Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] the [noun pl] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all Mellor 's protestations that the tabloids brought him down in an attempt to dictate to the Prime Minister who should be in his Cabinet , the truth is that the Heritage Secretary was rejected by his peers . |
| 2 | Ramlal sat down on the steps but the chaprassi kicked him aside . |
| 3 | Anyway , the Perm leapt up and booted Charlie a couple of times in the ear with those famous feet until the heavies pulled him away . |
| 4 | His self-promotional skills combined with his love of sport and the arts made him a popular choice in his new fields . |
| 5 | He did n't see much more of Tina and the teachers treated him with gentle sympathy , almost as if he were an invalid . |
| 6 | He was on holiday in Spain when the producers asked him to return early to reshoot one or two scenes . |
| 7 | Both the porter and the guards welcomed him like a long-lost brother . |
| 8 | New manager Trevor Anderson saw the Dundalk man as the answer , the club backed his judgement and the fans accepted him straight away . |
| 9 | ‘ I was taken to Arrowe Park Hospital where I spent four hours having scans and the doctors said he seemed to be OK . |
| 10 | Certain value added tax cases would tend to indicate that the amount of benefit obtained by a taxpayer if the trustees allow him the use of a Ming Vase would equate to the sort of rent which they could have received if they had let the vase with appropriate adjustments being made for insurance , agreeing to house the vase , etc . |
| 11 | But , if the refusal or the conditions prevent him from obtaining ‘ reasonably beneficial use ’ of the land , he can serve a purchase notice . |
| 12 | Once the superbike race was over McCallen presented himself again for examination and the doctors gave him the all clear for the Regal 600cc race . |
| 13 | At the foot of the hill , just ahead of the expanding forest as the adventurers reach him , the Ethereal Champion of Tzeentch appears ( see Profiles ) . |
| 14 | This made Ralph and the twins respect him more . |
| 15 | It was wartime and the boys called him Barrage Balloon . |
| 16 | She had dismissed as rubbish Nina 's allegations that the men thought he was interested in her , but she had to admit he was good company , and for the next half-hour he entertained her with stories of his work in Australia , of the people he 'd met and of his excursions into the bush and to the Great Barrier Reef . |
| 17 | Maybe it was because he was close to God that the others respected him . |
| 18 | Fole and the others help him complete his designs , and subsequently assist in invoking the spirits . |
| 19 | He never charged for the rooms and the journalists repaid him by keeping their custom at the bar . |
| 20 | I suppose he told a good tale and the boys let him in . |
| 21 | He was virtually out the back door and the rumours had him ready for retirement . |
| 22 | Regular work for New Society and the Times launched him as a freelance editorial illustrator , and he has an impressive list of clients — in the '80s he drew all the covers for Penguin 's new editions of Anthony Burgess ' work , and his work has appeared in the Independent on Sunday , Observer , Radio Times , New Scientist , American Esquire and — among other things — in numerous advertisements and promotions for whisky in the UK , Ireland and the US . |
| 23 | Dick and the nurses told him that , even after the pre-med , they had to chase him round the ward to get him to remove his shorts . |
| 24 | Cleo and the children ignored him . |
| 25 | He was a kind old man and the children liked him . |
| 26 | He made it clear that he stayed at La Tour Monchauzet because the vines needed him — and because he was sure that one day — somehow — Isabelle would return to him , and he had to be here — waiting . ’ |
| 27 | A similar tiny gesture takes on the same value when Alain rubs one foot up and down the other leg when the girls tickle him . |
| 28 | It was not surprising that the police and the courts saw him not as a threat , scarcely even as a nuisance , but an eccentric example of English political freedom . |
| 29 | And every day Allan and Barbara and the doctors treating him have to face the dilemma of keeping alive the boy they feel would be better off dead . |
| 30 | You had only to ride out the storm — inside preferably — ’ with a flash of humour as the heavens reminded him of their still present threat ‘ — and the dust would soon have settled . |