Example sentences of "[noun prp] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , to Mrs Thrale he described the scene of this famed moment of quietude briefly — ‘ on a green bank , with a small stream running at my feet , in the midst of savage solitude , with Mountains before me , and on either hand covered with heath ’ — then commented , ‘ I looked round me , and wondered that I was not more affected , but the mind is not at all times equally ready to be put in motion . ’ |
| 2 | Following the model of the social organism proposed by Spencer he adopted the view that the plant community was a genuine super-organism with a life of its own . |
| 3 | While in Rouen he visits the Cimetière Monumental the year after Gustave 's father and sister were buried there , and approves its innovative policy of allowing families to buy freehold plots . |
| 4 | And er Steven he does the erm , the he just has to take his quinine tablets . |
| 5 | On Friday he played the match of his life to beat the defending champion , Jahangir Khan , in five games , and at 6-0 up in the final game on Saturday he was not far from becoming the first player to beat both Khans in the same tournament . |
| 6 | they constantly threatened to become more than a handful in every sense , so one sad Saturday he sold the sows with their litters at Taunton market — and since then has dealt with pigs only on paper . |
| 7 | In a pique against Harlequins last Saturday he flung the ball at the opposition tighthead prop and was lucky not to be sent off . |
| 8 | Boyd , a 6ft 5in American in his first English season , has been top-scorer for Brixton in every game — although on Saturday he shared the honour with his team-mate , Jody John , each scoring 33 points . |
| 9 | Oxfordshire jockey Richard Dunwoody has a few thousand to go before he can ever catch Carson … that ca n't be done in jump racing of course … but the new champion is off to a flying start to the new season … two winners on saturday he won the first at Newton Abbot this afternoon |
| 10 | Lisburn 's Paul McBurney remained unbeaten in the league and on Saturday he won the 200m in 22.1 and the one lap event with 49.4 . |
| 11 | After spending one night at the Hilton he reserved the suite for a week and paid in advance . |
| 12 | For Bede he became the fifth overlord of all the Anglo-Saxons south of the Humber ( HE II , 5 ) . |
| 13 | From coach John Williams to skipper Naas Botha he claimed the South Africans still believed physical forward power alone could win international games . |
| 14 | They served Caledor well and when the Dark Elves were driven from Ulthuan he foresaw the need for constant patrols to keep the island safe . |
| 15 | However , like General MacArthur he made the promise ‘ I will return ’ and so he did , the next night . |
| 16 | Now back in Bucharest he finds the people who stifled his union at birth are still holding important positions in the film industry under the umbrella of the National Salvation Front . |
| 17 | February He turns the six-yard box into a cartoon strip . |
| 18 | When the Secretary of State spoke to the House on 14 February he opposed the MacSharry proposals vehemently . |
| 19 | Not supporting Mr Clinton is no liability in Texas : the president received just 37% of the state 's votes in 1992 , and in February he recorded the lowest-ever approval-rating among Texans for an incumbent president . |
| 20 | Nothing is sacred ; when the Princess of Wales bought a Mercedes in February he accused the Royals of ‘ showing contempt for British workers while living off the fat of the land ’ . |
| 21 | On 18 December he addressed the Liberal MPs assembled at the National Liberal Club , making what one observer called ‘ the speech of his life ’ . |
| 22 | On 24 December he ejected the defendant from the premises . |
| 23 | On 5 November 1946 Pethick-Lawrence commented on their ‘ political immaturity ’ , and again on 9 December he told the Cabinet that : ‘ We are dealing with a body politically immature , singularly lacking in experience of the outside world , and with no appreciation of the weakness of Burma or of the difficulties … she is likely to face . ’ |
| 24 | On 11 December he shot the first-ever specimen of the crimson chat as he traversed the forest bordering the River Feel , to the east of the Liverpool Plains . |
| 25 | In December he supported the formation of a new Moslem organization ( the Association of Moslem Intellectuals ) , which united a broad spectrum of Moslem interests and was widely expected to be the basis of support for his candidacy in 1993 [ see p. 37919 ] . |
| 26 | On his previous appearance at the Berkshire course in December he won the valuable SGB Chase , staying on well to beat the luckless Minnehoma . |
| 27 | Roh met Soviet President Gorbachev in San Francisco in June 1990 [ see p. 37533 ] , and in December he visited the Soviet Union , the first such visit undertaken by a South Korean leader [ see p. 37918 ] . |
| 28 | In December he described the war in Vietnam as " unjust " and " detestable " . |
| 29 | Outside the Bank of England he put the bag on the ground to have a few moments rest . |
| 30 | On his return to England he found the cost of engraving his plates far beyond his means and so he learned the art and later produced this beautiful book , which brought in enough income to support his family after his death in 1749 . |