Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw himself as a wise and benign deity , presiding over his kingdom and seeing to it that evil did not always prevail ; a hollow symbolism of course and anyway he rather liked hemp agrimony and ground ivy . |
| 2 | Belfast councillor John Carson has been reported to his North Belfast Unionist Constituency Association over allegations that he verbally assaulted party member Fred Proctor . |
| 3 | Neither the man nor his union could have pursued the case alone , but thanks to the insurance he eventually collected £22,500 compensation . |
| 4 | For 12 years from 1962 he successfully fed Edgar Hoover at the FBI a mixture of tantalising bits of fact and rubbish , including false information about Russia 's space-rocket programme which led the Americans to think they were ahead of the Russians . |
| 5 | He obviously likes Jimmy Page and it 's pretty easy to tell where he 's coming from , but he 's got a good sound and it 's really fresh . |
| 6 | The courts have sometimes appeared to embrace a rule that a person can become a constructive trustee not only because he personally receives trust property knowing it is transferred in breach of trust , but also where he knowingly assists in the breach . |
| 7 | He only saw Emily Groundwater once again in his life , and that was at a soirée at the Heathertons ' , to which he was invited because the Professor had told the chaplain of Paul 's impending journey to Oxford . |
| 8 | But he only earns pin money for it — 60 rupees plus some cloth , rice and fruit for each wedding . |
| 9 | He suddenly saw Annabel passing in the street outside . |
| 10 | He just got dormitory accommodation and as much food as he could eat . |
| 11 | It is debatable whether he ever envisaged trailer operation in its accepted sense , with trailers being detached at off-peak times . |
| 12 | Reilly 's last competitive game was against Donegal in the league this season , but he still plays club football with Kingscourt with whom he won seven cham |
| 13 | He still visits Ipswich Hospital each week for dressing changes and expects to be back at work in about five weeks . |
| 14 | He still favoured Lyons Corner House , although by now he had graduated from the Grill and Cheese to the Seven Stars . |
| 15 | The movie attempts to take off when Chaplin receives the call to an embryonic Hollywood and is asked to join the new studio of Mack Sennett ( Dan Aykroyd ) where he quickly attains superstar status . |
| 16 | He also wore metal frame square glasses because someone had told him he looked tough in them . |
| 17 | He also plans drug pricing restrictions and insurance industry reform . |
| 18 | He also praised Belleek Pottery for its involvement in industrial tourism . |
| 19 | He also made Hatfield House a centre of taste and culture , patronizing the painters George Geldrop and Peter Lely [ qq.v. ] , the musicians Henry Oxford and Nicholas Lanier [ q.v. ] , and the gardener John Tradescant the elder [ q.v . ] . |
| 20 | During his time as Head Gardener he planted several M. soulangeana and after the Second World War he also planted M. kobus , M. mollicomata , M. sinensis , M. stellata and M. acuminata . |
| 21 | For good measure , he also owns Milan football club . |
| 22 | He also blasted Worcester referee Ashby for giving an indirect free-kick early in the second-half against Chris Whyte and raged : |
| 23 | He disciplines himself to at least two hours a day in his upstairs studio where he also produces screen printing , water colours and acrylics . |
| 24 | He also says council parking fines will be going up from £5 to £30 in April and police fines would rise from £16 to £30 . |
| 25 | He also ran Oil Mill and Cuttles Mill at Wallbridge , importing large quantities of corn through Gloucester Docks and transporting it , largely by canal , to his mills in the Stroud area . |
| 26 | He also chose Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher as his re-election campaign 's general chairman , naming Barbara Hackman Franklin on Dec. 26 as Mosbacher 's successor as Commerce Secretary from Jan. 15 , 1992 . |
| 27 | He also saw Juncus acutus and J. filiformis and noted their use against erosion by water . |
| 28 | His other relaxations are snooker , at which he has a highest break of 55 , and occasionally he also goes pheasant shooting . |
| 29 | He also commissions M. Bijou de Millecolonnes , who despises the ancients , and whose ‘ lightness , gaiety , and originality ’ are the antipodes of the ‘ solidity , solemnity and correctness ’ of Sir Carte Blanche , to build in a ‘ wild sequestered spot ’ in Regent 's Park a pavilion reminiscent of Nash 's at Brighton , which gives rise to a rumour ‘ that the Zoological Society intended to keep a Bengal tiger au naturel , and that they were contriving a residence which would amply compensate him for his native jungle ’ . |
| 30 | Here he also meets bondage babe Sabra whose idea of making out is to whisper in his ear : ‘ I like your nose , it 's really big . |