Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Leland had gone there , he might well have described the eastern Weald as he did the Forest of Dean : ‘ more fruitful of wood and grass than corn ’ with ‘ many iron mines and forges ’ ; yet although he judged it self-sufficient in corn , Dean was very much poorer than the Weald . |
| 2 | When darkness came he ventured out , selecting a large potato — which tasted awful although he ate it all . |
| 3 | It is necessary for the doctor and nurses to tactfully discuss this with Mr Reynolds although he finds it embarrassing ( Chapter 3 ) . |
| 4 | He wanted what I wanted and it was n't love or commitment or really even friendship ( although he called it that ) . |
| 5 | Rhoda Brocklebank had a part too , although he found it hard to give it a name . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , he hated the idea of dividing the family property , so he left it all to my elder brother . |
| 7 | , so he left it all open and I kept finding rolled up socks and of course there 's in the bottom of the airing cupboard where the tank is , and to pick them up and give them a shake and put them back again . |
| 8 | When asked whether he would support a constitutional change in Scotland if he did not have proportional representation , he said no ; so he makes it clear that he gives higher priority to the self-interest of the Liberal Democrats and a voting system that would help them than to the issue of principle on Scotland 's constitutional future . |
| 9 | He was the head of fine art at the school of art for 20 years until he gave it all up to paint fulltime . |
| 10 | An individual sitting on the board of such an inquiry may satisfy his own conscience if he finds himself in disagreement with his colleagues by exercising his right to attach a minority dissenting view to the formal report if he considers it necessary to do so . |
| 11 | One could therefore have been forgiven for wondering if he took it all totally seriously . |
| 12 | If the X question states that a ‘ Minister may intervene if he thinks it necessary or desirable , ’ then the only way in which the courts can maintain control is to require the minister to provide some evidence to justify his action . |
| 13 | Will he , if he thinks it necessary , arrange for a debate on the matter ? |
| 14 | If he thinks it advisable that the complainant should ask for an investigation by either of those other Commissioners he may inform him of the steps necessary to do so . |
| 15 | If he believes a thing harmful , he must not support it ; if he thinks it unjust he must denounce it . |
| 16 | Marion had worried that , if he consumed it that afternoon , his performance would suffer that evening . |
| 17 | So if he sells it thirty , just , he wo n't even cover his overheads on that but it means instead of having it delivered you go down to Joe 's shop get it for thirty P save yourself five P . |
| 18 | well if he gets it right |
| 19 | There 's the fact that if he gets it wrong he 's lost more money and therefore his , you might say insurable risk is a higher one . |
| 20 | May be better if he does it this afternoon pal |
| 21 | The slave will not work unless he is made , and therefore he does little ; he is no better , or little better , if he does his work well than if he does it ill , and therefore he rarely cares to do it very well . |
| 22 | His paper was certainly outspoken : and , as his Church Times obituary remarked , ‘ our friend was no respecter of persons , however high in official standing , if he deemed it necessary , in support of God 's truth or the Church 's laws , to condemn their conduct . ’ |
| 23 | And of course if he found it hard to handle the ‘ absolutely platonic friendship ’ she was offering , ‘ then you must have the strength and courage to give up meeting me ’ . |
| 24 | He glanced away , across the shelves of books , as if he found it hard to meet her gaze . |
| 25 | He sat forward tensely in his seat , as if he found it difficult to see the road , and frequently wiped at the windscreen with his handkerchief . |
| 26 | He was controlling his voice to an even conversational tone , using the endearment sarcastically , as if he found it difficult to disguise the build-up of tension which tightened his jaw . |
| 27 | If he considered it necessary for her to know such things , did that mean she was remaining on board after today ? |
| 28 | I make it sound as if he finds it easy … . |
| 29 | If he finds it necessary to copy , to study the work of other painters , or any way to seek for help out of himself , he may be sure that he has received nothing of that inspiration . |
| 30 | If he finds it amusing that he did not unfreeze acquisition grants even in the years when he had the money to do so , he is in a bad way . |