Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [verb] [prep] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kathy Rooney had to leave me one night when we were dining at the Kensington Hilton , so she took me to the porter to arrange for him to take me upstairs to my room when I was ready . |
| 2 | The porter looked at him drunkenly , then beard the low , mournful howl of the dogs and quickly pushed the bolts home . |
| 3 | The porter crouched beside him , too drunk to offer any succour . |
| 4 | He sprang up with a cry , and in the same moment the tent collapsed upon him , pinning him to the ground under its heavy folds , and the hammering rain held it there , flattened crushingly over his breast , moulding itself to every feature of his face , so that he was nearly suffocated . |
| 5 | And so while he sat in a German public library and the story of the murder in the park unfolded before him in the newspapers , a novel began to stir . |
| 6 | As the seconds stretched into minutes so the advance of the soft light across the park unfolded beneath him . |
| 7 | Frere stood feeling the park sway around him as he panted , and when the dizzy motion stopped he was looking through the brilliant air at a thatched dwelling , snow-laden , secreted among the trees , its dark jetty seized in ice . |
| 8 | Prince Charles was installed as President at a degree congregation in Edinburgh in 1976 , and Sir Michael took the opportunity to underline to him that whatever ‘ the tribulations of our staff , who deal with the paper work of over 80,000 students and over 1000 courses , the Council itself and its committees and subject boards are concerned with one thing only , and that is quality ’ . |
| 9 | Andy was supervising a chlorination at a large tape manufacturers in Middlesbrough when the opportunity came for him to test drive the vehicle . |
| 10 | I had never been given the opportunity to explain to him the difficulties in making recommendations about the teaching of language . |
| 11 | Boutros Ghali , last Monday , I took the opportunity to suggest to him the need for more action in Somalia . |
| 12 | ‘ They said that Kabir the weaver was favoured of God , and the crowds flocked round him for medicines and miracles . |
| 13 | The Prince looked at him coolly . |
| 14 | The Prince looked at him sharply . |
| 15 | The Prince looked at him quickly . |
| 16 | The Prince looked at him thoughtfully . |
| 17 | K ! sdra hefted his own sword and grinned expansively as the wizard shuffled towards him . |
| 18 | What yer doin' ? ’ one of the riggers shouted at him . |
| 19 | Readiness refers to an individual 's attitude towards the change , and capability refers to an individual 's capacity to do whatever the change requires of him or her . |
| 20 | And even as he gave up , as he let himself lean back against the wall , he was holding on , knowing he had backed down and it was over , but doing it gradually so we would n't see the change come over him . |
| 21 | As the stretcher passed by he pulled back the blanket . |
| 22 | He saw the knot of people beyond the flames gazing at him in puzzled amazement , but they made no response . |
| 23 | Hide and let them pass , ’ it all came flooding back to him as the flames leapt around him . |
| 24 | The lieutenant looked at him without enthusiasm . |
| 25 | Christian went on to tell the gipsies of the award made to him by the enclosure commissioners , but he was interrupted abruptly by Boz , who said , ‘ There 's no water in Faws Grove . ’ |
| 26 | As a test of his strength Utnapishtim challenged him to stay awake for six days and seven nights — " But while Gilgamesh sat there resting on his haunches , a mist of sleep like soft wool teased from the fleece drifted over him , and Utnapishtim said to his wife , " Look at him now , the strong man who would have everlasting life , even now the mists of sleep are drifting over him . " " |
| 27 | Fury at the trick played on him . |
| 28 | Barat discovers the trick played upon him when he finds the real Haimet without the meat . |
| 29 | One of the giants grinned at him . |
| 30 | Shamji , who was also ordered to pay £28,960 costs , had asked the Appeal Court to reduce the sentence imposed on him at the Old Bailey on October 30 . |