Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a mark of Hilton 's clarity of thought and practical spirituality that he should pick up the episcopal ideal of a composite life-style and set it up as the modus vivendi for a spiritually — minded temporal lord . |
| 2 | " He envisages any show as a complete theatrical entity-staging , set design , choreography ; he 'll map out the whole show , then monitor it bar by bar — police it . |
| 3 | He might cut out the middle man you see . |
| 4 | One of the things he had not envisaged was how long it would take before he could send out the first invoice . |
| 5 | Even on the darkest night , by the light which the sea seemed mysteriously to absorb and reflect , he could make out the splendid fifteenth-century west tower of Happisburgh Church , that embattled symbol of man 's precarious defences against this most dangerous of seas . |
| 6 | All the pictures he showed me looked the same messy blur but he insisted he could make out the individual features of each person . |
| 7 | The Scapegoat had been secured by ‘ wrists ’ and ‘ ankles ’ to the inner ring and Wycliffe thought he could make out the four points where the ropes had been . |
| 8 | Even at this distance he could make out the faint octarine glow in the air that must be indicating a stable magic aura of at least — he gasped — several milliprime ? |
| 9 | Sure enough , he could make out the same almost subsonic throbbing as he had heard earlier . |
| 10 | Straining to listen , the boy thought he could make out the soft fall of footsteps on the snuffled ground between the trees . |
| 11 | He could sniff out the personal myth , the crucial one we all develop for ourselves , and make mincemeat of it . ’ |
| 12 | After a few months he could strip down the simpler engines , service and reassemble them . |
| 13 | came from the hospital to do her midwifery and there was a boy in Wrexham Hospital he 'd give up the permanent job to go to The Yale |
| 14 | He 'd have a lo he 'd roll out the single bed . |
| 15 | He would hand over the old man 's baccy for the week and a few sweeties then , after a bit of chat , he was away . ’ |
| 16 | When the messenger arrived to inform Drake of the possible invasion , the old sea dog announced he would finish his game of bowls , then he would finish off the Spanish . |
| 17 | If things did n't improve , then he would set about the central-heating system . |
| 18 | He would bring out the best . |
| 19 | When he saw the saxaphone he told his father about it and his father said that if he could save half the money , he would make up the other half . ’ |
| 20 | The 37-year-old former England winger vowed he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract , saying : Coppell , 37 , dismissed reports that he is wanted by Sunderland as he prepared to take his side back to Anfield where they crashed 5-0 on Saturday . |
| 21 | STEVE COPPELL last night tried to stamp out speculation that he may quit Crystal Palace by vowing that he would see out the remaining 18 months of his contract . |
| 22 | He also said that he was settled in Leeds and intimated that he would see out the remaining 2 years of his contract . |
| 23 | If the Senate will not agree to his design for a new Rome , then he will burn down the present one and give them no choice . |
| 24 | He will take on the new post of Communications Manager , ‘ leading and co-ordinating all aspects of our public relations ’ , according to Sotheby 's Chairman Lord Gowrie . |