Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the solicitor for the three cleared men says he doubts a civil action would have succeeded . |
| 2 | But Mr Raisin says he doubts the Labour Party 's criticism that the budget itself is too small . |
| 3 | He reckons it 's only because he loves the world and the people he knows that he hates the prevailing ‘ world order ’ . |
| 4 | Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit . |
| 5 | He hates the old bill anyway . |
| 6 | And on MONDAY he tackles the 23-mile stretch to Lytchett Minster , with Bournemouth beckoning . |
| 7 | Despite the complexities behind the loss of the vision of the church at war , the net result has been simple : either the Devil has ceased to exist , or he plays no essential role in the history of salvation . |
| 8 | He plays no budgetary games nor does he tolerate finance people playing games with him . |
| 9 | ‘ He 's good fun , and he plays a decent game of tennis . |
| 10 | Producer-director Arne Glimcher had tapped him for the role after catching his performance in Pedro Almodóvar 's Matador , in which he plays a melancholic bullfighter wannabe who faints at the sight of blood and gets dizzy watching clouds . |
| 11 | Ready for release is the Year Of The Comet , in which he plays a seductive villain , and he is currently working on The Son Of Pink Panther , at Pinewood , directed by Blake Edwards . |
| 12 | He and Lewis are also set to work together again this year in California , in which he plays a serial killer . |
| 13 | I did n't ring him because he plays a mean alto-sax , though he is one of the best reed men currently not working out of a studio in the Windward Isles ( wherever ) . |
| 14 | At night he plays a pattering hose , fanned |
| 15 | He gets terribly bad tempered if he plays a bad shot . |
| 16 | ‘ He plays a different type of game to Steve Davis . |
| 17 | The idea which has swallowed Kirillov is suicide , not suicide for the common cause of the quintet as Dostoevsky first proposed , but to achieve a metaphysical and religious purpose ; and thus he plays a big part in the transformation of a neat political generation-gap story into a larger , more complicated object . |
| 18 | it is a funny film , you seen Roxanne where he plays a fucking funny , he has to think of twenty pornographic , the only women who can satisfy two by two women at once its got here , nature loving , too much , really love little bee , give a mat to sit on and stuff like that , your gon na fucking break that in a minute , time have you Mark ? |
| 19 | ‘ His weakness , ’ the critic C. A. Lejeune perceptively remarked , ‘ is that he plays a lone hand . |
| 20 | He plays a short sample down the phone , an almost unintelligible blur May , a non-stop talker and tireless ambassador for techno , rolls his eyes in a resigned manner ’ I get every kid in the city ringing me up and I feel bad because I do n't have time to talk to them . ’ |
| 21 | AL PACINO is currently shooting Scented Woman , in which he plays a blind army veteran , Frank Slade , who goes to New York with the reluctant teenage boy assigned to care for him . |
| 22 | Retired joiner Ted is not just a figurehead , as many presidents are he plays an active part in the running of the club and was recently honoured by the CIU and the club for completing 25 years in the post . |
| 23 | He plays an evil father in the Oscar-nominated British film Howards End and the vampire killer in Bram Stoker 's Dracula , both currently on general release . |
| 24 | Current release Howard 's End , in which he plays an evil father , also has been nominated for an Oscar . |
| 25 | More than any other black member of the House , he plays the racist card . |
| 26 | If my list of cons against Alfieri seems great , it does not mean I dislike everything he does for as I 've said he plays the important role of introduction and conclusion which I like especially and count as a clever idea on the part of Miller . |
| 27 | And he plays the menacing scenes that follow over-lightly , winking at his wife , giving his half smile and making quips . |
| 28 | I do notice one or two places , though , where Ciccolini departs form the Durand text — e.g. he plays the fourth and sixth quarte of the study in fourths as E and A instead of G and C , and the second quaver in bar 10 of the final ‘ chords ’ study is a G minor chord where G major is printed ( though we get G major in the reprise at 4′18″ ) . |
| 29 | He plays the French Horn . |
| 30 | He plays the evil Dr Arcane , whose daughter loves the Thing , and it is painful to watch so many bad lines falling on untilled soil . |