Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laszlo Polgar … he has constructed a shrine to chess and a laboratory for his obsessive theories of genius rearing PHOTOGRAPHS : TAMAS REVESZ Judit … inspirational Zsofia … experimenting Zsuzsa … watchful |
| 2 | Since becoming the first Scot in 35 years to win the Amateur title at Carnoustie last year , Dundas has known that he would be playing in the US Masters at Augusta and Open Championship at Royal St George 's , and now he has received an invitation to the US Open , to be played at Baltusrol , New Jersey , on 17-20 June . |
| 3 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he has monitored the extent to which people over 60 years are having their eyes examined since 1989 compared with previous years ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 4 | After meeting staff he has made a plea to agency chiefs to delay the transfer so that full consultations can take place . |
| 5 | He has written a letter to his director of pollution control , suggesting two or three p.p.m. which has been returned with the annotation ‘ proceed as indicated ’ . |
| 6 | This afternoon , he has treated the House to an extraordinary collection of half-truths and inaccuracies , but he has not told us the Labour party 's attitude to the proposals that I identified in the statement . |
| 7 | If he has become a hero to the Muslim masses outside , and probably to a lot of Third World non-Muslims , it is not on his merits , but because the United States , with gratuitous and superfluous aid from Britain , has cast him for the part . |
| 8 | But it would be interesting to know why he has deemed the Navy to be deserving of his interests . |
| 9 | Dr Paul Lawler , South Tees hospitals ' clinical director , revealed he has submitted a report to the Northern Regional Health Authority underlining the difficulties . |
| 10 | A revised tape has been sent to him , and he has returned the original to us as attached . |
| 11 | Best reckons there wo n't be much between the sides at Murrayfield , having been impressed by the Welsh commitment against his own team — ‘ We knew they would come at us , and they certainly did , though we should still have won ’ — while he has taken a liking to the revamped Scottish pack . |
| 12 | When you see our Ronnie slicing the lips and nose from a man he has taken a dislike to , and relishing it , then you know what violence really is . |
| 13 | But Alain , he is so sensitive , he has taken the affair to heart . |
| 14 | American critics have already applauded Brian 's efforts , and his mother Jane — co-founder of the Muppets — and sisters Lisa and Cheryl feel he has earned the right to be seen as Jim 's natural successor . |
| 15 | Jones received £1,600 for his role after his business advisers took their cut and Kinnear believes he should be fined the same amount , even though he has donated the fee to charity . |
| 16 | The conduct of the consumer may also be relevant where he has put the product to a use for which it was not intended . |
| 17 | ‘ You may ask about his daily routine when abroad ; he attends matins at church and priestly services either alone or with a small following , and worships so devoutly that he has set an example to all Italians of the honour and reverence that should be paid to bishops and clergy . |
| 18 | And he has reported the cabbie to licensing officers . |
| 19 | Williams , Textbook of Criminal Law , 2nd edn , Stevens & Sons , 1983 , 764 , criticised Pitham : if a butler invites the maid to join him in stealing the Duke 's silver when he has found the key to the safe , surely he has not at that time appropriated the silver . |
| 20 | Erm hopefully Terry reported that he 'd received a reply to his initial letter about the energy conservation bill . |
| 21 | How he 'd eaten the cake to the very last crumb , |
| 22 | He told me he 'd made a codicil to his will — the man showed it to me , and it 's all in order . ’ |
| 23 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |
| 24 | He 'd relayed the news to Harry , hoping it would put his fickle sister out of his friend 's mind once and for all . |
| 25 | He 'd daubed a rock with paint and used the tell-tale splashes to correct a slight right-hand drift , and then he 'd taken a rasp to the elaborate Monte Carlo grip , reshaping the stock to approximate to the military form on which he 'd been trained and binding it with tape when it was as he wanted . |
| 26 | Moved by the verdict , Mr Donnellan 's mother said she was proud he 'd taken the case to the police in order to clear himself . |
| 27 | But by the time he 'd cleaned the floor to his satisfaction , the broom had worn right away , right down , to the handle . |
| 28 | He 'd won a bursary to a local grammar school when he was eleven and then gone on to an apprenticeship with an engineering firm which employed a quarter of the town 's local inhabitants . |
| 29 | Vito was eating , he 'd left the decision to Don . |
| 30 | He reckoned he 'd earned the right to be cynical . |