Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The requirement that consideration must move from the promisee is most generally satisfied where some detriment is suffered by him : for example , where he parts with money or goods , or renders services , in exchange for the promise . |
| 2 | In company where he felt at ease , able to be himself , with Paul Alexandre , Anna Akhmatova , Lunia Czechowska , Modigliani still behaved like the well-bred and courteous young man who had first charmed Paris . |
| 3 | From a single room in Kingston-upon-Thames which he rented and where he lived with llya , he repaired watches and clocks . |
| 4 | Russell devoted a whole chapter to the topic , where he argued in favour of both the narrow , imposed variety and the more important ‘ constructive self-discipline ’ . |
| 5 | Pip is sent by his sister and Uncle Pumblechook to ‘ play ’ at Miss Havisham 's , where he falls in love with the haughty young Estella . |
| 6 | The film is about a getaway driver who decides to cast aside his criminal life , seeking refuge in the Suffolk countryside , where he falls in love , marries and starts a family , but his former associates do not want to lose him . |
| 7 | Largely self-taught in Marxist literature , he joined the Marxist British Socialist party , where he came into contact with Russian Marxist exiles such as Maxim Litvinov and Georgi Chicherin . |
| 8 | As a result he was sent to Arles , where he came into contact with the rhetorician Julianus Pomerius . |
| 9 | His first recorded appearance is at Longleat House , Wiltshire , where he went to work for Sir John Thynne [ q.v. ] as a master mason in March 1568 . |
| 10 | It 's not surprising that Koons began his career as a salesman , selling memberships for the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the late Seventies , following a stint of art school in Baltimore and a relatively nondescript youth in a small Pennsylvania town , where he listened to Led Zeppelin and ‘ chased after women ’ . |
| 11 | Although students of Pound will fasten with delighted alacrity on such passages as the one just quoted about Yeats , and on one or two similar passages ( for instance , one of January 1914 , where he speaks with hostility about symbols and symbolism ) , still this book does n't really belong with other Poundiana . |
| 12 | Then he thought he was being pampered , so he moved into a dirty hovel , ‘ where he lay on straw like a beast ’ . |
| 13 | The boy was sent back to his classes , where he sat in pain for two hours.Erika Barnes reports |
| 14 | Born in Glasgow , he was educated at Hillhead High School and Glasgow University where he graduated in medicine in 1928 . |
| 15 | The Joyces returned to Ireland in 1909 , and William was brought up a Roman Catholic and educated at a Jesuit college where he excelled in Latin , French , and German . |
| 16 | A few years later , however , he was recalled to Wigmore ( 1161–3 ) , where he remained as abbot until his death 19 October 1175 . |
| 17 | In 1914 he became a master at Eton College , where he remained during World War I , a heart murmur having disqualified him for military service . |
| 18 | In 1960 he was appointed vicar of Thirkleby , Kilburn and Bagby , where he remained until retirement . |
| 19 | He knew roughly where he was , or he knew in theory , and he stumbled slowly along in a westerly direction , sometimes holding onto the trunk of a birch tree . |
| 20 | This is the most promising film yet by director Damian Harris ( son of actor Richard ) , although he resorts to cliche in the final woman-in-peril chase sequence . |
| 21 | The people would be given the opportunity to choose between a single-party or multiparty system , he added , although he argued in favour of the former : " Creating national unity is a fundamental task for our people . |
| 22 | Although he doted on steak , she decided she would study continental cooking , and produce something to surprise him . |
| 23 | Another of the 274 Squadron detachment , Sgt. Reg Goode , was shot down in V7340 and severely wounded , while Sgt. Livingston 's aircraft was badly shot up , although he managed to force-land near Luqa . |
| 24 | Although he ran for office saying that he saw no need to raise taxes , he put them up by $1.8 billion in 1990 , the biggest increase ever seen in his largely affluent , suburban state . |
| 25 | Although he felt under pressure — Dustin is an actor who always commits himself totally to what he is doing — he enjoyed having to make the adjustment from Jimmy to John and back again . |
| 26 | Now Cézanne 's art , despite its use of simple , often almost geometrical forms , could never be described as conceptual although he did of course impose a very rigorous sense of pictorial order upon his subjects . |
| 27 | Wilfrid withdrew to Ripon and , although he acted on occasion as bishop for Wulfhere among the Mercians and even ordained priests and deacons in Kent , he did not at this time exercise episcopal functions north of the Humber ( HE III , 28 ; Vita Wilfridi , ch. 14 ) . |
| 28 | Although he stumbled into football as much by accident as design , he rose to become one of Scotland 's most charismatic players . |
| 29 | With his inherent love of life , he started meeting people socially again , although he abstained from alcohol and cigarettes . |
| 30 | The petition can be signed by the parliamentary agent himself , and this is of value because last-minute instructions are frequently received , and I have known cases where the client has not even seen the petition until after it was deposited , although he has of course cleared the content by telephone . |