Example sentences of "he [vb infin] [det] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catherine was sounding tough and rational , but something in her voice made him feel this whole discussion was uncomfortable for her . |
| 2 | Have you ever seen him do that flying spin kick ? |
| 3 | What on earth made him use this appalling Americanism , he wondered . |
| 4 | Will he contrast that excellent achievement under Conservative trade union law with the undoubted industrial chaos that would result in the unlikely event of the Labour party 's returning to government ? |
| 5 | Will he rediscover some electronic equivalent of the metaphor of the arch , and realize that computers could not have sprung spontaneously into existence but must have originated from some earlier process of cumulative selection ? |
| 6 | Ca n't he do any other job ? ’ |
| 7 | He kept his eyes fixed on the upper storey , but there was no sign of life , nor could he detect any female voice crying through the shouts of the firemen . |
| 8 | Can he name any other industry in Britain that is twice as efficient as its west German counterpart , but which , nevertheless , is suffering from job losses ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why should he try that other shit ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Did he have any bad news suddenly ? ’ |
| 11 | Did , did he have any obvious accent ? |
| 12 | Khrushchev , who had not read it , was no great judge of what would live ; nor did he have any artistic education . |
| 13 | He asked : ‘ Does he get much official help with the children ? |
| 14 | So why should he require this additional radio , especially when he had access to — and was probably the only user of — the much superior radio in his radio-room ? ’ |
| 15 | Unlike the bishop or the archbishop , the abbot had no special prerogatives conferred on him by God , nor did he wield any civic power . |
| 16 | Why does n't he put that stupid chainsword away and get a move on , Ace thought , as she tried to target one of the androids . |
| 17 | Does n't he care that nuclear energy has so far saved the world from burning five hundred million tons of coal ? |
| 18 | Where the exemption clause seeks to exclude such liability suffered by a party to the contract ( the " innocent party " ) who is a natural person ( most usually , but not always , a consumer ) , because of the negligence of the other party ( the " party in default " ) ( whether or not a natural person ) , then s 2(1) clearly applies , and the exemption clause will be regarded as void for the benefit of the innocent party should he suffer such personal injury or death . |
| 19 | How would he organise this particular activity ? |
| 20 | Does he accept that small business organisations are extraordinarily worried by the interview given by the Leader of the Opposition to the Evening Standard ? |
| 21 | Does he agree that western aid should be given to and deployed in the former Soviet Union with care and tact so that those proud people are not humiliated or offended ? |
| 22 | Does he agree that Scottish agriculture , including north of Scotland agriculture , can hardly have been — |
| 23 | Does he agree that grant-maintained status plays a significant role in raising the morale of the teaching profession , raising education standards and improving the fabric of buildings ? |
| 24 | Will he agree that inward investment is due to the activities of the Welsh Development Agency , some of the lowest wages in Britain and high levels of skills , and that it is the quality of the Welsh work force as much as anything else that has brought inward investment into Wales ? |
| 25 | Nor did he find much useful support among artists , in part because he began his tenure with the blessing of the agency 's chief congressional foe , Senator Helms . |
| 26 | Not only did he find this crude form of seal unsuitable for his normal still wines , but when he began to produce sparkling wines the total inadequacy of wooden pegs for imprisoning the carbonic gas was such that he set out to discover a more efficient seal . |