Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul in particular found that when he preached the forgiveness and gift of the Spirit which Christ made possible he ran up against a deeply entrenched problem . |
| 2 | ‘ Since I became pregnant he has n't been interested in me ’ |
| 3 | Given that this is a passion of 's it was very useful , given that he speaks no Italian . |
| 4 | In conclusion , it is clear that from this examination of the state of weaponry and warfare throughout the reign of Barbarossa , and given that he lived to the age of 70 , he must have experienced many of the gradual changes and improvements in arms and armour that occurred during the twelfth century . |
| 5 | Given that he does n't want to see you and your suspicion is that he does n't want to see you because you have as it were the fingerprints of Gerry Adams on you now you 're tainted because of your relationship with Gerry Adams , what do you now do ? |
| 6 | The questions being argued in the courtroom were these : could the defendant claim that driving his car at the gang was self-defence , given that he had already escaped ? |
| 7 | Aylwin , however , stated that he did not wish to accept such an offer , nor did he feel that it was justified , given that he had agreed to be elected for a four-year period and that to alter the term of office ( by amending the Constitution ) " would be to change the rules of play of our democratic co-existence " . |
| 8 | Given that he had half frightened her to death to begin with , he 'd been a gentle lover too , she recalled , a tender smile playing around her mouth . |
| 9 | Given that he thinks he can demonstrate , easily demonstrate the advantages of representative governments to show why |
| 10 | Given that he served in Cabinet for many years , I should have thought that he would be more objective and would not simply take as his evidence two cases from the front page of the News of the World . |
| 11 | RAY HAD a knack for singing a peppy tune , an impressive talent given that he 'd been blind since the age of six ( one of his last sights was the drowning of his brother ) and a heroin addict for most of his adult days . |
| 12 | Row 5 of our example spreadsheets shows that our professional spent from 14.56 until 15.12 on the first task listed and given that he charges for services by the hour what we require in column E , Duration , is a fraction of an hour . |
| 13 | Will he now reconsider his advice that local initiative will solve all these problems , given that he has undermined local initiative in the example quoted earlier about people who have been willing to put up £17 million of locally raised money for a project which was undermined by the Welsh Office ? |
| 14 | I do not know why the Leader of the House bothers with his Committees , given that he has apparently introduced a major constitutional innovation without any agreement from them . |
| 15 | It is not clear from the article to what extent it was Dutch society that he was basing his analysis on , but given that he appears to be making a general point about changes within Western Europe , it is important to point out that most of the literature on youth , adolescence and relations between the generations in Britain has tended to concentrate on , to use Elias ' term again , the changing balance of power between the generations within the working class . |
| 16 | Given that he remembers correctly what the original sensation was like , he has developed a concept of pain which will tell him , of each new sensation , whether to call it pain or not . |
| 17 | As he intensified the party 's efforts to lure floating voters away from the Liberal Democrats , the Labour leader made clear he had not ruled out holding a referendum on constitutional change . |
| 18 | I bought him Coke to take home but he wo n't want this he wants his Coke . |
| 19 | When Rameshwar read this he went to Tukaram and praised his greatness and goodness . |
| 20 | Among East Anglian property pundits , alarm over what Mr Lamont might be planning for the region 's property market turned to relief as it became clear he had no major upsets in store . |
| 21 | They were determined to confront the English Heritage inspector , but it soon became clear he 'd given them the slip . |
| 22 | After struggling free he went to nearby Bassetlaw Hospital where doctors closed the quarter-inch deep gash . |
| 23 | And he got this he got a ca no it was n't a cane but it was a quite a big stick . |
| 24 | When Parker got up he told his audience that as he had heard this he had thought to himself , ‘ I will turn aside and see this great sight ’ . |
| 25 | He 's still trying to find some he 's phoned a bloke in Plymouth see if he can get them . |
| 26 | Well not me and he does n't even know English he has to he 's bloody dum . |
| 27 | The librarian , fearful of fire , gently shooed Corbett out so the clerk went down to stroll in the monastery 's small herb garden while he rigorously analysed all he had learnt in his journey to Kinghorn . |
| 28 | Even with only half those Spanish coins he could buy all he wanted and more . |
| 29 | If it looks good he throws on more wood , if it looks bad he throws on more paraffin . |
| 30 | He did explain what this was but I did n't catch all he said and I wonder if you could give me a little more detail ? |