Example sentences of "[to-vb] he [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Democrats had no obvious candidate once Teddy Kennedy had decided that Chappaquiddick was too close to allow him to run in 1976 . |
| 2 | 108 ) , and Pleistoanax 's supporters waited twenty-six years to get him recalled in 420 , which they did by bribing the oracle in the best archaic tradition . |
| 3 | He did not feel that he would want to return to university , so he decided to apply for an unclassed ‘ War Honours ’ degree — ‘ probably not worth the paper it 's written on ’ , but perhaps enough to get him started in some profession , such as colonial service or , possibly , journalism ; he rather liked the idea of becoming a parliamentary correspondent for a newspaper . |
| 4 | Obviously , it is in their interests to have him perceived in such a way . |
| 5 | The Long Parliament tried to have him restored in 1641–2 , but without effect , and from 1644 onwards Sir Edmond Prideaux [ q.v. ] , later attorney-general under the Commonwealth , was somewhat precariously ensconced as postmaster-general . |
| 6 | You may already have written to Mr Popham to ask him to act in this way . |