Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [v-ing] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Who would not thrill to see Alderman Foodbotham of Bradford rise at last from the mountain tomb at Northowram , where he lies awaiting the summons of destiny , to assume the united crown of Deira and Elmet , and soon , in his irresistible advance , the crown of all Northumbria ? |
2 | He needs teaching a lesson ! |
3 | You know , if he starts creating a scene then you say that retched thing has gone off again in my bag . |
4 | Told him , selling a million pounds worth of flour e er flour a year and he had his twenty first coming up and apparently , he starts spilling the beans |
5 | US Treasury officials have warned the promoter , Bob Arum , that he risks breaking the law by selling the fight to a Panamanian TV station . |
6 | ’ Oh yeah , that 's a funny picture , ’ he says cracking a smile . |
7 | Martin Dyer may soon have a lot more time to play with his daughter … he says following a maintenance order from the Child Support Agency he may not be able to afford to work . |
8 | After hearing all the views and ideas , Robert said the reason why he favours removing the screen is that it brings information services closer to our members . |
9 | Richard is interested but wary — he prefers watching the ducks to anything more adventurous . |
10 | Kenneth Baker , the Conservative Party chairman , has made it clear that he intends mounting an attack on the Labour leader 's personal qualities . |
11 | Michels , who denied the allegations , told the newspaper he intends fighting the suit in court rather than settling privately . |
12 | As the patient stands up , he practises bringing the ball back towards him by bending his elbows with good control . |
13 | One resident I spoke to , whose house is immediately on the zebra crossing , reports that every day he dreads hearing the squealing of bl brakes and looking out of his window . |
14 | He justifies construing the opposition between repose and action , or inner and outer worlds as that of metaphor and metonymy on the grounds that the former is the trope of " imagination " and " totality " , the latter the trope of " senses " and " fragmentation " . |
15 | He keeps undoing the belt ! |
16 | When talking about edge jointing he advises scribing a line with a knife or gauge . |
17 | Derek was a member of the duty crew that particular day and he remembers seeing the aircraft off , then a short time later seeing it back in again . |
18 | He remembers writing a document outlining the new range of M50 ( Elite ) , M51 ( a front-engined four-seater V8 ) , M70 ( a wedge-shaped mid-engined car that became the Esprit ) and M71 ( a mid-engined V8 ) . |
19 | Concerned specifically with the issue why there is no circularity involved in a justification of deduction which employs deductive reasoning , he contrasts explaining the validity of a form of inference — for which purpose we can use any of our knowledge — with persuading someone of the correctness of a rule — which requires that we avoid circularity . |
20 | He says that he hopes joining the group will benefit his waterfowl collection . |
21 | He advocates marking the stretchers off one at a time instead of squaring cross all four at once . |
22 | He denies causing the boy 's death by driving dangerously . |
23 | He recommends improving the quality of life by gradually weaning people away from unhealthy indoor forms of death , such as heart disease , and offering more facilities for dying traditional outward-looking deaths in the fresh air . |
24 | And he disappears swinging a bag of duty-free claret and singing of dark , Satanic mills . |
25 | For thirdly he is careful not to reveal how much he dislikes losing an argument . |
26 | He admits killing the DO . |
27 | Porter says he likes having a pop at goal but yesterday they all went in . |
28 | He suggests using a dial-back modem which intercepts calls , asks for identification then calls back . |
29 | Fears focused on the £50 billion borrowing requirement for 1993-94 and the narrowness of the window the Chancellor has left for economic recovery in the next 12 months before he begins tightening the tax screw in earnest . |
30 | He claims keeping an eye on statistics , no less , helped him realise what was required of him . |