Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [vb -s] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For centuries he has lived close to calamity : drought and flood threaten his crops and beasts ; diseases , infertility and death afflict his wife and children ; ghosts disturb his peace . |
| 2 | Renault 's out that 's on there the cars he 's got that |
| 3 | He is unable to concentrate on forms and reports because the words he reads undergo illicit manipulations that , like the pun , involve slippage and linguistic re-synthesis : |
| 4 | It does not follow from this that the beneficiary himself can not sue , for if he holds the chattels he seems to have joint possession with the trustee . |
| 5 | In recent months he has made two major speeches in Parliament on the subject . |
| 6 | But the planners he hates watched unscathed as he mistakenly attacked the housing department 50 yards away . |
| 7 | Since the mid-1980s he has produced some thirteen books of aerial photography , consolidating his position as the world 's leading exponent of such work . |
| 8 | But after 27 days he has travelled 270 miles and on the 28th day he travels the remaining 30 miles and reaches land before he goes to sleep . |
| 9 | This point comes out most explicitly in Le Roy Ladurie 's work on Languedoc , where the explanations he offers have two kinds of appeal . |
| 10 | In the past two weeks he has made four trips abroad , including the current North America tour . |
| 11 | In eight innings in his new role as opener in the last few weeks he has totalled 451 runs . |
| 12 | In recent years he has coached many leading Midlands runners , including three times Olympian Lorraine Baker . |
| 13 | Over the last few years he has discussed many confidential matters with Prince Charles who has regularly visited his practice near Sloane Street . |
| 14 | I mean , that , maybe that 's the way they do it , ai n't it , you know what I mean , they 'll say , he sometimes when you think of some of the things he does like that . |
| 15 | Among other things he plans to spend more time gardening at his home in Bookham , Surrey , where he lives with his wife Alison and two teenage daughters . |
| 16 | 3.14 There is a head of damage which is sometimes called the loss of amenities ; the man made blind by the accident will no longer be able to see the familiar things he has seen all his life ; the man who has had both legs removed and will never again go upon his walking excursions — things of that kind — loss of amenities ( per Birkett LJ in Manley v Rugby Portland Cement Co Ltd , a decision of the Court of Appeal in 1951 ) . |
| 17 | When talking about marking off the stretchers he seems to place more importance on the length of the tenon than the distance between the shoulders . |
| 18 | The flying grey deserves them all in return for the joy and thrills he has given thousands while humping 12 stone in weight around on his back . |
| 19 | None of the characters he meets comes alive ( designer Wayne Cherry is the nearest ) , and the dramatic feel for the politicking , pressures and personal fears and obsessions that so enlivened Kidder 's book is lacking . |
| 20 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has had supporting the principle of hospitals becoming trusts outside the national health service ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 21 | In 10 games he has scored 136 points , the most in the land by some way . |
| 22 | Nolan lists some diseases he seems to have more success with than others : arthritis , migraine , bad backs , depression , ME . |
| 23 | By passing on his skills he has given other youngsters the incentive to go on to achieve greater things . |
| 24 | But the conflicts he generates have much to do with his job dissatisfaction . |
| 25 | To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proposals he has to improve marine safety , particularly so far as fishing boat losses are concerned . |
| 26 | To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proposals he has to enable local education authorities to improve the fabric of school buildings . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | In his 42 Tests he has landed 588 points . |
| 29 | Richard Long has been doing it for years in his site-related stone works — three of which , based on materials gathered in the states of New York and New Jersey — can be seen until 13 March at 65 Thompson St. And surely there is a kind of nostalgie de la boue in the drawings he makes using ordinary mud as the medium . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what new initiatives he plans to curtail nuclear weapons proliferation . |