Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] [adj] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he said " Give us free speech " in the first number of The Polar Star , he made plain one of the two main things which Russia lacked . |
| 2 | He became immediately aware of the developing cultural life taking place on the island and , along with his wife , Irene , taught , lectured and exhibited work alongside their Puerto Rican colleagues . |
| 3 | Well actually a girl friend of mine came round here yesterday , oh , lunch timeish was it , and erm , Henry forget his ball , he got so excited of the though of going out he put it down in the hall , came here and was thoroughly miserable all the way round , without his ball his lost , you know , a dog walk is n't a dog walk for Henry . |
| 4 | He has very few of the traditional trappings of the successful captain of industry . |
| 5 | He stopped just short of the swell of her breast . |
| 6 | He ripped open one of the little silver foil packets and handed her the lubricated ring of rubber . |
| 7 | Receiving a faint beeping from the probe , he threw aside one of the hangings to reveal the strange arrangement of wheels , rods and mirrored lenses that was concealed in the alcove behind it . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , he anticipated both some of the themes and concerns of the Ritschlian theology and the christological emphasis which was once more to come to the centre in the twentieth century . |
| 9 | Not only does the Englishman confuse terms ; he appears ridiculously ignorant of the comic implications of his bewilderment to the initiates in French fabliau slang . |
| 10 | He seems almost unaware of the major part of science , which is undertaken by professional employees of large-scale governmental and industrial institutions and is directed toward specific goals of benefit , profit , or power . |
| 11 | There he broke open some of the salt sacks and instructed the tribesmen to begin drying the skin . |
| 12 | It was a pity about the bed — he thought now more of the work to change it , messy sheets , than that he might have died , choked on his spew . |
| 13 | Initially he saw only one of the hideous creatures , but more of the demons appeared out of the darkness , loping into the alley . |
| 14 | ‘ I could phone him with a problem and he had such insight that he could steer me through it , although he knew very little of the problems over here . ’ |
| 15 | He flipped just one of the bolts in a casual way and strode off towards the farmhouse across the Paddock . |
| 16 | By 1972 , however , he had apparently tired of the courts corruption and his own subordination to the king . |
| 17 | He accepted only four of the five points of Calvinism . |
| 18 | As he stood there one of the Circle longhouses where Bragad 's ‘ Wares had been billeted began to blossom with flame . |
| 19 | He missed just one of the remaining matches in that testing 1971–72 season and contributed three mighty useful goals from the penalty spot . |