Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Shujan he has had his training setbacks but Armstrong has shrewdly got enough runs into him to go for this handicap and his recent home form suggests it is worth taking a chance with him as he is on the upgrade . |
| 2 | He has stayed to deal with them , but still believes God means him to go at some point . |
| 3 | He wished he had n't spotted it as it made him think of this morning and going round the house in Hill View Road , and the idea his Mum and Dad had about moving . |
| 4 | He had great respect for Palmerston , but ‘ after the speeches he had heard him deliver on this subject , he would be extremely sorry to obey his edicts on matters of taste ’ . |
| 5 | I realize that I am standing just as Summerchild stood that other night , when I saw him gazing with such intensity into his own life . |
| 6 | These rules mean that it might benefit the owner of a topography right for him to sit on that right until such a time as it can be exploited to its full potential as long as this is done a reasonable period before the 15 years have expired . |
| 7 | acknowledg 'd that the characters of the men were very unexceptionable in every respect … but the Statutes of the Univy , he thought , obliged him to proceed in this Manner — thus is Persecution carried on under the masque of Mildness and Moderation . ’ |
| 8 | And certain things are going to happen in his body to help him to cope with that situation . |
| 9 | Because the males ' reproductive success is probably limited by the number of females they can attract and defend from other males rather than their sperm supply , natural selection will favour any property in a male that enables him to mate with more females . |
| 10 | I found him reflecting on this problem with his usual shrewdness . |
| 11 | Any adaptation in a male which enables him to copulate with more females will be strongly favoured by natural selection . |
| 12 | When I got home , I kept him in for a while , then , ashtray at the ready , let him loose for another try . |
| 13 | On the last side 's Violet , a reworked blues with references to Messiaen in it , some of Miles Davis 's most exquisite slow playing is to be heard over slurred , sliding chords and the kind of empty space you hardly ever hear him loose in these days . |
| 14 | Hans Modrow , then the leader of the Dresden regional SED organization ( and later East German Prime Minister ) , refused to give evidence in the trial , on the grounds that there was a case pending against him relating to those elections . |
| 15 | The strict mother can be very effective in getting what she needs if the man 's early experience helps him to relate to that kind of woman . |
| 16 | ( 5 ) The Director may — ( a ) institute and have the conduct of any criminal proceedings which appear to him to relate to such fraud ; and ( b ) take over the conduct of any such proceedings at any stage . … |
| 17 | They went about their business , expecting him to appear at any moment . |
| 18 | Well , on the specific issue , which is item one three two , are we agreed that we write quite clear but nonetheless firm letter to Mr Patten , explaining that we are minded to ask him to comment on these matters , it this time comes from the Chair and the Chief Officer about and perhaps he will therefore take it more seriously . |
| 19 | Well , I do n't mind him walking across that bit but |
| 20 | At an identification parade one of the police officers at the scene identified TJ , although his description of him differed in several ways from TJ 's true description . |
| 21 | The court discussed the example of a solicitor 's clerk and said that in such a case it would be improper for him to work for another solicitor in his spare time . |
| 22 | Lord Denning and the few colleagues agreeing with him met with little success in either case . |
| 23 | Not content with Mont Blanc , last year found him searching for another challenge . |
| 24 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 25 | This is not because it is so special or secret that I do not want to divulge it — indeed the patient will remember it quite well for himself — but because I do not want him to listen to that tape at some future date and begin to regress himself when I am not there to take charge of the situation . |
| 26 | Jane had never heard him speak with such enthusiasm about anybody before . |
| 27 | She had rarely heard him speak with such vehemence , never seen him so angry . |
| 28 | Ruth had never heard him speak with any seriousness before , had hardly seen him without a smile on his face . |
| 29 | I encouraged him to talk about those days , to focus on something positive . |
| 30 | She had caught him flirting with another woman . |