Example sentences of "[vb base] [subord] he [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sweet Molly , who he was about to take out for the day and seduce if he got the chance . |
| 2 | As someone once said : he 's the sort of player you cheer when he scores a try against your side . |
| 3 | Sullivan took the opener 7-4 but then Duff looked to have taken command when he won the second 7-3 and the next 7-0 . |
| 4 | I said the collar and the lead , match so he bought the collar out of his pocket and goes |
| 5 | Imagine if he told the Russians that Hitler was going to turn against them , soon . |
| 6 | Yes he 'll have mentioned the United States on occasions I hope cos he teaches the United States , yeah , well as you know I mean there are a number of separate powers , there 's the presidential erm there 's the presidential power , in foreign policy making I 'm talking about , there 's president , there 's the congress there 's the Pentagon , there 's the secretary of state for foreign affairs as well , and one of the characteristics of American policy is the way in which sometimes they can be ha be pursuing separate erm aims and using different methods . |
| 7 | Returning from a London party , he was driving down Radnor Walk when he saw the unmarked vans parked by the kerb in front of Tweed 's terrace house . |
| 8 | Tchaikovsky was the first to break that mould when he gave the Sapphire Fairy ( now one of Florestan 's sisters ) a solo to a 5/4 time signature . |
| 9 | ‘ A lunatic who would n't let a bunch of bionic reptiles loose unless he had a good reason . ’ |
| 10 | Unfortunately , I suspect because he fears a reaction from his neighbours , and I 'm afraid he 's right . |
| 11 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 12 | I 'd like to remind him that 's nothing to the idiot he made of himself on All Fools Day last when he found the dead stoat I 'd placed in the pulpit . |
| 13 | A second lorry driver Peter Walling later saw a man naked from the waist up scramble up the river bank but disappear when he saw the lorry . |
| 14 | He might buy them in one country and ship them to a warehouse in Rotterdam where they stay until he finds a buyer for them . |
| 15 | Not having a copy of Class War : Britain 's Most Unruly Tabloid to hand , and doubtful of getting one at short notice , I ask if he has the telephone number . |
| 16 | I 'm trying not to be unkind but I doubt whether he has the requirements for international football and I would n't be surprised if he 's missing from next week 's squad . |
| 17 | Three time Gold Race winner John Sharp added a fourth win when he brought the DR90 No 3 , Nemesis , home to a Gold race finish at a speed of 238.175 . |
| 18 | I wonder if he hit the floor … if he did it would have been on his head . |
| 19 | I wonder if he has a certificate to carry a weapon ? |
| 20 | Oh , there 's John , I wonder if he wants a pension |
| 21 | If we , with our feeble skills and instruments had brought back ten men from the seeming dead , I understand all did get well , what could Almighty God do if He had a mind to do something similar ? |
| 22 | He 's lost those battles , I think because he lost the interest and support of the Prime Minister . |
| 23 | To which party did Sir Cyril Smith belong before he rejoined the Liberal Party ? |
| 24 | You hear the crowd roar and a new name comes up on the leaderboard and you wonder whether he holed a long putt or chipped in . |
| 25 | Dexter saw Lancaster 's eyes flicker as he registered the implications of what Blanche had just told him . |
| 26 | Any insider who sets out to pursue a reflexive anthropology of policing eventually has to face difficulties which arise when he reaches an objective and analytic understanding of his society and its own specific versions of reality . |
| 27 | It 's only when the daylight comes I think when he sees the daylight . |
| 28 | ‘ The fellow 's twenty-two , and I swear if he had an idea in his head he 'd be a great painter . |
| 29 | But while Clinton is bursting with energy now , what toll will the next four years take if he enters the White House ? |
| 30 | Ambling into the nets , he had barely taken guard when he suffered the one embarrassment all England batsmen fear on overseas tours . |