Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] it [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large fish on his or my line was always an occasion for excitement for Edwy and he would jump into the water with his gaff if he thought it the only way to land it . |
| 2 | Nails spun the mini through the traffic , heading out of town , flicking up and down through the gears as if he did it every day . |
| 3 | ‘ Grant took it on as if he did it every week and showed a wise old head on young shoulders . |
| 4 | When the Chilaw kachcheri queried a sale voucher counterfoil submitted by a headman , it was explained that the seller had branded the animal with his grandfather 's name , Nicholas , because he believed it a lucky name in cattle breeding . |
| 5 | I rarely comment on Irish affairs , not because of lack of interest but because the Irish communities would reject any opinion or suggestion if they considered it a ’ Brit ’ suggestion or opinion , but , in this instance , the circumstances are so hideously distressing that I feel compelled to comment and to ask the Minister whether he thinks it a heavy irony that last Friday 's incident followed successive discoveries of large caches of arms and whether perhaps it was a desperate attempt by the IRA to reassert some degree of authority . |
| 6 | That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me . |
| 7 | When he touched it the doors swung open instantly and with a disconcerting noiselessness . |
| 8 | When he did it a second time , I put the light out . |
| 9 | It was a a well pitched up ball , I like , I like love Tufnell when he gives it a bit of a , on the off stump . |
| 10 | Almost as he said it a parachute inflated under the plane . |
| 11 | As he said it the bellowing roar came again , right on top of them , and a long drawn out scream in Russian . |
| 12 | He denies that there is a single professional-managerial class ( or as he calls it the service class ) , but instead he sees it as being split in two . |
| 13 | He had no doubt it was one of the verderers ' horses and that it was dying ; indeed , even as he watched it the spasmodic movements seemed weaker and less purposeful . |