Example sentences of "he [vb -s] in the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He sits in the first pew he comes to and leers at the door every twenty seconds with the frowsiest of sighs . |
| 2 | At the beginning Dickens piles up adjectives in order to set the scene and build atmosphere as is shown when he writes in the first chapter |
| 3 | He writes in the last paragraph , ‘ It should be borne in mind that for the creation of a climatic regime managed by man , further progress of science and engineering is necessary which would permit a considerable increase in the present production of energy . |
| 4 | Owner of several Felixes himself , he plans in the next year or two to publish the player 's illustrated scrapbooks for the 1851 and 1852 seasons : ‘ They were intended for publication and are a remarkable social document , ’ he says . |
| 5 | Furthermore he has a particular site in mind , as he reveals in the next round of the negotiations . |
| 6 | In the last two stanzas , Blake is explaining the marks of woe that he sees in the first stanza — but what extraordinary connections to make ! |
| 7 | And then , with his foundations once more rightly in place , he continues in the second half of his letter to spell out the specific relevance of faith in Christ for daily living , particularly in this arena of relationships . |
| 8 | Eliot , though , is determined , like the anthropological writers he had been reading , to make plain the root of the custom , which he does in the next line , ‘ And flowers of deflowered maids ’ . |
| 9 | If the donor dies more than seven years after the gift , there 's no duty at all payable If he dies in the seventh year the whole duty is reduced by 60 per cent , if in the sixth by 30 per cent , and in the fifth 15 per cent . ’ |