Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was taken to Milton keynes general hospital where he died this morning . |
| 2 | He picked up the ‘ Fabulous Forman ’ title at Oxford for his flamboyant dress sense , although he toned this down when he entered Parliament in 1976 in a by-election . |
| 3 | He nodded , relieved that they had left her alone although he knew this business had only just started . |
| 4 | But although he took this very stiff line about theism and organized religion , it 's not true that Russell himself was void of religious feelings and interests . |
| 5 | However , although he says this , partly to emphasise that the truth of the matter is quite independent of the question whether we know it , it would seem reasonable to expect that , if there is a real truth here into which we might have rational insight , careful attention to just what is at issue will bring about convergence . |
| 6 | However , it is plain that the speaker of English , although he performs this general task reliably thousands of times a day , has no idea whatever how he does it , and may well have a healthy scepticism about proffered accounts in terms of linguistic or other rules . |
| 7 | Stephen finished fifth overall in last year 's championship and although he won this round at the circuit last year , he will face tough competition from the mainland entrants . |
| 8 | Some sort of property already exists with pastoralism , Marx tells us , although he modifies this elsewhere [ p. 69 ] . |
| 9 | Although he sees this struggle as being primarily concerned with economic resources , it can also involve struggles for prestige and for political power . |
| 10 | The difficulty is that the Earl of Orford , who did not die until 5 December 1791 , was named George , while his uncle who succeeded him as fourth Earl was named Horatio , although he disliked this name , and called himself Horace Walpole instead . |
| 11 | Looking up , Alice could see , above Faye , Philip , whose face said that he heard this as — no doubt Faye wanted him to . |
| 12 | That he thought this possible is suggested by his comments on Frazer whom he saw not as an investigator of a remote and hence irrelevant past , but as someone whose researches are like Freud 's , of apparently universal application , applying not to a particular historical period but to ‘ the soul ’ . |
| 13 | Referring to recent events in the Soviet Union , Vellayati said on Aug. 28 that he hoped this would help speed up an end to the civil war . |
| 14 | Ray MacSharry , the Commissioner responsible for agriculture , said that he hoped this would enable EC Agriculture Ministers to take an early decision on reforming the common agricultural policy as proposed during 1991 [ see pp. 38022-23 ; 38352-53 ] . |
| 15 | He said we played far to many domestic games , and that he hoped this disater would be a blessing in disguise . |
| 16 | Arthur Ramsey told his daughter that he chose this colour ‘ because anyone could throw a coffee-cup at the wall without it showing ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ I would prefer , if he must marry one or the other , that he chose this Cora-Beth girl , ’ Alice said softly . |
| 18 | Those of you who saw today will know that he calls this position the Adam and Eve position . |
| 19 | What actually happens in 2002 depends on whether both parties are prepared to extend the loan agreement , although the Baron tells us that he considers this unlikely or whether the government can afford to buy any of the pictures . |
| 20 | There is every reason to think that he meant this quite literally . |
| 21 | Although Richard claimed that he took this initiative in the hope of bringing about peace so that the crusade could get under way , his father objected strongly , presumably on the grounds that the general position of the Angevins would be weakened if they admitted the principle that their disputes could be settled in their overlord 's court . |
| 22 | It may be that he saw this as the best means of curtailing a war that was tearing apart Christian Spain . |
| 23 | I 'm told that unit sales should normally yield about three times the building costs , and that he gets this back within three to five years . |
| 24 | Not that he resents this : ‘ Categories are essential for describing phenomena and I 'm a phenomenon of some kind . |
| 25 | The alleged motive which John did not dispute was that he committed this crime to conceal another crime being the murder of MOIR McILCHENICH widow in Ellister and we are told that the last mentioned murder of the widow was " discovered " ( probably means committed ) by him and others . |
| 26 | Mr Matthiesen informs me that he relayed this message to Sotheby 's on three separate occasions prior to the sale , but no notice was displayed . |
| 27 | When he completed his circumnavigation of the world , his contemporaries were just as impressed by the fact that he achieved this feat without losing a single member of his crew to scurvy . |
| 28 | He said that he understood this and was sorry , but could only add that the deaf community regarded the birth of each and every deaf child as a precious gift . |
| 29 | Will the Minister recognise that some of the benefits that he announced this afternoon are the result of cross-subsidy from the dirty , sleazy pornographic phone calls that he and his colleagues have encouraged for some time ? |
| 30 | When a therapist becomes aware that such a situation is developing it is most important that he discusses this with the patient and sets very clear limits on the relationship . |