Example sentences of "he [vb -s] a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E needs a good romp in the fields , ’ and he looked at Willie , and I reckon you do an' all , he thought . |
| 2 | ‘ He 's good fun , and he plays a decent game of tennis . |
| 3 | ‘ He plays a different type of game to Steve Davis . |
| 4 | The idea which has swallowed Kirillov is suicide , not suicide for the common cause of the quintet as Dostoevsky first proposed , but to achieve a metaphysical and religious purpose ; and thus he plays a big part in the transformation of a neat political generation-gap story into a larger , more complicated object . |
| 5 | He plays a short sample down the phone , an almost unintelligible blur May , a non-stop talker and tireless ambassador for techno , rolls his eyes in a resigned manner ’ I get every kid in the city ringing me up and I feel bad because I do n't have time to talk to them . ’ |
| 6 | He turns a reproachful face on her for admitting what kind of a girl she is . |
| 7 | He appreciates a good attempt at an answer even if the final result is not " correct " . |
| 8 | He displays a wide range of diplomatic skills such as always speaking the other person 's language , being acutely sensitive to customer needs and creatively expressing genuine appreciation for a job well done . |
| 9 | As an alternative , he offers a reasoned defence of the demands of community understood in more traditional terms . |
| 10 | He offers a concise history of recent work , indicates clearly what issues remain unresolved and suggests the directions of future research . |
| 11 | But he offers a brilliant rendering of Do n't Put Your Daughter On The Stage , Mrs Worthington rising to heights of boiling , brick-red rage on ‘ She 's a vile girl and uglier than mortal sin . ’ |
| 12 | In describing laboratory methods he offers a clear account of the underlying scientific principles and practical techniques , followed by relevant material from case histories and objective assessment of advantages , limitations and future possibilities . |
| 13 | In his buoyant narrative style , his particularly exact , observant eye for detail , his confident concentration on a particular event coloured by emotion but not by an intensity of analysis , he offers a significant contrast to Conrad 's dense , probing accounts of similar events . |
| 14 | He laughs a low laugh of relief . |
| 15 | Mageeba makes no concessions to the white political world yet he understands a great deal about it . |
| 16 | He represents a great noble of the Empire , perhaps even the Emperor himself . |
| 17 | In terms of man 's cultural development he represents a royal epiphany of the primal father , an authentic reincarnation of primal despotism . |
| 18 | However , at a different level — the level at which this long-term strategy has to be harnessed to the interests , aspirations and self-images of an electorate — he represents a significant adaptation of the post-Thatcher world . |
| 19 | But he represents a different style of monarchy , a different style of man from perhaps Prince Andrew , who might have made a much more typical Windsor king . |
| 20 | Do you mean he represents a Lebanese faction like Islamic Jihad or that he is of the Hezbollah , the Party of God ? ’ |
| 21 | So it 's equally unsurprising that he receives a steady stream of unsolicited portfolios from eager aspirants searching for their break . |
| 22 | The give-us-our trough back campaign is threatening to organise a protest march every week but Councillor Smith says he wo n't even discuss moving the trough until he receives a full apology from his accusers . |
| 23 | This September he launches a new scent for men called — what else — Photo . |
| 24 | Steiner 's association of homosexuality with narcissism , solipsism , and the refusal of referentiality obviously suggests reservations about both modernism ( as he conceives it ) and the efficacy of the homosexual influence upon it , and it comes as no surprise that in his most recent book he launches a strong attack on the former . |
| 25 | He grins briefly , fiddling with his food , before he launches a verbal attack on Oxford 's much-maligned university students . |
| 26 | He launches a detailed attack on the many aspects of scholastic teaching which had their basis in the logical works of Aristotle 's Organon . |
| 27 | He produces a small card from his waistcoat pocket and presents it . |
| 28 | He looks a bad colour to me . " |
| 29 | He mops his brow as he demolishes a double helping of pie , salty mash and pale green gravy . |
| 30 | He joins a general strike by those who have been dispossessed on Urras and tells them : ‘ ( on Anarres ) we have nothing but our freedom . |