Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He would personally assume responsibility for disconnecting food and water supplies and would not give Tony antibiotics if he developed any more infections . |
| 2 | Is a judge ever conscious that his reputation as a judge is likely to be adversely affected in their eyes if he decides one way , and favourably affected if he decides another way ? |
| 3 | He realized the boy had grown in the two months since he had last seen him and looked at him carefully , noticing the way his wrists poked out of the shirt and the slight roughness of the clear skin . |
| 4 | It was five months since he had last seen her , since he had last been in Athens . |
| 5 | Davies , a security guard , of Feltham , north London , was jailed for 30 months after he admitted two charges of false imprisonment and causing actual bodily harm . |
| 6 | He blew a lot of his money on gambling , even slot machines , and buying cars before he got bored with them and sold them off for a fraction of the price he paid for them . ’ |
| 7 | To ask the Minister for the Arts whether he has any plans to visit Barnet to discuss the private sponsorship of the arts . |
| 8 | Nor would snatched snaps of us going home in our car that evening have revealed any particular closeness as my passionate tirade about his behaviour fell on deaf or rather sleeping ears as he lay comatose in the passenger seat . |
| 9 | The faintest hint of amusement glimmered in his obsidian eyes as he raised one jet-black eyebrow . |
| 10 | Corbett went over and examined the bodies , wiping the sweat from his eyes as he turned each of the corpses over . |
| 11 | He did not have time to check his mirrors for police cars as he passed All Hallows-on-the-Wall and plunged into the long straight canyon of London Wall . |
| 12 | Among the victims was 15-year-old James Kennedy , whose last words as he lay dying were : ‘ Tell mummy I love her . ’ |
| 13 | With a shudder , she tightened her arms around the wide strength of his shoulders as he trailed small , teasing kisses from her lips , along her jawline , and up into the spread curtain of her hair . |
| 14 | His rehearsed words froze on his lips as he became aware of the tension between the women . |
| 15 | Looking back on his achievements in the 21-months since he took Ministerial office , the Tory candidate said he wanted to complete the programme of reforms with which he had been involved . |
| 16 | In the next instant Travis was rising and she was set back on her feet as he put some distance between them . |
| 17 | He hummed the little tones as he pressed each key . |
| 18 | For who could imagine that an early nineteenth-century Zuwayi , involved in a dispute with his brothers , or cousins or remoter kinsmen , would refrain from applying to Turkish authorities if he thought that might help him win ? |
| 19 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 20 | Mr Henderson asked him three times if he had any idea what a kidney was for . |
| 21 | His first duty is to realise his full potential as a human being , and to explore all possibilities until he reaches enlightened fulfilment . |
| 22 | He could have seen money in this right off and been leading Dr. Favor on , seeing to make about a month 's wages in three days if he kept all the fares ; and why would n't he ? |
| 23 | But jobs were hard to find and he decided not to resign then but to wait a few weeks until he found another job . |
| 24 | This fellow 's excuse for putting his shovel into the public purse is that he is executive producer of the Wogan show , something he keeps to himself in public places if he has any sense . |
| 25 | He crumples the paper , pretends to put it in his mouth , then billows his cheeks until he regurgitates tiny pieces all over his chest . |
| 26 | Jon stayed with them for two years until he had enough money to own a bus of his own . |
| 27 | Formerly Associate Technical Director , he was with the Institute for 33 years until he retired four years ago |
| 28 | His friends say the van , which he kept for two years until he turned professional in 1954 , helped teach him more about comedy than anything else . |
| 29 | In 1872 , the Glasgow Mission for the Deaf was properly reorganised , and Strathern was secretary for them then acted as treasurer for many years until he resigned due to differences with the then committee . |
| 30 | And travelling he sometimes panics on boats if he gets short of air . |