Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From his first appearance as the languid young aristo to his final entrance as a surgical case in a wheelchair , Rupert Everett makes the character as much Harlequin as Mephistopheles , and the magnetic allure with which he endows him balances the brittle cynicism and affectation of a man who measures every word for effect . |
| 2 | Perfectly honest I do n't know he spends a lot of time in there . |
| 3 | Woodman demonstrates that the owner need not know he owns the property . |
| 4 | " Then how , " Quiss said , bringing the blank , sorrowful face closer to his own , " do you know he has an office ? " |
| 5 | ‘ But he 's very clever at getting out of it — and if he manages it without one of us noticing he inflicts the most terrible injuries on himself . |
| 6 | ‘ And he still refuses to accept he has a problem ? ’ |
| 7 | Despite Mr Kinnock 's vigorous campaign and the improvement since 1987 in his personal standing , Gallup 's findings suggest he remains a serious handicap to Labour . |
| 8 | A police spokesman said : ‘ If Mr Hutchinson succeeds in recovering his pet , we suggest he follows the advice of the old Rolf Harris song and ties his wallaby down , sport . ’ |
| 9 | Williams maintained he has no intention of bowing to pressure from the French government by including a black player in their all-white touring party . |
| 10 | He owes he owes the family so he 'll be paying back . |
| 11 | In Fearless Frank , Phil Kaufman 's first solo feature , Voight played a country bumpkin who comes to Chicago , gets shot by mobsters , and wakes up to find he has the powers of a superman . |
| 12 | The Potter whose grandmother employed the second and third kitchenmaids in question was , M. André Simon tells me , Major Matthew Connolly ( father of Mr Cyril Connolly ) ; and with his felicitous evocation of a mid-Victorian country breakfast table and those second and third kitchenmaids pounding away at the ham and tongue for potting he makes a number of points , most relevant of which concerns the kitchenmaids . |
| 13 | And you say he plans a three-fold advance , from Chester , Shrewsbury and Hereford ? ’ |
| 14 | I actually think Black was fouled but as you say he makes a bit of a song and dance about it . |
| 15 | Others say he needs a very tiny brain . |
| 16 | Some rabbits say he controls the weather , because the wind , the damp and the dew are friends and instruments to rabbits against their enemies . |
| 17 | Some people say he has no head . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And some people say he has no body , ’ said Monsieur Firmin . |
| 19 | ‘ It is not enough for the Secretary of State to wash his hands in this Pontius Pilate way and say he has no responsibility for what is happening . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You say he has a liaison of some sort with the Müller woman , so presumably he 'll be attending the premiere tonight . |
| 21 | And they say he has a lot of friends . ’ |
| 22 | He needs to protect himself : men say he has a magic ring which he uses to raise demons to control the King . |
| 23 | ‘ Luk at the belly on that , ’ she calls to one portly gentleman , ‘ They say he has a waterbed . |
| 24 | To live with Iago as a reader , or in the theatre , is bad enough ; to create him shows an ability to conceive evil that almost strikes us as perverse and unnatural . |
| 25 | Lynagh 's high speed trip should take a week and , if successful , should ensure he has no further trouble with the left shoulder he dislocated in the match against Ireland . |
| 26 | He says he likes the cooking , woodwork and the teachers . |
| 27 | Chris Bulman from Plymouth says he deserves a mention as well , as he usually shies away from publicity ! |
| 28 | The convener of the council 's leisure and recreation committee , Charles Farquhar , says he understands the position since he is president of the long-established Lochee Boys ' Club . |
| 29 | Malcolm Green says he does a lot of orienteering and this is the big one |
| 30 | Charles Southwood , head of Death Tobacco , says he hopes the product will encourage smokers to quit . |