Example sentences of "he [verb] a [adj] sense " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Joe watched her put on her coat and hat he experienced a keen sense of disappointment , for he was realising it had been in his mind to escort her to work . |
| 2 | He has a classic sense of gastronomic order . |
| 3 | He has a great sense of humour and will keep you all well-amused . |
| 4 | He has a flawless sense of colour and form , and realises an ideal balance between formal clipped structure and drifting floral ephemera , springing delicious surprises upon the enchanted visitor . |
| 5 | Richard says he has a tremendous sense of history as he works in the woods . |
| 6 | He has a wry sense of humour and an uncompromising disposition , particularly when it comes to talking about deeds of valour . |
| 7 | He has a fine sense of humour , and he shows strong leadership qualities . |
| 8 | He has a sixth sense to recognise the genuine from the phoney . |
| 9 | Now he showed a keen sense of priorities , and , as vital , an ability to delegate . |
| 10 | Like Racine , he creates a terrible sense of the screw turning tighter with every scene — you end up positively dreading the next entrance because of the terrible things you know the characters are going to say . |
| 11 | Like Colonel Suzuki he developed a romantic sense of identification with these people so very different from his own , rather like Lawrence of Arabia . |
| 12 | The Rev Anthony Freeman said he felt a great sense of relief when he admitted to himself he did not hold to the traditional view of God . |
| 13 | But he felt a tremendous sense of awe at the invitation to visit the President as an equal . |
| 14 | He felt a peculiar sense of dislocation , and the sounds of those in the room seemed to be coming from a great distance away . |
| 15 | His brilliance was carried lightly , and he possessed a wry sense of humour . |
| 16 | He had a great sense of humour and was more like a teenager than a man nearing retirement . |
| 17 | He has not , as a source , the shrewdness of his friend Charles Greville [ q.v. ] , nor the sharp asperity of his contemporary J. W. Croker [ q.v. ] ; but he had a greater sense of humour than either . |
| 18 | Maxim did n't mind , although he had a vague sense Apgood was seeing something he 'd missed himself . |
| 19 | He had a terrible sense of direction , always getting left , right , up , down , forwards and backwards mixed up . |
| 20 | Thank goodness , though that for all he was n't so free with his smiles he had a terrific sense of humour and had not held against her the blunt , not to say impolite way she 'd asked if he was prepared to give her an interview . |
| 21 | He was the kind of manager you could approach without hesitation and he had a sharp sense of humour . |
| 22 | It was during his second year at Manchester that he was offered the West Indies captaincy for the visit by Pakistan , but decided that his studies had to come first ; he had a strong sense of predestination and apparently felt that the leadership would be his eventually . |
| 23 | He had a strong sense of responsibility to his vocation of preaching and loved to compare himself to St Paul . |
| 24 | He had a rotten sense of humour . |
| 25 | He had a sudden sense that Violette had more of Sylvie in her than Sylvie 's own daughter . |
| 26 | He had a pious sense of his own importance and had always thought all these acts were directed at him , from which he had only escaped by good luck . |
| 27 | He had a fine sense of theatrical timing , which helped in publicizing his ventures . |
| 28 | He had a quick sense of humour , with a Victorian weakness for outrageous puns , little of which shows in his mature poetry except in his play with language . |