Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He postures as a political activist , and the solidarity forced on the quintet by Shatov 's murder might be expected to make them a more effective instrument . |
| 2 | He plays on the right wing and has pace as well as skill . |
| 3 | ‘ He plays for a mixed side in his spare time and is well up with the rules which is pretty useful because they seem to change every couple of months . ’ |
| 4 | He plays for the Whitehaven Tennis Club and is involved in their purchase of new tennis courts . |
| 5 | plays on , he plays for the first team normally I think . |
| 6 | RORY Underwood makes his last appearance of the season at Twickenham today when he plays for the Royal Air Force against the Army in the crucial final match of this year 's Inter Service tournament . |
| 7 | ‘ Limpar could play for Arsenal again the way he plays for the national team if only Graham had more faith in him . |
| 8 | However , when the first violin takes up the theme of the lullaby high up in its register , he plays with a pure sweetness that makes him sound like a luminous voice in the distance . |
| 9 | But Taylor stressed : ‘ I just have to wait and see how many games he plays over the next few weeks . ’ |
| 10 | At the end of the day , Neil has had to come to terms with the fact that he plays in a certain way … |
| 11 | He plays in a definite way , dropping off scrums into a defensive pocket . |
| 12 | JOHN BARNES continues his comeback from an Achilles injury today when he plays in a combined Liverpool-Everton side against a joint Manchester United-City team in Graeme Sharp 's testimonial at Goodison Park . |
| 13 | He plays in a special game for Eusebio tomorrow in Portugal and must wait until Sunday for his Premier League debut against neighbours City . |
| 14 | ALAN LEONARD aims to add another string to his bow when he plays in the Irish National Pairs championship finals in Blackrock , County Dublin next weekend . |
| 15 | But now he 's retired I 've heard that , when he plays in the odd charity match , he has a go now . |
| 16 | show exactly the worth he discerns in the Trojan conflict . |
| 17 | Conventional wisdom dictates that the experiences at school , in the transition to work , at work itself and in society generally , tend to imbue the black youth with a jaundiced view of the world ; recoiling from the ‘ pressures ’ , he retreats to a street-corner gang existence , detaching himself from society and cultivating a posture of indifference or even hostility towards the rest of society . |
| 18 | Macaulay gets on the wrong plane and ends up in the Big Apple where he books into the palatial Plaza Hotel , much to the suspicion of various flunkies including a camp Tim Curry . |
| 19 | Then he turns towards the wizened , worn-out figure of the 87-year-old woman sitting beside him and says : ‘ He is doing all right , there seems to be some response . |
| 20 | He turns off the main drag . |
| 21 | Unaware that a fly has accompanied him on his maiden voyage , he turns into a sex-obsessed , sugar-addicted mutant . |
| 22 | Taken in and taught by rancher Turnstall , he turns into a raging avenger when Turnstall is shot . |
| 23 | he turns to the warmer |
| 24 | No one is safe from suspicion — let alone the audience on whom he turns with an accusatory stare . |
| 25 | Perhaps I could be Eric 's stunt man , standing in when he turns on the flash dangerous stuff that terrifies the defenders in his wake and makes them have a go like David Burrows did . |
| 26 | When man 's lifestyle is more natural , basic and strenuous , he glories in the ornate . |
| 27 | He points to a small cut on p.1 in the 1693 quarto , removing a reference to Hermia , Demetrius and Lysander , who — with 1692'5 Act 1 scene 1 disposed of — have yet to appear on stage . |
| 28 | He points to a distant waterfall like a zag of lightning on the hillside . |
| 29 | He points to a single red blossom that quivers on a nearly invisible thread attached to a garland of synthetic butterflies and rhinestone-dotted flowers — a bizarre piece of headgear so tacky it could only have been custom-made . |
| 30 | Embracing the ambiguous nature of that question with a dirty grin , he points to a big wheel . |