Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [adj] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those green shoots of economic spring here in the UK are beginning to feel a mite lonely as the gross domestic product figures from the US yesterday brought more evidence that the recovery there seems to have stalled , and analysts are redoing their sums on IBM Corp in light of recent information : Furman Selz removed the company from its recommended list and analyst Peter Lieu said he lowered his 1993 and 1994 earnings estimates because of the extreme gross margin pressure on the mainframe business ; Bear Stearns & Co analyst Cliff Friedman cut his 1993 and 1994 earnings estimates on IBM , but bravely maintains a hold rating on the stock ; he trimmed his 1993 estimates on IBM to break-even from $1.25 a share and cut his 1994 estimates to $2.25 , from $3.25 , again citing weak mainframe demand . |
| 2 | If he asked me such and such I 'd say now this is how you do it . |
| 3 | Only in John 's Gospel does he make one curious and profoundly interesting statement . |
| 4 | Theodora took his meaning , ‘ … sometimes he got it right and sometimes not ? ’ |
| 5 | He got it close and holed out and then the camera focused on Brian Harley , who had a slightly shorter putt . |
| 6 | If the X question states that a ‘ Minister may intervene if he thinks it necessary or desirable , ’ then the only way in which the courts can maintain control is to require the minister to provide some evidence to justify his action . |
| 7 | He flung it open and shouted in the direction of the offending instrument . |
| 8 | He wiped them clear and peered inside the smoking gap . |
| 9 | The mail was uniformly trivial , but he read it all and then stuffed the torn envelopes and their contents into his pockets for disposal elsewhere . |
| 10 | He reached in with both hands , only to shrink back in horror when he encountered something cold and clammy beneath his hand . |
| 11 | Suddenly he found himself awake and alert . |
| 12 | When he had spent all his money he found himself alone and destitute . |
| 13 | He found him agitated and anxious and thumping the table , demanding to discuss the two men 's roles in relation to each other . |
| 14 | Lewis treasured this conversation in after years , but at the time he found it disconcerting and annoying . |
| 15 | He drew her closer and , helpless against a tide of subtle , exquisite sensation that made her head swim , she relaxed against him , boneless and pliant . |
| 16 | And without waiting for an answer he drew her closer and lowered his head to find her lips . |
| 17 | He drew her close and kissed her gently . |
| 18 | A Disaffection is a problematical book — because of this closeness : we learn very little about how Doyle is seen by companions , very little about the standpoint of those who surround him , those with whom he has his tender and abrasive dealings , with whom he airs his invectives and bitter ironies , with whom he conducts his antagonisms and ingratiations . |
| 19 | He shouted something unintelligible and ordered his dog to go and get me — which it did , giving me a painful nip on the back of the calf . |
| 20 | He wants them small and blonde but also to know their mullet from a mallet . |
| 21 | I mean sometimes you expect him to laugh and he does n't laugh like he says something funny and I say something funny back to him , but he does n't laugh . |
| 22 | Then he lifted something small and wet ; a pale , tiny sac attached by tubes and tendons to the rest . |
| 23 | He muttered something inaudible and withdrew . |
| 24 | He told me this and that , but I listened with only half an ear . |
| 25 | The solipsist is in the position of claiming that he has a language in which he describes his present and past experiences , and perhaps speculates about the future . |
| 26 | The moment for which Archie will always be remembered by Palace fans was when he scored our fourth and conclusive goal after a marvellous run from the centre-circle to defeat the FA Cup-holders , Wolves ( 4–2 ) in a thrilling replay up at the old Crystal Palace in January 1909 . |
| 27 | He slammed them shut and kept one finger on the top-floor button . |
| 28 | He was too wise and experienced a horseman to attempt to force them to go forward : instead he turned them short and proceeded to plough another stetch . |
| 29 | The grey-haired man beside Harry had spoken and now he turned his jowled and pitted face towards him . |
| 30 | He organized it all and then I think was it a week before he suddenly said well we ca n't possibly have two hundred people walking along a nature trail that we want to protect . |