Example sentences of "he [verb] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She watched him raise one hand to rub the nape of his neck , then flex his shoulder muscles . |
| 2 | Next Lilliput asked him to paint three pictures based on London 's river for reproduction in the July 1947 issue of the magazine . |
| 3 | When Mr James Baker , the American Secretary of State , met opposition leaders in Tashkent in February , Mr Pulatov urged him to establish diplomatic relations to enable the United States to monitor human rights and give democracy a foothold . |
| 4 | If it is the postman , introduce them ; let him know this man represents no threat . |
| 5 | Some people call him Hadger some people call him |
| 6 | He moved through the crowd with that long , prowling stride , the aura of leashed danger about him causing other men to make way automatically . |
| 7 | But it 's the only way I could see , see him getting those grass stains by doing wheelbarrows . |
| 8 | Such an analysis is compelling if counsel for B had , in what he perceived as the interests of his client , decided not to pursue any grounds beyond the certified question provided that the House would have allowed him to address those grounds had he raised them . |
| 9 | A business man who claims his bank is forcing him to pay exorbitant charges has started a local campaign to force the banks to change their ways . |
| 10 | Do n't tell me John Major is going to make Kenneth Clarke chancellor and have him sitting next door poised to pinch his job . |
| 11 | He hoped she had made up her mind to talk and would not make him lose valuable time persuading her . |
| 12 | Failure to file the annual return alerts the Registrar and enables him to take appropriate steps leading to the companies ' removal from the register . |
| 13 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received urging him to take new action to combat racist attacks . |
| 14 | The attorney agreed with Haydon about the injustice of the proceedings , and told him to return that evening to settle the matter finally . |
| 15 | A couple of weeks after the arrests , a lawyer in the Belfast office of the Treasury Solicitor was drawing up charges on the basis of the presence of the pistol when a senior police official ordered him to prepare fresh indictments charging them with murdering three specified Roman Catholics . |
| 16 | In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped . |
| 17 | He made fourteen suggestions related to the recruitment and deployment of teachers . |
| 18 | He made that decision having listened to representations from hon. Members from Northern Ireland . |
| 19 | Buy by god he made that woman come in there . |
| 20 | He made great efforts to include Dexter in the conversation , the sergeant noticed , embracing him in his replies . |
| 21 | Furthermore , he made real attempts to come to terms with the Emperor , and it seemed likely that the papal imperial conflict would now be resolved . |
| 22 | Then , he let out a groan and sank into a chair , his hands over his face and his shoulders heaving as he made superhuman efforts to contain his shock and grief . |
| 23 | He was well aware that he made young men look badly dressed and ill-mannered . |
| 24 | But he made little effort to develop this outside his own definitions of the genealogical method , while his shift into the problematics of power seemed to lead him into a labyrinth from which it was virtually impossible to extract himself . |
| 25 | Her father recounted his latest golf tournament , Guy talked to Charles about sailing , then opened up the conversation by introducing a surprisingly shrewd appreciation of the arts into the debate , when it became clear that in addition to racing yachts around the Isle of Wight he made frequent visits to see the RSC at the Barbican , and was something of an expert on modern ballet . |
| 26 | The politician who promised ’ peace in our time ’ was an enthusiastic fly fisherman , and he made frequent angling trips to Gloucestershire . |
| 27 | In any case , he made feeble efforts to help me get him to his left foot , and with my almost total support he made the few hops to reach the boat , though I could see it hurt him sorely . |
| 28 | One American daguerreotypes , a Baptist minister called Levi Hill , claimed in 1850 to have found a combination of chemistry which would record colour as well as tone , and he made several announcements promising to reveal the technique . |
| 29 | One American daguerreotypes , a Baptist minister called Levi Hill , claimed in 1850 to have found a combination of chemistry which would record colour as well as tone , and he made several announcements promising to reveal the technique . |
| 30 | Over the years he made numerous attempts to give up drinking altogether . |