Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | What would you say , he got it for more . |
| 32 | He got it in nine seconds . |
| 33 | five in the second half , bloody hell three goals in three minutes , fifty five , fifty seven , fifty eight Don Goodman this bloke got a hat-trick , he got it within fifteen minutes |
| 34 | Because Nick is ju erm is young and because he associates him with all these dangerous ideas , in genetic engineering and so on , he feels threatened by him . |
| 35 | But Housman did in fact say something about " Diffugere nives " — had said it , when the poet in him pre-empted the professor : he translated it into English verse , and in doing so produced a text that in its beauties or its blunders ( as perceived by diverse readers ) strikingly exemplifies a phenomenon , not exactly translation and not purely creative invention , called by our literary ancestors " Englishing " . |
| 36 | Although agreeing that this approach raises value issues ( his first question ) , he thinks it of limited use in generating a range of curriculum alternatives ( second question ) , that it ignores the effects of choosing particular courses of action ( third question ) , and does not facilitate an examination of teacher 's common sense beliefs and opinions ( fourth question ) . |
| 37 | Captain 11 times , he repaid them with 3915 runs , 12 centuries , an average of 43.98 , and an adhesiveness more commonly found in tubes of Araldite . |
| 38 | He read it with less pleasure … |
| 39 | If he knew the path blindfold after one month , how well would he know it after fourteen years ? |
| 40 | He invited her into one of his lesser parlours . |
| 41 | What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ? |
| 42 | Although he may not agree with what I have said , and what I am about to say , he should at least extend to all of us the courtesy of sitting quietly in his seat , especially if he joins us at such a late time . |
| 43 | He regarded her with ironic eyes , his lips a little pursed . |
| 44 | He regarded her with lazy , sleepy eyes and said : |
| 45 | He regarded her with total disbelief . |
| 46 | While he regarded her with evident interest , she searched her mind . |
| 47 | He regarded her with calculated interest . |
| 48 | He regarded her with undisguised affection . |
| 49 | He re-emphasised it on another occasion : ‘ I identify with this notion … |
| 50 | Pyatt has outstanding hand speed and he demonstrated it to full effect against an opponent who was clearly out of his depth . |
| 51 | He let me into one of his secrets when he told me that he tries to avoid cream sauces and prefers to use stock and wine reductions . |
| 52 | He agreed to the clause allowing them to release records elsewhere , after giving RCA the first option , because he say it as common sense . |
| 53 | He drew it in 1914 when he was an art student in Munich . |
| 54 | As for the case made against the versions in the Classic Anthology — that by using rhyme they align themselves with the closed poetry of print and not with the open poetry of the speaking breath — the obvious retort is that , although in these poems Pound often rhymes , he writes them in free verse , and in a free verse where the syllables are weighed , and the varying pace controlled , as scrupulously as in anything else he has written . |
| 55 | He caught her in two strides and his expression was neither analytical nor taunting . |
| 56 | Christine fought for her balance as he grasped her with hooked fingers . |
| 57 | She went off with a GI during the war and he divorced her in nineteen forty-six . ’ |
| 58 | He covers it with both hands . |
| 59 | The ultimate synthesis of a design was never revealed in a flash ; rather he approached it with infinite precautions , stalking it , as it were , now from one point of view , now from another , and always in fear lest a premature definition might deprive it of something of its total complexity . |
| 60 | He overtook me after three tantrum-filled games ( mine , not his ) . |