Example sentences of "he [verb] [coord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had been sightings , his family was powerful enough to keep him hidden and safe from the inevitable hanging ‘ should he show his face on the shores of Albion again' — a favourite phrase of Joseph 's , picked up from a knife-grinder whose preoccupation with Bligh , the Bounty and the Mutiny had almost equalled Joseph 's as witnessed in a fierce contest of informational prowess contested in the snug of the Bull in Lorton where the knife-grinder had eventually conceded defeat and been given several unexpected commissions ( including one from the vicar of Cockermouth who disliked Joseph intensely and produced a cluster of blunt knives and dullest scissors to prove it ) as compensation . |
| 2 | He was to be my minder for an initial trial which would give me three laps in one of the school 's Escort XRi 's under his instruction , three laps with him driving and five laps in a single-seat Formula First racing car . |
| 3 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 4 | Cheeks smeared by tears and mascara , she was helping him to stand and all he could think was How can she still have mascara after where she 's been ? |
| 5 | If he has a facial palsy , he may find it difficult to chew and swallow , and you can help this by encouraging him to chew and clear food from the hemiplegic side of his face . |
| 6 | She felt uncomfortable , watching him die and unable to care about him . |
| 7 | The Clown was racing alongside and Lollo and I were showing off to him whooing and waving . |
| 8 | Without doing anything at all he could make things happen for which he must be punished with slaps , missed meals or verbal assaults that left him trembling and incoherent . |
| 9 | He will not take a decision on his own that his team does not respect , so colleagues find him caring and tolerant . |
| 10 | Those memories kept him awake at night , often leaving him sweating and fearful after dreaming of long dark tunnels and falling through space . |
| 11 | Talking to her , as so often , left him demoralized and confused . |
| 12 | v. Lindley Lord Reid said , ‘ A case where a defendant presents to the plaintiff the alternative of doing what the defendant wants him to do or suffering loss which the defendant can cause him to incur is not necessarily in pari casu and may involve questions which can not arise where there is intimidation of a third person . ’ |
| 13 | There were nights when , hearing him start at three or four in the morning , she would have welcomed anything that would let him stop and rest-paregoric , a sugar-tit , any of those wicked things . |
| 14 | Lissa , his ex-wife , wanted him found and substantial alimony coughed up . |
| 15 | Commenting on Mr Hutchison 's decision Professor Raymond Miquel the Council Chairman said they would be sorry to see him go and paid tribute to the contribution he had made to Scottish sport over the past 26 years . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's because you make him shy and self-conscious , that 's all . ’ |
| 17 | The enthusiasm spread to the band , the drummer steadied him and the trumpet urged him to attempt and complete stances beyond his normal skills . |
| 18 | Now in the summer of 1187 Henry sent messenger after messenger to Richard asking him to return and promising to grant him everything that was justly his . |
| 19 | After recovering from an attack of shallow breathing he recovered and one nurse said he was smiling and cooing in his cot . |
| 20 | But when we all went back to training at our clubs , everyone was talking about the stick he got and all agreed it was disgraceful . ’ |
| 21 | There was only one thing he lacked and that was a wife . |
| 22 | He lives and all is well ! , |
| 23 | Will the Prime Minister state clearly and concisely that , irrespective of the place or the audience or the day of the week , he has but one policy for the fourth Trident submarine — to build it , equip it and send it to sea armed for the nation 's defence ? |
| 24 | I know he has but that 's one we 're working on |
| 25 | Lorne excuses his monocle on the grounds that , being astigmatic in one eye and myopic in the other , he needs but one lens to neutralize the problem and that one lens is harder to break than glasses and it is easier to carry spares . |
| 26 | You wo n't have any trouble with her , Mike , so give Patrick all the back-up he needs and both mark the hell out of Randy . ’ |
| 27 | He was making for the door when he stopped and half turned back towards her and said , ‘ By the way , Aggie , very little escapes you , as I know only too well , but have you noticed any difference in Jessie of late ? ’ |
| 28 | What he says is that erm you know when he was writing of six hundred and fifty eight seats in parliament , I do n't know how many there are now , but he says if we allowed for people to be paid , then we have as it were six hundred and fifty eight prizes to people 's six hundred and fifty eight jobs for people and he says and this is rather astonishing to hear , to read this is that it will attract adventurism of low class to er parliament if we pay members of parliament . |
| 29 | He received but scant attention outside his native land for half a century after his death , but then came to be a major force who made a profound impression on both theology and philosophy . |
| 30 | Was he living or dead this day , that same Adam ? |