Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [prep] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He paced his talk well , and his use of live models caught the attention , but he failed to capitalise on this by describing exactly what the models were demonstrating . |
| 2 | Papa did n't know what to do , and then he got talking to some of his cronies , and he decided on a Grand Scheme . |
| 3 | ‘ The greatest mistake any adversary could make would be to doubt America 's resolve during this period of transition , ’ Clinton said in a statement outside the Arkansas governor 's mansion in Little Rock , where he has lived for 12 of the last 14 years . |
| 4 | Under this , he has blocked off most of the new airstrips , and now only 1,000 miners remain . |
| 5 | He has confessed to most of the charges to court investigators and western reporters and maintains he was not coerced into admitting his guilt . |
| 6 | The first half of the route to Gooch 's century must be the rockiest he has travelled towards any of his 16 in Tests . |
| 7 | 1 SCIENCE MUSEUM : Interview with James Goddard : he has to leave at 9.00 for Heathrow but will be on the premises from 0630 onwards . |
| 8 | But such is his love for the game he has adorned for close on a decade that he never gave up hope of a return to the big time . |
| 9 | In the past few months he has sided with those in the party and the army who have long wanted a crackdown . |
| 10 | Whatever the outcome of that gesture , I hope that he will be reinforced and fortified by the knowledge that the whole House recognises the formidable qualities that he has brought to one of the most taxing posts in Government . |
| 11 | David Cranston will relinquish the role that he has combined with that of chief executive . |
| 12 | Mrs Ramsden 's husband , Jack , whose successful punting exploits have regularly had the bookies reaching for the valium bottle , was at first stunned and angered by the suggestion that anything was wrong with Travelling Light , whom he has backed at 33-1 for the second leg of the Autumn Double . |
| 13 | He has enlarged on these in a privately circulated note . |
| 14 | Border was in good humour at Hove and agreed that he would prefer to attract some better headlines than the ones he has earned after some of his outbursts in the early part of this Ashes tour . |
| 15 | 1 The student says aloud , in the L1 , whatever he wants to say to one of the other learners ( short sentences ) . |
| 16 | Until now the possibility had n't occurred to Godolphin — he 'd been too preoccupied by the secret that he 'd lived with most of his adult life — but it was an intriguing , and disturbing , thought . |
| 17 | Well , Yon Yonson took to drink and stayed in the pub until he 'd drunk up most of his grant . |
| 18 | He 'd , he 'd escaped from one of the prisons . |
| 19 | He 'd escaped from one of the prisons . |
| 20 | And it was just after he 'd flicked through one of them that Detective Constable Hodges ( blast his eyes ! ) had come in , walked over to the newspaper stall , and picked up the top copy but one from the Daily Mirror pile . |
| 21 | But the Guider and all the Pack learned later on about her meeting with the stranger on the seat , because at the next Pack Meeting the Guider read out a letter from Mr. Bishop , the estate agent , which said the Earl of Ferngrove had given special instructions that the Brownie Guide Pack could continue to use the Park whenever they wished , as he was quite satisfied , thanks to a chat he 'd had with one of them , that they were very careful not to leave litter about in the Park . |
| 22 | Mallachy had not liked the crack about actors , because it was a line that Rory had been peddling quite strongly recently , a rod he 'd found at last with which to beat his friend . |
| 23 | He had one photograph , from Shaun 's wedding , and the photograph 's arrival had been the first that he 'd known about any of it . |
| 24 | Actually , he 'd started on that before six and I think he 'd finished when I left at six-fifteen . |
| 25 | A lady in Pierremont shared our misgivings ‘ in its present form the scheme is in a non-starter in Darlington ’ and a chap round Carmel Road way told how he 'd tried in vain to interest either police or neighbours in a scheme . |
| 26 | He began to think of this as a problem . |
| 27 | Middlesbrough-born , though long since moved to Billingham , he began refereeing in 1944 aboard HMS Nelson . |
| 28 | He began directing in 1959 with Follow a Star , a Norman Wisdom film . |
| 29 | Ray Floyd failed to join them recently when he finished tied for 8th in the Bank One Classic . |
| 30 | I know he keeps going like this with it , he keeps going |