Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made for himself a special balance with which he could measure the exact proportions of two metals in a mixture or alloy . |
| 2 | It is characteristic of him that he transmitted to us a document which gave the number of the soldiers in the Roman army about 225 B.C. and added the number of the men of military age but not under arms : the document distinguished between Roman citizens and allies , and gave specific figures for the main groups of allies ( 2.23–4 ) . |
| 3 | However , Goody 's claims for the ‘ consequences ’ of literacy are couched in such a way that they do require it : he imposes upon himself the obligation to establish that the Greeks really did achieve the distinction of ‘ myth ’ from ‘ history ’ if his claims for literacy are to be credible . |
| 4 | And he gives him the option , he offers to him the the right to redeem . |
| 5 | It looks better , does n't it , if he agrees with what the Bishop wants . |
| 6 | He shared with her a great many affinities and interests and returned her respect . |
| 7 | A tiny part of her wanted to confront him with what he 'd done ; yet she knew she could n't do it , could n't bear looking into his sea-blue eyes , or at the lips which had kissed her so tenderly the night before , only to laugh with Marianne today as he shared with her the secrets Shannon had confided so trustingly — so blindly ! |
| 8 | ‘ Let's go for a walk , ’ she said , and he shared with her the feeling that it was impossible to keep still . |
| 9 | But George was a born Canadian and knew no more about China than I did ; he shared with me the wish and determination to visit China , which seemed to us to be a land of fabulous culture . |
| 10 | He shared with us a singular fascination for tropical waters and everything in them , and had acquired the franchise for scuba equipment for the whole of the Moluccas . |
| 11 | As one of Mr Major 's closest friends — he holidays with him every summer in Spain — Mr Garel-Jones was expected to get promotion to the Cabinet in the summer . |
| 12 | As he opens the door the lid snaps up and as he looks at me the social dimension locks me in its perspective . |
| 13 | He built for himself a house ( Larkscliff ) on the cliffs at Birchington , Kent ( 1906 ) . |
| 14 | This year he found for us a first edition of an early play by Samuel Beckett , an important book about China , and the original German text of theopera DerFreischütz , as well as other lovely things . |
| 15 | Different as his experience was from that of the curia , he found in it an ally far more than had Paul with his long curial background . |
| 16 | He demonstrated to me an Ergoline 35-tube sunbed in which a man lies full length . |
| 17 | He provided for us the necessities of life — food , shelter , clothing . |
| 18 | Section 309(1) of the Companies Act 1985 provides that ‘ [ t ] he matters to which the directors of the company are to have regard in the performance of their functions include the interests of the company 's employees in general , as well as the interests of its members ’ . |
| 19 | Thanks to deft chairmanship and bluntness , he drew from it a respectable report that won praise for its forthrightness . |
| 20 | He drew from it the photograph of Elsie McAndrew that he had shown to Mrs Wilson in London . |
| 21 | One of these whipped back at him and as he caught at it a thorn drove into the fleshy pad of his finger . |
| 22 | For Ricky Stride , association with Minton was like being in the presence of an exploding star : anything might happen , for he created around him an exciting and excitable atmosphere . |
| 23 | And , says the writer , " selue may eueri man sen in himself " for he has within him the image of the Trinity : a creative power which enables him to know , and to love what he knows . |
| 24 | But the shed at the side of the road had been unlocked , and when he peered into it the outline of the covered carriage he had been able to make out in the darkness promised adequate protection and a degree of comfort . |
| 25 | He described to me a life of violence and hatred in which he lost no opportunity to vent his anger upon those around him — and , what is more , he actually enjoyed doing so . |
| 26 | He described to me the glen in a storm — the darkness that mantles it , the springing into life of untold hosts of runlets , the careering in mad fury of the burns as they break through and tower above the channel wherein they are wont to flow ; the showers , the careering of the clouds , the thunderings and the lightning-flashings , and the artillery of the winds , as the air-gusts meet the peaks and explode in the hollows of the darksome corries . |
| 27 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
| 28 | So while his real need for me had something to do with prac-ticalities , he reinforced in me the sense that his need had something to do with his sister 's death . |
| 29 | He says without it the war would have gone on for many more years . |
| 30 | ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel . |