Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 'E said 'e needs a lot o' money ter get it started an' that 's what 's worryin' me. 'E could be up to anyfink . ’
2 Keef always laughs at that , an' then 'e wheezes a bit an' , like gasps for breath an' falls over .
3 ‘ E 's gettin' too big fer 'is boots , demandin' this an' that every time 'e enters the 'ouse .
4 ‘ Fred 's a diamond , an' 'e finks the world of 'er .
5 ‘ Don 's a good bloke an' 'e brings a lot o' trade in 'ere .
6 On a tie-break ( Peter had Wales to win by four points ) victory went to the Mailman and to him goes the Tipster Trophy plus a cash prize of £500 .
7 This memorandum , issued by the physician superintendent of Neasden Hospital , London , to all his medical officers over 25 years ago , attracted widespread opprobrium from the UK national press and the chronologically correct if sexist response from the British Medical Journal that ‘ every patient whatever his age or his disease should be resuscitated unless the doctor looking after him has no doubt at all that he should be allowed to rest in peace ’ .
8 To live with Iago as a reader , or in the theatre , is bad enough ; to create him shows an ability to conceive evil that almost strikes us as perverse and unnatural .
9 The shift in stance away from cultural exile towards critical engagement , for him marks a shift away from the élitism of the moderns towards postmodernism .
10 And if your view of him confirms the Marshal 's then we 'll do as you say .
11 ‘ If this Miller as you call him takes the tablets you keep on about in the text he will discover that there is no Author — right ?
12 Clegg could not release Miranda , the only way of making her happy , and face the punishment , but his selfish desire to have her always with him overrides a desire for her good , even once she becomes seriously ill .
13 Next to him leans a standing woman , her plastered foot breaking out from her swollen shoe .
14 He said Advanced Micro 's announcement it plans to ship ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of 80486 chips this year amounts to about one week of Intel 's total productive capacity , and as for the latter 's plans to line up a manufacturing partner to boost production in 1994 , he said he doubts the company will find much excess capacity in the industry — and any company acting as a partner with Advanced Micro could face legal action , but he would not say what Intel might do .
15 So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik .
16 I ask this not because I believe that he does n't care passionately about Mahler 's music — you only have to hear the vocal exhortations with which he galvanises the Boston players at the most intense moments in the score to realise this .
17 THE chasing bunch have their eyes on the bend ( top ) while Alexandre Nadobenko takes the applause as he crosses the finish line
18 Robert Layton will be flying at about 2,000 feet to stay below commercial flight routes , low enough to run into bad weather , or his worst nightmare , fog as he crosses the Channel .
19 CHRISTIE has time to raise his arms in triumph as he crosses the line for his 100-metres win — with clear daylight between him and the pack .
20 He crosses the room .
21 The sa nyasin seeks release from sa sāra , the endless round of birth , death and rebirth : he renounces the world in favour of mystical union with God .
22 Actually he hates the music business , and that whole London scene .
23 Now he hates the T'ang and his circle with an intensity that 's hard to match . ’
24 Greenaway has said he hates the idea of a shot in a film being only a preposition , linking what went before and after — but what writer would think of despising a part of speech for performing its indispensible task ?
25 But Eubank also has a huge ego to feed , and Davies revealed : ‘ I know he 's always going on about money , but the truth is his main drive is pride — he hates the idea of losing .
26 He hates the sea .
27 David readily admits he hates the cold !
28 He hates the vet 's . ’
29 He hates the thought of missing out on a big occasion .
30 He 's good at dropping milk bottles , so he hates the bottles but he likes milk .
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