Example sentences of "[coord] he [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 That 's basically for editing purposes , so that , if the editor , he likes the general tenor of what you 've said but he perhaps wants to , he wants to chop a little bit out or he wants to put that sentence up there , he 's got somewhere that he can actually , he can actually do his editing .
2 or he wants to plane it or
3 He believes , or he chooses to believe , that in Chicago or somewhere else there were readers of Poetry magazine in 1918 who zealously and in all seriousness wanted to know what French poets of that time they might profitably read , and what in the broadest terms they should look for in each of them .
4 For example , assume that a child is a rehabilitated person within the meaning of the Act : in other words , he has been subject to a supervision requirement and that requirement has been terminated or a year has elapsed since the date of the hearing that imposed the supervision requirement , whichever is the longer , and he has committed no further offences during the rehabilitation period ; or he has appeared before a children 's hearing which has decided not to impose a supervision requirement on him and six months has elapsed during which time he has committed no further offences .
5 Think of your own favourite writer , of all the books she or he has written .
6 Or he has written and I have not received it .
7 Thus if an individual is to be deprived of a benefit which was enjoyed in the past , and which he could legitimately expect to continue , or he has received assurances from the decision-maker that such a benefit will not be withdrawn without giving him some opportunity to argue the contrary , then in either instance an opportunity for the individual to make representations will be accorded .
8 The writer means that she or he has discussed the poem 's meaning , but the sentence literally says that the next stanza discusses the poem 's beginning ( an unintended meaning ) .
9 The Christian life should be one of joy and peace , they feel , so either they have failed God or he has let them down — though they feel guilty for thinking so .
10 The desire to ensure that the adult child retains an appropriate degree of independence can be particularly tricky in these circumstances , especially if she or he returns to live in the parents ' home and is dependent upon them for accommodation , child care , emotional support and possibly for money as well .
11 I think in the case of members of staff , the university might well want to say certain sorts of behaviour are inappropriate and we do n't countenance them even if the person involved in the end thinks she 's prepared to put up with it , or he 's prepared to put up with it .
12 Or he 's chucked them away . ’
13 So obviously if Mike 's been chosen once or he 's done it he does n't want somebody asking him again .
14 If he 's got a job there , and he 's done it well or he 's done it badly , tell him he 's done it badly , tell them where they 've gone wrong and tell them what they should do to put it right .
15 I says , he 's either hiding summat or he 's done summat .
16 Now Mickey , our Sports Editor is here and we 've mentioned Brian Houghton , of course , or he 's mentioned himself .
17 This respondent echoed the thoughts of the first by concluding that ‘ … it looks as if he 's played around in the paint , trying to create something — or he 's got confused and mixed everything up and something just happened ’ .
18 I mean , either you 've got ta hang around in the morning , or he 's got ta hang around at night .
19 ‘ E's my brother , miss , and 'e 's come to pay yer a visit , ’ I answered nervously .
20 He 's involved in the deception about the Durances and he admits abducting Barbara Coleman .
21 But when we see him next , sexual desire has begun to eat away his conscience , and he feels possessed by ‘ the strong and swelling evil/Of my conception ’ ( II.iv.6f . ) .
22 We went around together , the three of us , but then Stuart and I got married , and he feels excluded .
23 He does rather qualify his view where he later considers that the present case is not ‘ an appropriate case for seeking to advance the frontiers of the law of negligence ’ , and he seeks to confine the decision to its own particular facts .
24 And so Jesus seeks this woman out because he loves her , and he seeks to communicate with you and with me , because he loves us !
25 And he thinks to hold Tracy Castle for the King , now that my brother … ’
26 and he sits lifts it , gets up on the settee and cuddles that until he goes to sleep .
27 He is a small businessman and he likes to deal with small bankers .
28 And he likes chucking things on the ground .
29 There 's a game we play , Bustos and I , with that saliva-steeped tennis ball of his ; and he likes to twirl those sticks .
30 And he likes to talk about you .
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