Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 2 | In acts chapter two and verse thirty two , this Jesus , God raised up again to which we are all witnesses , therefore , having been exulted to the right hand of God , and having receiving from the father the promise of the Holy Spirit , he has poured forth this which you both see and hear . |
| 3 | Constable Alan Jeffreys , who works in the Community Involvement Department , said : ‘ He has met as many people in as many cities as possible who have some involvement in public safety . |
| 4 | From two very good , perhaps even winning , positions , he has scored only half a point . |
| 5 | ‘ He has sent home another fine collection of upwards of 500 birds , 40 Quadrupeds etc. the result of 3 months labour in S. Australia ’ , reported Prince to Jardine on 1 January 1840 . |
| 6 | The cap that happened to get overlooked returns the reader 's gaze blankly yet unavoidably , like the bill from a restaurant abroad which the conspirators find when they turn out the dead man 's pockets , and like the child 's clay whistle which one of them has provided himself with to give the agreed signal — for he has lost so many teeth that he ca n't trust himself to produce the sound naturally . |
| 7 | I thought that he would explain why , although he legitimately supports the cause of human rights of the Sikh people , he has made so many abusive remarks about Afro-Caribbean and West Indian people in the past , especially in an interview in the Tatler in 1989 . |
| 8 | ‘ He has to put his proposals to the parties now , because he has made so many public comments about them that he has no other choice , ’ he said . |
| 9 | ‘ He seems to have surrounded himself with every comfort ; but that is hardly surprising , if he has stayed here all the week for ten years . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I think , ’ said the Archdeacon , ‘ that since his wife died and his son 's ’ — he hesitated — ‘ death , he has withdrawn too much into his own company . |
| 11 | He has given very little account of how he spent his time , but he has said he spent the majority of that time with a travelling circus , both in this country and in the Irish Republic . |
| 12 | Is the Secretary of State aware that he has done painfully little to create ladders of opportunity for disabled people because only one in three have jobs ? |
| 13 | He 's a great leader and although he has done so much , he still has a great future in front of him . ’ |
| 14 | Very broadly stated , it is a duty to treat the trespasser with ordinary humanity … the occupier is not at fault if he has done as much as is required of him , if he has taken reasonable steps to deter the trespasser from entering or remaining on the premises , or part of the premises , in which he will encounter a dangerous situation . |
| 15 | So far he has done very little ‘ work ’ for me . |
| 16 | And he has come home this morning worn out with experience , all grief and all wonder , because she gave him the psaltery on which he played to her , and sent him a message straight out of the jongleurs ’ romances . |
| 17 | He has talked very little on foreign policy , ’ said one senior Gulf official . |
| 18 | He has brought so many new techniques to hairdressing . |
| 19 | He does not talk about philosophy any more : he has got too many grenades in his pockets . |
| 20 | MacMillan has said from the first announcements that it would be a big company ballet , involving a large cast , and he has provided just that . |
| 21 | Even for those of us who admit that he has made a rational choice on this occasion , it remains surprising that he has benefited so little from experience , that he has never made , or let God or society make for him , any previous decisions on general issues which could be of help to him . |
| 22 | He has launched so many football careers in our area . |
| 23 | The Minister is a reasonable man and he has shown even more reasonableness than I had expected . |
| 24 | There have to be doubts about Woosnam because he has shown so little of the form of which he has been capable in the past . |
| 25 | His has digested well his disappointments this summer because he draws confidence from the knowledge that he has enjoyed so many wonderful moments that he is quite capable of flowering again . |
| 26 | Occasionally a lecturer engrossed in his subject finds that he has concentrated too much on his favourite bits and has not covered all the topics in the paper . |
| 27 | I think it is strange that he has had so few affairs and he is 30-years-old , ’ she says . |
| 28 | Although he has had relatively little experience at the commercial end of publishing , he chaired OUP 's finance committee for 13 years , and has confounded scepticism with OUP 's record since his appointment as chief executive . |
| 29 | Bob is still waiting to be summoned by Paisley Hospital , but luckily he has had very little trouble meanwhile . |
| 30 | Alwyn Crawshaw has also collaborated with the TV company to make 12 easy-to-follow programmes and , in each , he has put forward some useful tips that will become handy when painting . |