hobo in Hector Babenco 's Ironweed . |
| 12 | When Iago outlines his plan to regain Othello 's respect through the intervention of Desdemona , Cassio is grateful : The point that this sequence establishes is that Cassio , like Roderigo before him , and like Othello , and Desdemona after him , trusts Iago and believes that he has appeared in the nick of time , solely in order to help him . |
| 13 | For example , assume that a child is a rehabilitated person within the meaning of the Act : in other words , he has been subject to a supervision requirement and that requirement has been terminated or a year has elapsed since the date of the hearing that imposed the supervision requirement , whichever is the longer , and he has committed no further offences during the rehabilitation period ; or he has appeared before a children 's hearing which has decided not to impose a supervision requirement on him and six months has elapsed during which time he has committed no further offences . |
| 14 | Dan Graham has always been about geometry , at least in so far as it informs the quasi-architectural environments he makes ( have you yet been delightfully disoriented by the series of glass-walled , open-to-the-sky rooms he has constructed on the roof of the DIA Art Center 's Chelsea outpost ? ) . |
| 15 | Cagey hobby : Dr Graham Tydeman inside the Silence of the Lambs-style cage he has constructed for an exhibition |
| 16 | BNFL 's new Director of employee Relations , Brian Kerr , says he is looking forward to the challenge of his new job , an extension of the role he has exercised within the company since the 1960s . |
| 17 | I am aware he has met on a number of occasions with our members , and he was instrumental in selecting a team , which met with the General Secretary of USDAW who said that they had had a er a er reasonable meeting with him . |
| 18 | He has argued for the introduction of a convertible currency parallel to the existing non-convertible rouble . |
| 19 | The Head Receptionist has recently been showing signs of some disquiet , however : he has invested in a home computer and has been rather tentatively advocating the advantages of word processing and computerized accounting . |
| 20 | Although recognised for his early signature puff-ball and trapeze shapes , he has matured into a designer capable of producing the perfect little black dress , and a mixture of easy pieces that reflect the quirky charm that is his keynote . |
| 21 | THIS rangy gelding looks as though he has matured during the summer and could develop into a useful handicap hurdler . |
| 22 | He is a master at keeping a rhythm throughout , picking up speed as soon as he has landed over a fence , and taking the most economical route . |
| 23 | To ask the Attorney-General how many representations he has received since the beginning of December which have been critical of his reaction to Sunday opening of stores . |
| 24 | To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what representations he has received on the conduct of children 's homes in Gwynedd . |
| 25 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent representations he has received on the subject of Scottish government ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 26 | To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the subject of taxation of child care ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 27 | To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what recent representations he has received on the subject of the introduction of a statutory payroll levy . |
| 28 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on the Fenchurch Street line . |
| 29 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received on the future of the Scottish regiments and battalions ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the level of parliamentary representation from England ; and if he will make a statement . |