Example sentences of "he [vb -s] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He writes in high spirits ’ , prince told Jardine , ‘ and appeared to be thoroughly enjoying this ‘ new era of his existence ’ . ’ |
| 2 | I mean nobody pick him up on that , but I mean , he might mean in real terms with , I do n't think he has in real terms . |
| 3 | He says in other parts of the world and in other parts of Sudan , the charity has been able to resettle refugees by providing land , tools , seeds and rudimentary housing and they can fend for themselves . |
| 4 | He says in 20 years he 's not known a similar accident . |
| 5 | He says in some cases workers will have to accept lower wages to avoid redundancies . |
| 6 | By this I mean that , like the priest , he deals in sacred matters , converting mundane problems to moral issues . |
| 7 | In 1850 A. O. Brodie , who had been specifically appointed a justice of the peace to investigate the extent of cattle stealing , observed that witnesses , without intending irony , often made statements such as ‘ so and so is a man of good character — he deals in stolen cattle . ’ |
| 8 | On the other hand the very nature of the work may be such as to make it quite clear that the duties of the employee to his employer can not properly be performed if he engages in certain activities in his spare time . |
| 9 | he replies in descending tones . |
| 10 | The good news is that he charges in 15-minute slots of £5.86 , so you do n't have to pay for a whole hour if he 's only worked five minutes of it . |
| 11 | But — as he takes in two girls with long fair hair there is a North European element as well . |
| 12 | as one of the country 's top pilots Pete Harvey makes very few mistakes … he competes in all wathers … and all conditions around the world … so how do you race hangliders … |
| 13 | For this he performs in ten degrees . |
| 14 | And even now , as he never has time off for spending the twenty-something quid a week they 'll dish him for the one-hundred-and-twenty-hour stint he puts in most weeks , he could just afford a wife and kid . |
| 15 | Gironella 's subject matter is the acclaimed artistic masterpieces of the Spanish past which he reworks in various ways , most dramatically into ironic altars assembled from a variety of painted , sculpted and ready-made elements ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 16 | So it will matter then to the child that if he types in four times two plus one , it 's got to be the right version of that sum . |
| 17 | While he suggests in apocalyptic tones in The Problem of Method that this process of self-consciousness is at last beginning to take place , and that civil , foreign and colonial wars are becoming apparent as different forms of a single class struggle , Sartre also admits that the divorce between theory and praxis which ensued under Stalinism has generally prevented any clear self-consciousness among the masses . |
| 18 | If he fails in two subjects he will have to repeat the year even if he does well in all other subjects . |
| 19 | One element he stresses in both cases is that it is a lot easier to understand language demands than the theory and institutions of democracy and constitutional society , especially for people who lack both political education and political experience . |
| 20 | Er in fact erm it could be perhaps plus some investment income as well , let's say that his wife though , er she , he 's go he 's got the erm five one six five allowance , so he 's going to pay tax on whatever else he earns in other words . |
| 21 | Suffice it to say that Jim Marshall appears on merit and I , for one , hope that he returns in five years ’ time with yet another superb anniversary amp series . |
| 22 | But we should also note ( as the critics largely did not ) the positive values he inculcates in such reflections , with which he concludes his piece : ‘ Must we find all work prosaic … ? ’ |
| 23 | The one who will be in open an oppos opposition , the other a subtle infiltration. he comes in many guises does n't he ? |