Example sentences of "[vb base] he [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want him to have the best possible educational start , and they see children elsewhere , like Emma , getting a whole year 's schooling more than Sam . |
| 2 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 3 | Secondly , I urge him to make the best possible speed in this matter because for many of us it represents the most dreadful stain on our criminal justice system . |
| 4 | Few of his ministers are saying , even in private , that they expect him to lose the next election . |
| 5 | ‘ I expect he timed the whole thing with a stopwatch , ’ said Greg . |
| 6 | That 's what you want he said the thick stuff . |
| 7 | A solicitor says that , technically , he DID act outside the law , but police say he did the right thing . |
| 8 | Louise tried to soothe him and persuade him to drink the antiseptic draught which McNab had given her . |
| 9 | Challenge him to check the full-blown consequences of his ideas to see where they lead . |
| 10 | venerable old Jew whose noble nature and gratitude to Fledgeby for releasing him from debts owed to Fledgeby 's father cause him to serve the young man devotedly as agent for Pubsey & Co . |
| 11 | Let him make the first move . |
| 12 | Let him have the final word . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope he appreciates the three ‘ immediates ’ , ’ the General said . |
| 14 | Well it 's , look he passed the hundred and fifty metre mark , ten seconds later he passed the two hundred and fifty metre mark , how far did he run in ten seconds and you 've put down a hundred metres |
| 15 | I tell him to ask the Prime Minister . |
| 16 | The problem is I 've found myself more and more attracted to my son-in-law and I know he feels the same way . |
| 17 | He forgets how annoying he can be and you know he swings the other way . |
| 18 | Little Les Phillips just said in the dressing room , you ca n't get near him , he 's so explosive over five , ten yards , you know he played the one two bumpers into the ah , it 's a fantastic goal . |
| 19 | With what seemed super-human strength and control he drew the short sword to the left , then back to the right , his intestines spilling out onto the cobbles . |
| 20 | ‘ The bottom line ’ , says one western ambassador , ‘ is that he is one of the few leaders on this continent who appears to care about his people and we therefore trust him to do the right thing . ’ |
| 21 | And ask him to bring the old map with him , please . ’ |
| 22 | I invite him to read the Prime Minister 's response to the right hon. Member for Chesterfield , which was far and away the most interesting part of the debate — Amended text or not , it reveals the muddle to which the other 11 nations of Europe do not subscribe . |
| 23 | If the hon. Gentleman genuinely thinks that services that are contracted out are of lower quality than those done in house , I invite him to make the short journey between the London boroughs of Lambeth and Wandsworth . |
| 24 | ‘ You mean he played the bloody organ all night ? ’ |
| 25 | I mean he does the big functions and he does n't do a bad job |
| 26 | You know he obviously sees rich peasants as you know a more er unattractive class of peasant , I mean he sees the poor peasants as the real er vanguard of the revolution , the people who have done all the work and erm sacrificed er security at an early stage |
| 27 | And force him to ask the same questions of his life , and to reply : This is all there is and it is enough . |
| 28 | She would stay until the first intermission , then leave him to watch the last complete performance alone . |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , but I think he felt the peacekeeping mission was very worthwhile . ’ |
| 30 | It all went according to plan for her and I think he expected the same for me . |