Example sentences of "he [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was normal , moreover , as in earlier generations , for a diplomat going to one of the more out-of-the-way capitals , if he expected to stay for any length of time , to equip himself with a mass of essentials which might be difficult or impossible to obtain at his destination . |
| 2 | In fact these lectures offered an elegant and lucid exposition of educational theories and assumptions ( he had been exercised by this topic since the early forties ) and although he failed to arrive at any conclusions he suggested that none could in any case be reached . |
| 3 | He paced his talk well , and his use of live models caught the attention , but he failed to capitalise on this by describing exactly what the models were demonstrating . |
| 4 | An unidentified East German , arrested in a crackdown on corruption as he tried to flee with more than half a million marks ( about £180,0000 ) , has hanged himself in his cell . |
| 5 | An unidentified East German , arrested in a crackdown on corruption as he tried to flee with more than half a million marks ( about £180,000 ) has hanged himself in his cell . |
| 6 | While an angry woman in a cardigan sadly toasted herself a crumpet by the jet of a gas f ; re , he tried to shift to another topic . |
| 7 | He tried to brake with this ice-axe but started turning great cartwheels , bouncing all the way down . |
| 8 | He has written novels and travel books set in Latin America , Africa , the Caribbean , India and Europe ; what he has to say about any country is worth reading . |
| 9 | I look forward to hearing from the hon. Gentleman how he will deal with the complaints that I expect he will receive from his constituents , when he has to explain to those employed at Guy 's hospital why the Labour party 's policies would deny that hospital the opportunity to increase staff pay by £6 a week . |
| 10 | It is true , as Mr Chedlow has stressed , that he has not got as many years before him through which he has to live with this discomfort , pain and impairment of movement . |
| 11 | ‘ He has to live amongst these people may God help him . ’ |
| 12 | It goes as follows : " So man is approaching a more complete fulfilment of that great and sacred mission which he has to perform in this world . |
| 13 | Do shut up , Tilney : no wonder little Toby is such an insensitive oaf , if he has to listen to that racket every night … |
| 14 | He turns his old head wearily , as if to indicate to his family the kind of people he has to deal with these days . |
| 15 | He watches the man closely to see how he reacts when he has to talk about this appalling figure . |
| 16 | Andy Warren does n't have a door key , he has to get in another way . |
| 17 | He has to share in some conservative political opinions . |
| 18 | Two days earlier the Home Secretary had sent a minute to the Prime Minister explaining that he proposed to answer on these lines . |
| 19 | And if he wants to dabble in those really contentious issues then he 's got to say what he really thinks , because I 've had it up to f—ing here . ’ |
| 20 | I assume Mr Grigson , as he has n't raised his board has said all he wants to say at this stage on the points that have been made . |
| 21 | I am asking the hon. Gentleman whether he wants to go down that road . |
| 22 | He wants to go beyond this testable assertion and maintain that there is a real difference , not simply one of perception , between different languages in their ability to ‘ allow their users to approximate to neutral , objective description ’ and that English has this ability . |
| 23 | He is more broad minded than the priest-administrator ; and he wants to succeed in this . |
| 24 | In deciding how much profit he wants to make on each item , and how much to mark up his prices , the retailer needs to consider many of the factors we looked at in Section 7 — the socioeconomics of the area , the needs of the typical customer , the competition , and so on . |
| 25 | Why was he prepared to go to all that trouble ? ’ |
| 26 | Gonzalez-Palacios has totally transformed furniture studies in Italy since he came to live in that country . |
| 27 | During a short spoken reminiscence , Van gets passionate about the blues and the powerful way he came to empathise with these guys . |
| 28 | in a way se , he came to look at that . |
| 29 | And , although being taller , broader , leaner , fitter than anybody in the whole SE postal district undoubtedly had something to do with it , he seemed to shine with that undefinable , but unmistakable , showbiz sheen . |
| 30 | With the glasses he seemed to put on another nature — his stern , cool attitude she had first noted , and felt unthreatened by . |