Example sentences of "he [verb] [adj] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he expected this to frighten Sir John he succeeded . |
| 2 | This was a great blow to his confidence and he became reluctant to accept engagements for fear of losing his voice at a crucial moment in front of an audience . |
| 3 | When he read DELIGHTED TO MEET MAGGIE STOP LOVE STOP LUKE he had to struggle to contain himself . |
| 4 | Although Teague has resumed light training , he looks certain to miss England 's match against Fiji on 4 November and has told his club that he does not expect to be fit until the middle of next month . |
| 5 | He has that ingrained self-confidence most commonly attributed to the grandest old Etonians , although he failed to win a scholarship there and ended up at Charterhouse . |
| 6 | He has that abstracted expression they all get , do n't bother me now , I 'm talking to God and God only talks back in rock . |
| 7 | The second child , however , finds that she is left with one large ring and the third finds to everyone 's surprise , he has two linking rings . |
| 8 | Bardul has a small stove with a chimney set into one flue here , where he brews Lustrian coffee ( he has many sealed tins of this here ) and cooks whatever he can find to eat . |
| 9 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what impact recent changes to the conditions of special constables have had on recruiting ; and what plans he has further to increase numbers of specials . |
| 10 | Thereafter he supervised many graduate research students , and was recognized by honorary fellowships at St Catherine 's and Pembroke colleges in 1966 , and an Oxford D.Litt. in 1969 . |
| 11 | Mm yeah there , there is a need to exceed proper limits , he says , that proper limits have to be exceeded in order to right a wrong er it 's also he says necessary to create terror for a while . |
| 12 | What had he done that needed forgiveness , apart from falling in love with Dana ? |
| 13 | He ignored all intruding hints of the personality whose thoughts those had been . |
| 14 | And what the hell had happened when he 'd first met Rohmer ? |
| 15 | Charles thought back to when he 'd first met Bernard in Cardiff — a gauche , rather insecure young man with a slight stammer . |
| 16 | So , when he 'd first laid eyes on Judith — she 'd been sitting behind a desk at his accountant 's offices , her beauty all the more luminous for its drab setting — his first thought was : I want this woman ; his second : she wo n't want me . |
| 17 | But , now that the mathematics master had decided to trust him , he seemed unwilling to let Robert go . |
| 18 | Today he seemed anxious to avoid controversy as he spoke about his new role . |
| 19 | When he looked up , he seemed surprised to find Lacuna still staring at him . |
| 20 | Private Lee Clegg ( 22 ) told Belfast Crown Court how he fired three aimed shots at the front windscreen of the car which he believed had struck his colleague , Private Barry Aindow . |
| 21 | He reckons this makes things a little more difficult . |
| 22 | He arranged similar looking birds on the illustration with arrows to highlight important taxonomic features , a layout followed by most Collin 's Field Guides . |
| 23 | He flew many combat missions with F4U Corsair and P- 38 Lightning squadrons … |
| 24 | He saw several lave nets lying in an untidy heap on the sand where the fishermen had obviously dumped them in their haste to inspect their colleagues find . |
| 25 | By the time that he felt ready to bring Holly before him , he had spent three clear days shut in that office with the door closed to all inquiries . |
| 26 | He felt able to offer comfort : ‘ It is no unreasoning or ill-judged confidence which relies upon the force of the truth and wisdom of the old order to hold their own and indeed to extend and deepen their influence under conditions which , after all , will for the most part be only superficially new ’ . |
| 27 | By the time he felt able to add sound effects , Jenny was sitting down at a table with two girls and three youths . |
| 28 | He looked disgruntled to see Harbury , despite Eliot 's explanation that he wanted Harbury to give what further help Shildon needed . |
| 29 | He looked pleased to see Philip . |
| 30 | He looked surprised to see Cassie standing by the front door but gave her a friendly wave and began to walk up the path . |