Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the trailer knows that the car he wishes to sell has already been ‘ clocked , ’ the way for him to avoid committing an offence is , not to ‘ clock ’ it further himself , but to give the customer a candid intimation of its falsity , i. e. a disclaimer . |
| 2 | Suddenly I had this vision of him having taken an overdose and phoning to say goodbye . |
| 3 | Long may he remain to provide an exemplar . |
| 4 | In fact he was so impressed he agreed to make an allowance towards James 's student fees at St Bartholomew 's , but it had not stretched to comfortable accommodation . |
| 5 | The Labour spokesman called for a quick decision on RUC requests for more manpower and Mr Brooke replied that he expected to make an announcement very soon . |
| 6 | Head full of academic knowledge but nothing else — and before anybody could bat an eyelid , he applied to sit an exam in London , and the next thing he was in the Metropolitan Police . |
| 7 | He faced growing opposition , even among those who had been his closest supporters , particularly when he failed to honour an undertaking made in 1979 to his party supporters that he would relinquish office in 1990 after the first 10 years of independence . |
| 8 | AN angry woman served her boyfriend dog-food after he admitted having an affair , she revealed yesterday . |
| 9 | From what Davide could follow , he agreed with his father , rather than his friend ; but when he tried to voice an opinion he sounded to his own ears savourless and dull , eager to agree with authority , fearful to break out across the frontiers of duty and obedience and honour . |
| 10 | A POLICEMAN responding to a 999 call was attacked as he tried to make an arrest . |
| 11 | When he tried to make an arrest he was attacked and suffered cuts to an eyebrow and hand , and some bruising . |
| 12 | But not entirely — outside on Madison Avenue is a huge lifesize model of a red fire engine , the work of Charles Ray , who says he tried to make an object that would embody a fundamental sense of ambition , in the form of a child 's toy . |
| 13 | Jan Turner says that he helped organise an evererst marathon a few years ago and one sad thing about that was the local runners could not afford the right equipment or did n't have the money to tarin … so he 's here to help them |
| 14 | For one he has created an office , for another a library and for a third a single piece of furniture . |
| 15 | This Figaro is the first time he has tackled an opera written by someone other than himself . |
| 16 | He has lodged an appeal against the size of the fine . |
| 17 | Since becoming the first Scot in 35 years to win the Amateur title at Carnoustie last year , Dundas has known that he would be playing in the US Masters at Augusta and Open Championship at Royal St George 's , and now he has received an invitation to the US Open , to be played at Baltusrol , New Jersey , on 17-20 June . |
| 18 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the hospitals in respect of which he has received an expression of interest in opting out or establishing a national health service trust . |
| 19 | Lindner , who was set to join Leeds until they swooped for Kiwi centre Kevin Iro last week , has claimed he has received an offer from another English First Division club . |
| 20 | Mrs Mandela will appear in court on the 24th of September ; the attorney general says he has received an undertaking from her lawyer that she will cooperate with the investigation and she will not be taken into custody . |
| 21 | I suppose it is possible he has formed an affection for some boy , " she conceded . |
| 22 | The country 's leading try-scorer before sustaining a rib injury on March 17 , he has suffered an ankle injury in training which has delayed his comeback . |
| 23 | So he has accepted an offer to drive the new Vector at Silverstone , but insists at the moment it is for this race only . |
| 24 | He has expressed an interest in becoming Minister of Culture , but would prefer the Ministry of Justice . |
| 25 | He will shift through levels of generality and levels of abstraction until he has formulated an hypothesis which takes the form of ‘ if I do this — that should happen ’ . |
| 26 | In Brixworth village , just outside Northampton , he has built an aviary at the bottom of the garden . |
| 27 | In Brixworth village , just outside Northampton , he has built an aviary at the bottom of the garden . |
| 28 | Giorgio Armani wears navy , beige and more navy — punctuated with the occasional white T-shirt — and he has built an empire on the principle that nothing becomes a woman so much as every shade of sludge on the mud flats . |
| 29 | He has built an empire through a series of gambles that often succeeded because rivals at first nearly died laughing — buying the Sydney Daily Mirror , starting the Australian , moving his British papers out of Fleet Street , launching the Fox television network . |
| 30 | He would say that unless he has examined an area himself he regards it as unexplored . |