Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He tried to visualize its brown wooden bottom — he could not — there must still have been at least one sheet there . |
| 32 | Moses was 40 when he tried to strike his first blow for freedom ( 2:11–12 ) , which ended in disaster . |
| 33 | ‘ Ah well , ’ he said finally , ‘ if he tried to get his own back for his son 's trouble , we will have to crack his head too , ’ and he swept off into the dance . |
| 34 | ‘ So , we 're gon na see where he tried to get his wicked way with Nicola , are we ? ’ |
| 35 | He has challenged his Democratic opponent in electorally more productive areas , such as public funding for abortions . |
| 36 | Sir Walter is man enough to recognize the nobility of his victim , but does not see that he has challenged his real adversary — the forces of Nature . |
| 37 | ‘ He has remained our best ‘ control ’ bowler since then . ’ |
| 38 | He has placed them both on the sofa under the magnificent painting of a Ramayana demon by his Thai protegé , not facing one another across his huge desk , to indicate that this is an intimate and informal interview , not to be taken too seriously whatever she says . |
| 39 | But it is as a recorder of the game 's idiosyncrasies that he has carved his distinctive niche : ‘ I delight in recording the oddities and unusual happenings in which the game abounds , ’ he says . |
| 40 | He has to wear them all the time , but he does n't wear them all the time |
| 41 | In a recent telephone conversation , Mr Ubial Susey told WACC staff that he has resumed his regular responsibilities as Director of Communication with the Church of Christ in Zaire . |
| 42 | He has ignored them all . |
| 43 | ‘ Having a gun just means the other fellow feels he has to shoot you first . |
| 44 | MALCOLM ALLISON believes he has unearthed his first golden nugget for Bristol Rovers in 21-year-old striker Marcus Browning . |
| 45 | And veteran player David McCreery could also figure in Feetham 's future after announcing last night he has played his last game for Hartlepool United . |
| 46 | Since the Forties he has led his own big bands , noted for their driving swing on up-tempo numbers like ‘ Flying Home ’ , and for the leader 's exuberant showmanship . |
| 47 | He has maintained his early interest in archaeology . |
| 48 | The court ruled that Jampa Ngodrup be deprived of his political rights for a further four years after he has served his 13-year sentence . |
| 49 | He has declared himself general co-ordinator of a new Parliament of Popular Power which , although it has no legislative authority , appears destined to take the place of the country 's National Assembly , which was dissolved last month . |
| 50 | Thus , once he has overcome his immediate problems of how to pay the wages , he will then require the development of an internal standard costing and budgetary control system which does give him the information he requires . |
| 51 | Far from it , for he has matched his chosen designs to the theme of the growth of professionalism in architecture from the formation of the Architects ' Club in 1791 to the founding of the Institute of British Architects in 1837 ; and more than this , for just as architects strove for recognition in a professional world being transformed by the Industrial Revolution and new sciences , so does Worsley show us how this new breed of architect acquired technical proficiencies : in the presentation of drawings , in methods of copying and reproduction , in colour coding , and in advanced modes of perspective . |
| 52 | He has reserved his best efforts for West Indies , against whom his average is an impressive 24.90 , while he needs just one wicket for a century against old rivals Pakistan : |
| 53 | Havel is now in the seat of power ; but I can not imagine he has lost his central European gift for irony . |
| 54 | He has lost his right-hand man , half a kilo of cocaine and around ten thousand pounds in cash . |
| 55 | PAUL GASCOIGNE lasted only 45 minutes of his league debut for Lazio here yesterday — but he insisted that he has survived his first crunching tackle in Italian football . |
| 56 | It is significant that one of the few occasions when the author of Ancrene Wisse hints at the contemplative experience occurs in his account of the behaviour appropriate at the Mass : ( After the kiss of peace in the Mass , when the priest communicates , forget the world , be completely out of the body , and with burning love embrace your Beloved who has come down from heaven to your heart 's bower , and hold Him fast until He has granted you all that you ask . ) |
| 57 | The writer of the Book of Ecclesiastes declared : ‘ He has made everything beautiful in its time . |
| 58 | After he has made his first claim for Landor , Pound writes two paragraphs of the sort that have provoked near-apoplexy , because they have not been taken in the spirit that Pound intended : |
| 59 | Largely because of absentee owners , the gardens at Shotover have changed remarkably little ; Sir John Miller has n't changed much either , though he has made his own — living — additions to the grounds . |
| 60 | And he has made it clear that an all-German election should be held next year at the earliest , not as a quick substitute for the West German one in December . |