Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he goes out there to wait for her in the evening , I sometimes think : It is n't Rosa . |
| 2 | He sits up straight to do up the buttons or velcro fastenings . |
| 3 | He has just enough to buy his materials , to live , to have a working holiday every year , to manage . |
| 4 | ‘ He has n't long to live , ’ was the answer . |
| 5 | He is about sixty and they should have retired him years ago , but he has nowhere else to go . |
| 6 | Arthur is inclined to be delicate and it 's feared he has not long to live . |
| 7 | Gandhi 's understanding of Truth and the essential unity of all that exists means that he has not only to realize his highest Self or Ātman but also recognize his oneness with all his fellow men and with all sub-human forms of life . |
| 8 | As things are , he has not only to invent his method , but also do most of the spadework for himself . |
| 9 | As the mysterious man following Blackeyes , Nigel Planer speaks at last , though he has damn all to say . |
| 10 | He intends not only to accelerate privatisation but also to reduce state control of ‘ strategic ’ sectors , such as mining and telecommunications . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's been a difficult year , ’ admits Sir David Nicholas wearily as he contemplates how best to manage 40 staff in the Gulf . |
| 12 | Harry Fischer comes out of his room in his shirtsleeves , hoisting his braces up with one hand , and holding in the other some letter or Ministry circular which has arrived in the morning post , and which he reads mockingly aloud to evoke their common derision at the obtuseness and bureaucracy of the world outside the office . |
| 13 | But he speaks the , the wo A Ann was her name , she said that he speaks too softly to go on to that . |
| 14 | ‘ When he feels all right to play again , I 'm sure he will return . ’ |
| 15 | I arrived there during the last day of it , and heard Dr. Bernardo pleading eloquently on behalf of the children he labours so unweariedly to rescue from the streets of our great cities , and also saw a gathering of the colporteurs gathered from the north and west , to get a word of encouragement in their laborious work of carrying pure literature into the homes of those who in numbers of instances live beyond the reach of the minister and the bookseller . |
| 16 | By spending three million pounds diversifying in this way he hopes not only to create new employment , but also to save buildings that would otherwise have fallen into disrepair . |
| 17 | Think of the toddler learning to walk and how often he falls down only to pick himself up and try again . |
| 18 | In truth , as I mean to tell Her Grace , he means very soon to put an end to your captivity . ’ |
| 19 | In truth , as I mean to tell Her Grace , he means very soon to put an end to your captivity . |
| 20 | In former times he might have been a nobleman 's factotum , now I dare say he is a film director 's personal assistant , and he leans forward obsequiously to catch his companion 's every word . |
| 21 | He does n't stumble across the Lord , it 's not a chance encounter , he seeks out deliberately to meet with Jesus . |