Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 61 | Whatever he thinks of the political make-up of this council , he owes a duty to the city and to his council . |
| 62 | Asked what he thinks of the pro-Labour stance , Blakenham adds cagily : ‘ I would n't like my own views to be taken out of context . ’ |
| 63 | Qaddafi 's offers of union with Tunisia , Egypt , Syria and Morocco seem to indicate that he thinks of the Arab nation . |
| 64 | However , under the test derived from Caldwell , a person is not reckless if he thinks about the possible risk but decides that it does not obtain . |
| 65 | The actual proportion in which each individual holds his wealth depends upon the relative yields he receives on the whole range of assets , and upon his individual tastes and preferences . |
| 66 | Perhaps it is churlish of me , after the kind remarks of the Minister , to venture to comment on what he has just said , but at the risk of being tiresome , may I point out that what I said before was that it does not follow that a decision made by the Home Secretary corresponds with the advice that he receives from the chief inspector . |
| 67 | ‘ We 're gon na play some DEVIL SATAN WOCK AND WOLL MUSIC ! ! ! ’ announces Fabulous ' strangely Mr Bean-like guitarist to the severe bemusement of a hall full of Farm fans , as he launches into the first of two bloody many dismal three-chord punk thrashes , and on struts Simon Dudfield , oozing ugliness from every pore . |
| 68 | And that 's where engineering you know , knowledge , comes er to bear because an engineer looks for that , he looks for the easy , simplest you know er method of production er which gives him an effective er machining operation throughout the whole job . |
| 69 | He looks through the little hammock in front of him . |
| 70 | Erm now he talks about the vanguards of revolutions i it 's just his distinction between the types of of peasant erm he looks at the rich peasants first of all and originally they 're , they 're not into revolution at all , you know , they do n't want to join peasant associations because they 've got nothing to gain erm as er er had said before , you know , p if you ask a rich peasant to join he 's gon na say well , you know , I 've never heard of such a thing before , you know , I 've , I can manage to live alright , I advise you to gi er give it up or alternatively he may just say , you know , good God no , you know , it 's too dangerous I , I do n't want to be knocked off by my landlord . |
| 71 | The author is on stronger ground when he looks at the technical characteristics of various modes . |
| 72 | Brian Robinson , I believe , has every right to feel aggrieved when he looks at the other members of the back row . |
| 73 | In the first of his ‘ State of Grace ’ reports he looks at the current crises in the Kirk . |
| 74 | They 're simply irresistible , says Graham Rice , as he looks at the best types to grow |
| 75 | Jack Spier has trouble keeping his emotions under control whenever he looks at the Red Cross letter from his parents saying goodbye . |
| 76 | How right you are Mr Deputy Speaker , of course I could n't go into this because it 's out of order but on the other hand I would simply say to the honourable gentleman if he looks at the basic policies , the basic flaw of the E C is it ca n't solve problems and all these new M E Ps we 're thinking of sending over I think we should bear in mind the problem , they 're going over to something where problems ca n't be solved . |
| 77 | Eccleshall appears to be on stronger ground when he looks to the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries for evidence of libertarian Conservatism . |
| 78 | Suppose that before he looks to the legal record he thinks it would be best to decide for the defendant in McLoughlin because it would be cheaper for the community as a whole if prospective victims insure against emotional injury than if drivers insure against causing it . |
| 79 | He looks like the spitting image of him I tell you . |
| 80 | He frowns at the little mound of coarse white powder , then claps his hand to his mouth , and swallows . |
| 81 | They live in a political cowards ' Disney world where Tom is always chasing Gerry in an ever-decreasing circle of options while , outside in the real world , Bugs Bunny is having his tail shot off as he chokes on the latest political carrot . |
| 82 | He starts at a medieval Gothic window , a remnant of the first university in central Europe ( founded 1348 ) ; he pauses at the rebuilt Bethlehem Chapel , the site of where the Mass was first allowed in Czech , and Jan Hus preached before being burnt for heresy in 1413 ; he pays respects to the relics of the Jewish quarter with its ancient and crowded graveyard ; to cross the river he uses the Charles Bridge , lined with Baroque statues ( many between 1700 and 1720 ) , and climbs the hill to the Castle where art and architecture of all periods again further embellish the golden city of central Europe . |
| 83 | He lies beside the collapsed body , crying , ‘ Who else must be let blood , who else is rank . ’ |
| 84 | But , an hour later , the models tearing at his clothes as he lies in the king-size bed , he seems resigned to the proceedings . |
| 85 | ‘ He lives on the sixteenth floor of the RCA building . |
| 86 | Though he lives on the French-Italian border , most of his frauds are perpetrated from Amsterdam . |
| 87 | He lives on the common |
| 88 | Today he lives in the Eastern Thai town of Trat and , although officially retired , is still regarded as the overall leader of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 89 | He will instead compete at Stoke where he lives in the British Student Championships on June 27 and 28 . |
| 90 | He lives in the same town and it still hurts her to see him . |