Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wearing — always — dead simple casual clothes that flatter his lightly-tanned complexion , pale silver hair and famous aquamarine eyes , he dines on spartan , spiceless fare in his minimalist palazzo on Via Borgonuovo , where blank corridors link white-walled offices with the plain , pictureless apartment where he lives alone while a bodyguard sleeps below . |
| 2 | This time , he appeared in the heavyweight division where he produced similar results , throwing his three opponents in the preliminary rounds for ippon ( 10 points ) . |
| 3 | A chemical engineer , his career with BP started in 1969 at Kent refinery where he held numerous technical and operational posts before its closure in 1982 . |
| 4 | He then moved to University where he spent eight years in research and development in Artificial Intelligence and particularly Expert Systems . |
| 5 | Allan Brawley is Professor of Social Work at The Pennsylvania State University where he teaches social policy and social work with the ageing . |
| 6 | I know of one evangelist who puts aside one day a month for prayer and retreat at a Roman Catholic monastery where he receives much support . |
| 7 | He 's already put them to good use at Halifax Rugby League club where he enjoyed four years of success . |
| 8 | Now I want a top three medal , and I genuinely believe I can get one , ’ he said at the Luton social club where he runs one of the few silat classes in this country — there are less than a hundred active practitoners of the martial art in Britain . |
| 9 | Bryan is prepared to arrange a programme once he has more details about their specific interests . |
| 10 | The orchestra contains pairs of horns and trumpets , but Leppard manages it with more lightness than he accords other work and textures are accordingly more transparent and Mozartian . |
| 11 | He later reported that they were in worse condition than he had first thought and doubted whether they were fit for the job . |
| 12 | Raymond Williams 's assessment of Stephen Duck 's collapse as a poet once he entered polite society has already been commented upon . |
| 13 | The bell dashed all the way to Woolley 's billet until he kicked open the door . |
| 14 | Clinton will spend the next few days meeting a wide range of individuals but will not announce any appointments to his administration until he feels comfortable , said spokeswoman DeeDee Myers . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to meet the chief constable of Essex to discuss proper implementation of section 39 of the Public Order Act 1986 in the Thurrock parliamentary constituency . |
| 16 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to increase the penalties for the unlawful occupation of private or public land by traveller families ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 17 | How could his son become a priest if he read such books ? |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any plans to visit Mucking Flats in south-east Essex , to discuss industrial growth in the area . |
| 19 | He knew he should obey what Sabraxis had said , but was concerned he might lose condition if he remained inactive . |
| 20 | In the case of pressure by customers , however , according to the court decision , the employer can only dismiss an employee if he faces substantial economic damage due to the customer 's threat to end his business relationship . |
| 21 | But Prince only gets £5 million per album if he sells 5 million copies — or a new fee is agreed . |
| 22 | Throughout the great early Irish epic tale Táin Bó Cuailnge there are times when one of the heroes , King Conchubar , spends a third of his day feasting , a third watching the young warriors wrestle and a third drinking coirm until he falls asleep . |
| 23 | He says he feels sorry for his brother , he fears he may return to a life of crime if he gets desperate for cash . |
| 24 | But he , he managed to get his extension to his permit because he had these English connections and the paper he was on reckoned that he was very valuable to them and so they |
| 25 | I know he was a ratepayer because he repeated this fact in the subsequent inquiry , a dozen or so times , adding that he did n't pay rates to have his hat ruined , a view I could understand . |
| 26 | So to the beach Kaptan and I would go , or walk around the garden , pulling out weeds , me trimming back the undergrowth while he handed spare tools up the ladder . |
| 27 | He crossed over to the side wall where he could watch the entrance while he opened one of the crates . |
| 28 | It is not , however , automatically unfair to dismiss an employee while he remains eligible for sick pay under the rules of the scheme . |
| 29 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to close or amalgamate rural magistrates courts in England and Wales during the next 12 months . |
| 30 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has any plans to introduce direct elections to police authorities . |