Example sentences of "he [verb] [adj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |
| 2 | But that has led to him becoming involved in an ‘ appalling number ’ of outside bodies , in addition to being chancellor of Aston University and a trustee of the Bournville village . |
| 3 | And it had made him feel big in a way that had nothing to do with macho trappings . |
| 4 | Besides , Botha does not defend , which is not really a problem because he stayed miles from his scrum-half , Du Preez , and made him look terrible with a slippery ball . |
| 5 | But police officers found him lying drunk outside the door . |
| 6 | The bitter weather was ending and everyone was feeling more cheerful when Joe was due to come on leave , but shortly before he arrived his mother had a vivid dream in which she saw him lying dead on a battlefield . |
| 7 | Well bracksy and dead 's the same , they got him lying dead in the wood away down here at the . |
| 8 | Late that night , after the children have finally gone to bed , Felicity finds him lying full-length on the playroom floor once again , still absorbed . |
| 9 | If the job surveyor is given autonomy in certain areas then the manager must ensure that he has a system of job control which enables him to keep abreast of the progress of the job and be able to compare surveyor and contractor performance in one operation . |
| 10 | ( 5 ) A justice of the peace before whom a person is brought under subsection ( 4 ) above may … if of the opinion that that person — ( a ) is not likely to surrender to custody , or ( b ) has broken or is likely to break any condition of his bail , remand him in custody or commit him to custody , as the case may require , or alternatively , grant him bail subject to the same or to different conditions , but if not of that opinion shall grant him bail subject to the same conditions ( if any ) as were originally imposed . |
| 11 | ( 5 ) A justice of the peace before whom a person is brought under subsection ( 4 ) above may … if of the opinion that that person — ( a ) is not likely to surrender to custody , or ( b ) has broken or is likely to break any condition of his bail , remand him in custody or commit him to custody , as the case may require , or alternatively , grant him bail subject to the same or to different conditions , but if not of that opinion shall grant him bail subject to the same conditions ( if any ) as were originally imposed . |
| 12 | Further , the terms of section 7(5) of the Act of 1976 are clear and they are mandatory in form , to the extent that if the justice is not of the opinion that the person is not likely to surrender to custody , or has broken or is likely to break any condition of his bail , the justice has to grant him bail subject to the same conditions , if any , as were originally imposed . |
| 13 | Bert said he was tired , but she followed him , and found him standing alone in the room he had shared with Pat . |
| 14 | No oceanographer , when Balboa first strolled down to the gently lapping waters on the morning of that day , he had no reason to suppose that the ceremony — which would involve him standing ankle-deep in the water , the better to annex it — could not begin on schedule . |
| 15 | It took a few bumps on the head for him to get used to the low ceiling and the prominent oak beams , but now they do n't bother him at all . |
| 16 | Clearly , listening to a Robert Johnson record now , in Britain , is very different from dancing to him playing live in a black bar in Mississippi in 1936 ; and there are probably consequential differences in the music itself , too ( for example , Johnson would at the very least be constrained by the time-limits imposed by the record form — as all musicians , even to some extent on LPs , are ; thus , in some ways a Duke Ellington concert , in a ‘ bourgeois ’ concert hall , using written parts , might turn out a more ‘ oral ’ experience than the same piece encapsulated on a twelve-inch record ) . |
| 17 | Cameron knew how good his son really was , and encouraged him to break free of the pop straitjacket . |
| 18 | Well , let him get used to the idea ! |
| 19 | I make an encouraging grunt , to help him get involved in the story . |
| 20 | ‘ You make him come alive in a way that none of his fancy speeches can , ’ Walterkin said . |
| 21 | It 's perfectly possible , if somewhat unwise , for him to charge clean across the battlefield and engage the enemy on turn one . |
| 22 | and his time on Earth had taught him to feel cold as an intellectual concept , if not a physical one , and he might have wished to take shelter . |
| 23 | Repeating the verbal descriptions is specially important for the patient with perceptual and speech difficulties , as it helps him to become familiar with the planning needed for each item of clothing . |
| 24 | Nor do I want him to become blase about the violence many of these packages feature — he might get the notion that beating up people in real life is no big thing . |
| 25 | Would he tell us then what he believes the impact of the er pay settlements will have on the spending he 's allowed local authorities because it seems to me there must either be a cut in staff er and a cut in services if they 're gon na keep within the the money that he made available at the time when he was n't aware of these settlements . |
| 26 | He made available to the newcomers he employed all the mechanism required to make films . |
| 27 | And if it be thought that Mr Hunte retains a soft spot for Pakistan ever since he and Garry Sobers had a stand of 446 against them at Sabina Park 34 years ago , we have ascertained that he made clear to the 1992 management that any further offence would be met with punishment noticeably more severe . |
| 28 | He talked of the future ; he made light of the present and its difficulties until Lucy lost sight of them too . |
| 29 | ‘ He lived alone on the hillside and spent most of his time praying . |
| 30 | He lived alone in a log cabin beside the lake , his only company a portable radio and television . |