Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today he plays off a nine handicap , a great help when he is carrying the bag . |
| 2 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 3 | He 's extremely cheerful , if somewhat misguided , as he points out the many features of the room , and mentions that the public rooms in the Cottage will be opened at seven o'clock . |
| 4 | He points out the surprising truth that an accurate random sample of 1,000 people will work whether it is taken from a population of 5,000 , five million or 50 million . |
| 5 | He does n't like going to school for a start , but he goes else the old man beats him up . |
| 6 | And let me quote Locke er here we are are we he says but submitting to the laws of any country , living quietly and enjoying privileges and protection under them , makes not a man a member of that society then he goes on a little bit further down nothing can make any man so but is actually entering into it by positive engagement and express promise and compact . |
| 7 | ‘ No , he looks exactly the same . |
| 8 | I 'm gon na have a wee Bill 's bloody worse , he stands there , he looks out the bloody window as much as any bugger . |
| 9 | She was afraid then , rather as a skier might feel when he looks down the steep whiteness of a dangerous slope , or a high diver who seems far above the water , but the sensation was so unusual to her that she could n't be sure that it was entirely unpleasant still strongly mixed , as it was , with curiosity . |
| 10 | It will be a choice of ends , for example , even if forgotten a moment later , when he chokes back an erupting laugh at a slip by an important man , the choice being between a momentary and a long-term goal , the latter of which the other man could jeopardize . |
| 11 | But another thing is you see where Sandra lives , you saying that where she lives is apparently erm P C , now I do n't know him , but she does he lives up the same road and when people park did n't she tell you this when we were coming down ? |
| 12 | Now , 18 days after the attacker was put behind bars , he 's been allowed to return home for a visit and he lives just a few doors away from the Strongs . |
| 13 | He holds up a wooden multi-coloured fish . |
| 14 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
| 15 | He holds out a sunburned arm . |
| 16 | Every once in a while he holds out a small portion of meat , which the Skeleton chews furiously and swallows , with the same lack of success as before . |
| 17 | On May 22nd ( the day following his terrible vow against Elfed ) he writes up a typical entry : ‘ Went to see As You Like It as performed by Form 4 . |
| 18 | He writes out a generous cheque and sends it off . |
| 19 | He has just the one daughter and that girl has given him great cause for concern . |
| 20 | He has neither a running mate nor a campaign headquarters , but when he announced his bid he shot to the top of the polls . |
| 21 | Whatever the reason he has neither the spiritual character nor the material resources to redeem Ruth . |
| 22 | As for Jimmy , he chooses from a handful of set comments , so he has n't a great deal to say . |
| 23 | The driver might admit he has n't a current certificate and the relevant conversation can be reproduced in the officer 's statement of evidence . |
| 24 | He simply replies that he has n't the faintest idea . |
| 25 | He has n't the faintest idea of how things really stand . ’ |
| 26 | And he has n't the least idea of how much it will come to . |
| 27 | Gotfryd is not as analytical as Levi : he has n't the same scientific and philosophical skill and passion . |
| 28 | Every golfer in the world experiences that awful feeling of helplessness when he stands over a putt and knows that he has not the slightest chance of getting the ball near the hole , let alone into it . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman is really behaving disgracefully — — when he accuses British Rail of negligence before an inquiry has even begun , and when he has not the slightest idea of what caused that accident . |
| 30 | He has only a one-year contract and there have been differences with chairman Bob Murray , including the failure to sign Everton 's Ray Atteveld , the loss of Paul Bracewell after a contract dispute and a boardroom veto on selling £750,000 Gordon Armstrong to Southampton . |