Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the people he goes to meet for dinner and tea . |
| 2 | Beyond that he has to rely on hand tools — planes , chisels , reamers , scrapers and the odd bicycle inner tube ( ‘ great for holding a psaltery in shape while working on the joints ’ ) . |
| 3 | Gandhi acknowledged this and what he has to say about brahmacārya has to be taken as applying in the main to those who are able to accept the discipline involved in resolving to enter the third stage of life . |
| 4 | As a jailbird he knows he is no different to the cons he has to live with night and day — reputations mean nothing here . |
| 5 | Sadly , until his behaviour becomes more reliable he has to remain at arm 's length . |
| 6 | Some pay an additional disturbance payment to compensate the expatriate when he has to readjust to life in Britain on his return . |
| 7 | He has to turn to poetry . |
| 8 | And just think of the calculations involved when a fielder runs to catch a cricket ball — he does n't necessarily realise he is doing it but he has to work out how high the ball is , how fast it is travelling , its precise direction and how quickly he has to run in order to catch it . |
| 9 | A reader from a common law background is often puzzled by this , because it looks like the single concept of ‘ service ’ with which he is familiar ; he has to keep in mind the civil law distinction between more and less solemn modes . |
| 10 | When a manager is faced with no financial resources he has to look for youth or experience to fill out his squad . |
| 11 | This is the sum which the Lord Chancellor has indicated he has to find by way of savings in the legal aid scheme to meet Treasury targets in 1993/4 . |
| 12 | Agnew knows that he has to prove to manager Kenny Dalglish not only that he can make a comeback but also that he can do his stuff at the highest level . |
| 13 | In other words he needs to go to launderette . |
| 14 | I wonder if he could tell us whether he is prepared to amend the legislation in this fashion , and perhaps tell the House exactly what other amendments he needs to make in order to take account of changing circumstances . |
| 15 | His life becomes even more complicated though when he starts to fall in love with his best friend 's lover and learns that his ex-wife is about to publish an expose of their marriage . |
| 16 | Mr Lamont , who will be sipping at the despatch box from Highland Spring water and Highland Park whisky , has broken the traditional Treasury silence in the run-up to the Budget to fight for his political survival by stating publicly he wants to remain as Chancellor . |
| 17 | ‘ He wants to seem at ease and be friendly . ’ |
| 18 | So as soon as they start to fight Mercy starts trying to forgive Cruelty and Cruelty easily wins , whereas he wants to say of course that Cruelty , in this God-governed universe , is going to be defeated by Mercy . |
| 19 | Almost all of Bailey 's time now is spent with commercials , and he wants to move into feature films . |
| 20 | It 's just that he wants to let off steam , and you 're the only person he can lose his temper with . |
| 21 | He wants to go to university , turns up to listen to Einstein , studies hard ; but his father wo n't have it , and at the age of 14 he becomes a soap boy in a barber 's and then a presser in a garment shop . |
| 22 | Cos that 's what no leave him , I think he wants to go to sleep . |
| 23 | Is this what he wants to hear on Radio 3 ? |
| 24 | ‘ He means he wants to stay in bed with Mary . ’ |
| 25 | He said he wants to stay in football . |
| 26 | He also said this kind of feeling is why he wants to stay in football as long as possible . |
| 27 | Eddie Browning says he wants to apply for bail before his case goes before the Appeal Court later this year . |
| 28 | Because it could n't wait until lunchtime and that , that 's perfectly understandable because he wants to feel in control of what 's going to happen to some degree , rather than just be at the mercy of someone else 's position . |
| 29 | ‘ He wants to play at politics . |
| 30 | He loves to ride in front of his father . |