Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My text here is Evans-Pritchard 's unrivalled study of the witchcraft beliefs of the Zande people of the southern Sudan as he found them in the late 1920S and early 1930S living under the generally benign rule of the British raj . |
| 2 | But I could n't get the door shut to lock him in and he caught me in the other cellar . |
| 3 | Then , before she realised what was happening , he fastened her in the double stirrups , binding her hands and feet . |
| 4 | Patrick has plenty to say on such subjects , and he says it in the lordly way which does much to furnish the book with its presiding idiom . |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , that 's the Eiffel Tower , ’ and he says it in the same tone of voice as if you had shown him a portrait of Grandpa , and he had said : ‘ So that 's your grandfather I 've heard so much about . |
| 6 | While Blanche tries to pass him in one of the passages he grabs her and he hurts her in the cruellest and most brutal way . |
| 7 | ‘ You will not be coming back , ’ he assured her in the same arrogant tone . |
| 8 | He buried it in the back garden , near the fence , overlooking the park that overlooks the city of which his father was so proud . |
| 9 | She could n't even accuse him of laying a finger on her , since she was always fast asleep when he joined her in the large bed , and the twins arrived to wake her up in the morning . |
| 10 | He paid it in the same spirit that he washed himself-obsessively . |
| 11 | Part of the time he sees them in the familiar way as creatures who lack rationality to at least some degree . |
| 12 | But again the questions — was Boswell telling the truth about Johnson , or was he presenting him in the best possible light ? |
| 13 | He addressed her in the same way as he had her mistress , with the deference due to age . |
| 14 | After about five minutes he saw a strange sight of what he took to be three men approaching ; he challenged them in the usual way and shouted , ‘ Halt or I fire . ’ |
| 15 | Everything you say , he takes it in the wrong way . |
| 16 | Jacob saw something in Rachel that was very special , and he loved her in the true sense of the word ; the word ‘ love ’ in Hebrew , which is the original language of the Bible , comes from the root of the word meaning ‘ to give ’ , or ‘ to want to give ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , I hope I shall always be Kingy to you , Miss Sally-Anne , ’ making it clear that he included her in the charmed circle of his friends . |
| 18 | She was there at the departmental conference and he included her in the general nod and smile as he entered the executive producer 's office , but his eyes were guarded , and not just on her account . |
| 19 | He turned the car , his hands moving swiftly and expertly as he manoeuvred it in the narrow lane . |
| 20 | He expresses it in the following way : |
| 21 | His speech goes back into a relaxed drawl , eyebrows half-cocked this time , and a mischievous glint makes the instigator of this flash of temper wonder whether he meant it in the first place . |
| 22 | That 's really how he persuaded me in the first place to pretend … ’ |
| 23 | He put them in the warm water . |
| 24 | This is what trousers he put them in the proper basket instead of leaving them there . |
| 25 | He remembered her in the old days , singing at parties for hours and then turning up for rehearsal next day without any sign of strain or tiredness in her voice . |
| 26 | He bought it in the Swinging Sixties and had never worn it . |
| 27 | He did it in the classic manner , by pitching the ball well up and bowling very , very quickly , and the fact that he needed help from his colleagues for only two of those wickets shows just how accurate he was . |
| 28 | It was for Couples , already top of the world rankings , his first major championship and he did it in the same accomplished manner that has already marked two earlier victories on the American tour . |
| 29 | In due course we might look closer at that episode with the Gilberd : she admits after much blushing and prevarication that he accused her in the High Street delicatessen of baby-snatching — did it openly , in a loud voice . |
| 30 | He quoted me in the same paragraph , but somehow omitted some key words about the commitment of both Novell and USL to preserving the business model by which USL serves its licensees . |