Example sentences of "he [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 'E needs a good romp in the fields , ’ and he looked at Willie , and I reckon you do an' all , he thought .
2 'E sounds a right dopey git if yer ask me .
3 There is no doubt that the candidate who assists the examiner by carrying out the administrative instructions given to him creates a good impression .
4 But the solicitor for the three cleared men says he doubts a civil action would have succeeded .
5 ‘ He 's good fun , and he plays a decent game of tennis .
6 Producer-director Arne Glimcher had tapped him for the role after catching his performance in Pedro Almodóvar 's Matador , in which he plays a melancholic bullfighter wannabe who faints at the sight of blood and gets dizzy watching clouds .
7 Ready for release is the Year Of The Comet , in which he plays a seductive villain , and he is currently working on The Son Of Pink Panther , at Pinewood , directed by Blake Edwards .
8 He and Lewis are also set to work together again this year in California , in which he plays a serial killer .
9 I did n't ring him because he plays a mean alto-sax , though he is one of the best reed men currently not working out of a studio in the Windward Isles ( wherever ) .
10 At night he plays a pattering hose , fanned
11 He gets terribly bad tempered if he plays a bad shot .
12 He plays a different type of game to Steve Davis .
13 The idea which has swallowed Kirillov is suicide , not suicide for the common cause of the quintet as Dostoevsky first proposed , but to achieve a metaphysical and religious purpose ; and thus he plays a big part in the transformation of a neat political generation-gap story into a larger , more complicated object .
14 ‘ His weakness , ’ the critic C. A. Lejeune perceptively remarked , ‘ is that he plays a lone hand .
15 He plays a short sample down the phone , an almost unintelligible blur May , a non-stop talker and tireless ambassador for techno , rolls his eyes in a resigned manner ’ I get every kid in the city ringing me up and I feel bad because I do n't have time to talk to them . ’
16 AL PACINO is currently shooting Scented Woman , in which he plays a blind army veteran , Frank Slade , who goes to New York with the reluctant teenage boy assigned to care for him .
17 He turns a reproachful face on her for admitting what kind of a girl she is .
18 He goes a little bit further down the road .
19 He appreciates a good attempt at an answer even if the final result is not " correct " .
20 He displays a wide range of diplomatic skills such as always speaking the other person 's language , being acutely sensitive to customer needs and creatively expressing genuine appreciation for a job well done .
21 As an alternative , he offers a reasoned defence of the demands of community understood in more traditional terms .
22 He offers a concise history of recent work , indicates clearly what issues remain unresolved and suggests the directions of future research .
23 And he offers a telling counter-example : ‘ Because a work of art or some ancient monument is protected by law from injury , do we speak of the ‘ rights ’ of pictures or stones ? ’ ( 1976 : 182 ) .
24 But he offers a brilliant rendering of Do n't Put Your Daughter On The Stage , Mrs Worthington rising to heights of boiling , brick-red rage on ‘ She 's a vile girl and uglier than mortal sin . ’
25 In describing laboratory methods he offers a clear account of the underlying scientific principles and practical techniques , followed by relevant material from case histories and objective assessment of advantages , limitations and future possibilities .
26 In his buoyant narrative style , his particularly exact , observant eye for detail , his confident concentration on a particular event coloured by emotion but not by an intensity of analysis , he offers a significant contrast to Conrad 's dense , probing accounts of similar events .
27 He was used to this sort of thing , he drives a big motorbike .
28 He rides a massive chariot pulled by three wolves , and swings his mighty axe Elf-Biter .
29 He befriends a battered child , stays faithful to Tess Truchart despite the show stealing advances of Madonna 's Breathless Mahoney and takes on an all-star super cast of grotesques that include Al Pacino and Dustin ‘ Mumbles ’ Hoffman .
30 He laughs a low laugh of relief .
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