Example sentences of "he [vb -s] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | THE chasing bunch have their eyes on the bend ( top ) while Alexandre Nadobenko takes the applause as he crosses the finish line |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He crosses the room . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Actually he hates the music business , and that whole London scene . |
| 10 | Now he hates the T'ang and his circle with an intensity that 's hard to match . ’ |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He hates the sea . |
| 14 | David readily admits he hates the cold ! |
| 15 | ‘ He hates the vet 's . ’ |
| 16 | He hates the thought of missing out on a big occasion . |
| 17 | He 's good at dropping milk bottles , so he hates the bottles but he likes milk . |
| 18 | You get , I mean , Dave and Steve , alright , they 've never been my favourite people but all this pious goings-on with Dave , how much he hates the town clerk , and whatever opportunity he could get he would |
| 19 | He hates the city and longs to go back home . |
| 20 | That 's why he hates the garden so much , and wo n't let anyone go in there . ’ |
| 21 | And he hates the fact that people think that , too . |
| 22 | He very rarely gives an interview , he hates the prose of feature writers ( and , I fear , of book reviewers ) . |
| 23 | He hates the invaders , from not-all-that-stout Cortes via de Soto , the first to encounter the Cherokees , and the treacherous English and French who made life hell for the Mohawks , right up to the Quebec police who fired on the Mohawks as they protected their remnant of land against the building of a golf course . |
| 24 | Dropped goals from free kicks are no longer permissible ; hookers may raise their feet the moment the ball leaves the scrum-half 's hands ; and in the tackle the next player ( other than the tackler ) must be on his feet when he plays the ball . |
| 25 | The new law change for this situation , Law 18 Tackle ( 1 ) ( b ) states : ‘ After a tackle any other player must be on his feet when he plays the ball ’ . |
| 26 | Perhaps the most important law change to emphasise that rugby is played by players standing on their feet ; this season after a tackle any other player must be on his feet when he plays the ball immaterial of what distance he is away from the tackle . |
| 27 | Wayne 's World , in which he plays the villain , had grossed $110 million at the last count . |
| 28 | He plays the guitar . |
| 29 | He teaches me one of his songs and I sing it while he plays the guitar . |
| 30 | It 's really weird my mu erm one of my mum 's friends who 's a bit of goer , she 's got herself a new bloke called Jim yeah and he looks exactly like Jimmi Hendrix and he plays the guitar . |