Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She let him go in alone to break the news to Chris . |
| 2 | One day , an important but superstitious client cancelled his insurance policy when the pen Waterman had given him to sign with refused to work . |
| 3 | He was a brilliant but also a tortured thinker , in many ways a solitary and tragic figure , his personality marked by a tendency to depression , and by the decision he made in 1843 to break off his engagement to Regine Olsen . |
| 4 | This concentration on christology is of the very essence of Barth 's method , but the greatness of his theological achievement lies not simply in the method and form of the whole , but in the way in which he succeeded by this means in re-integrating and casting quite fresh light on all the great leading themes of classical orthodox belief . |
| 5 | He agreed with Nine Turning Mirrors — life was difficult enough . |
| 6 | But the profits in which he shared during 1840–44 did not come up to expectations , and after the disappointment of the low profits on A Christmas Carol , published on commission , he broke temporarily with Chapman & Hall , and turned to their printers , Bradbury & Evans , as his new publishers . |
| 7 | A factory worker has been describing how he tried in vain to save a colleague who 'd been overcome by toxic fumes . |
| 8 | The court heard a harrowing 999 tape of the boy , then 10 , as he tried in vain to stop the killing . |
| 9 | Unlike Simon , however , ( who withdrew to France ) Peter accepted the king 's recovery of power in 1261 , and next year served the king and Edward as custodian of Abergavenny , which he tried in vain to protect from the attacks of Llywelyn ab Gruffydd [ q.v . ] . |
| 10 | As he tried in vain to jerk his head away to one side , shouting in fear , the taut rope caught him across the throat , cutting off the sound of his voice and throwing him backwards off his horse . |
| 11 | Fritz Moeri , one of five people charged in the trial of company officials which began on 18 April , has told New Scientist that the disaster would have been impossible if the system he built in 1970 had not been modified and if ‘ fashionable ’ exhaust valves had not been added at the insistence of company management . |
| 12 | ‘ This is going to take time , ’ he said , adding that he does not yet have plans for IBM — he has to first learn the company by meeting executives , managers and employees . |
| 13 | ‘ This is going to take time , ’ he said , adding that he does not yet have plans for IBM — he has to first learn the company by meeting executives , managers and employees . |
| 14 | A rich and aged relative , who has little use left for his wealth , refuses to give him the money he needs to go to Bali ( he has at last made up his mind ) , but there is an opportunity to steal it from him . |
| 15 | He has at last achieved his ambition to look both indistinguishable and distinctive . |
| 16 | Mr Mitterrand appears so delighted with the ultra-courteous Edouard Balladur , that some Socialists wonder whether he has at last found the prime minister of his dreams . |
| 17 | ‘ Candidate ( thinking he has at last come upon a Village Hampden ) : ‘ I can not conceive that the Election can in any way affect your rights here . ’ |
| 18 | The bit about is OK but should the Lukic figure read — 1.5 million , he has after all scored more goals for the opposition than for us . |
| 19 | And he mentioned about both competing with China and er er the Third World Countries . |
| 20 | ‘ Is it the fact that he rambles on that bores you , or the fact that you do n't want to talk about what life 's about ? ’ |
| 21 | He 'd at first said , ‘ wild flowers ’ , but I reminded him of what had happened at Caroline 's wedding . |
| 22 | Falling into depression , he appealed to Mauve to call and see him . |
| 23 | ‘ He came in early to get us , ’ Mitch informed her . |
| 24 | He dropped into American to hide his confusion . |
| 25 | He seemed to half choke on her name . |
| 26 | ‘ Paysage d'Harfleur ’ , dated 1900 , reveals his debt to the Impressionists , and there are works he painted on first arriving in Paris , after ten years spent at Le Havre with Dufy and Friesz . |
| 27 | I would owe that to my father … to try and understand something which he believed in enough to die for ? ’ |
| 28 | Here we meet a central theme : ca n't we demand that the doctor set out the principles on which he acts for all to see ? |
| 29 | That apart Derby are unstoppable at home and it must be some consolation to Arthur Cox that the twelve million pound team he assembled at last looks the part . |
| 30 | He was very bright , and sailed through the Royal Grammar School at High Wycombe to Sussex University , where he arrived in 1972 to read Languages . |