Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | For seven or eight years he was down at the ground every day . |
| 2 | On it we normally get the full title and sub-title , the author 's name or pseudonym , his qualifications and , sometimes , the titles of other important or popular books he has written with , at the foot , the publisher 's imprint and , more often than not , the date . |
| 3 | Working on his idea in his kitchen for about five or six years he got his first crude image in 1938 . |
| 4 | Every two or three minutes he stops and speaks with the crowd . |
| 5 | Next came Cooder 's first real involvement with film-work ; over the next two or three years he produced soundtracks for The Long Riders , Southern Comfort and The Border . |
| 6 | In Miss Weeton 's Journal of a Governess , she writes on 15th September 1810 : ‘ I would have introduced you to Mr. Green , who keeps an exhibition of drawings ( all his own ) in that village where you might have been amused for two or three hours-for he has a great number , two rooms being kept open for the purpose . |
| 7 | A composer is haunted by certain themes , subjects or moods , and he must look around for the stories or dramatic vehicles he needs to bring these themes to life as musical theatre . |
| 8 | But although the attitudinist agrees with the intuitionist that the meaning of ethical words can not be exhaustively analysed in naturalistic or metaphysical terms he takes a more positive view of the kinds of definition which Moore was so concerned to refute , for he sees them as examples of a particular type of definition , which has a legitimate place in discourse . |
| 9 | He may then become fully aware of any physical , social or educational disadvantages he possesses . |
| 10 | Although in September 1939 he did not seem sure whether he would be able to compose any more poetry — it was a time when any kind of " plan " seemed futile — within three or four months he did start work upon another poem . |
| 11 | Almost as if without one or two eccentricities he would feel characterless . |
| 12 | See Keith was supposed to be coming Wednesday to do a couple of little bits , finish off this conservatory , he 's finished but he says there 's one or two bits he wanted to do . |
| 13 | Desmond was one of those dominant husbands who knew that on one or two issues he faced adamantine resistance , and understood when to give in . |
| 14 | Baron Hans-Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza officially confirmed on 12 February that within one or two months he will agree to the permanent disposition of his 800 paintings now leased to the Spanish government and housed in the Palace of Villahermosa , Madrid ( just across the road from the Prado ) and at the Monastery of Pedralbes , Barcelona . |
| 15 | For Sidonius the immediate result was exile , but after one or two years he did return , and lived out his life as bishop , albeit harassed by his own clergy , until the late 480s . |
| 16 | For one or two days he sat down with me , and I tried to teach him . |
| 17 | ( If necessary , allow yourself to become this sub-personality , and experience the hurt , sadness , anger or other emotions he or she is holding . ) |
| 18 | Any extra equipment or special materials he required could be obtained through the agency of the headquarters ' staff . |
| 19 | Gavin Dalzell of Lesmahagow copied his machine in 1846 and passed on the details to so many people that for more than fifty years he was generally regarded as the inventor of the bicycle . |
| 20 | In view of the growing international concern about the use of children and young people in various conflicts , especially in third-world countries , how on earth can the Minister possibly justify a situation in this country whereby a young lad can join the Army at the age of 16 , or in some cases at the age of 15 , but if he changes his mind and wants to leave after serving more than six months he can not do so and is forced to continue in the armed services until the age of 21 ? |
| 21 | His methods and his diligence were such that in less than six months he had completed the work which had been expected to take 2 to 3 years . |
| 22 | This suggests that these words he , she , him , her , belong to the same class . |
| 23 | In less than three months he , too , had moved — to a cottage just outside the village , where he took up gardening and fishing with great energy and enthusiasm . |
| 24 | Yet for more than three months he has had in his hands the report by the Select Committee on Members ' Interests which recommends changes in the registration of commercial lobbying interests . |
| 25 | However , no doubt mollified both by the President 's dramatic decision on Tuesday to announce the release of eight long-term political prisoners and by the urbanity of his style , the archbishop did note that the talks had proceeded in ‘ a far better atmosphere ’ than previous encounters he has had with the government . |
| 26 | But , he rejects accusations of misogynism completely , denying the word as valid in black culture and pointing out that black women he has spoken to have no qualms about the film . |
| 27 | Being a sensible young man he calculated energy changes for each reaction and used Standard Electrode Potentials , ( beloved of all A-level chemists ) claiming that this would ensure that all reactions he carried out were safe . |
| 28 | After more than ten years he decided that it was time he retrieved some of the money , so from 1921 to 1923 he put the wages of his chauffeur on Arsenal 's expense account and in 1926 charged the club £125 for hiring , over two years , a motor car . |
| 29 | Cos Dave 's been out the country like ehm , well it 's just under ten years , and if he stays out longer than ten years he loose , he loose his citizenship . |
| 30 | My sisters belong here , he told himself fiercely , like almonds , like cherries , like the percoco , which blends the sweetness of the almond and the apricot together , much better than those whores he 's talking about . |