Example sentences of "he [vb past] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using Britain as an example , Napoleon III and the economists who advised him believed that the introduction of free trade would help to strengthen the French economy , since only by opening up French industry to greater competition would it be galvanized into accepting new methods of production . |
| 2 | It has been said that an order of mandamus ought not to he made if the respondent is doing all it reasonably can to remedy its breach of duty . |
| 3 | Could you tell me anything about Foster ; where he lived and the dates he worked ? |
| 4 | Lost with his entire Lancaster crew on his 49th sortie , this is his story , the way that he lived and the war that he fought . |
| 5 | The Folk Park is constructed around the thatched farmhouse birthplace of Judge Thomas Mellon and the reconstructed New World farm where he lived when the family first emigrated to America . |
| 6 | He disclosed that the crisis in the inspectorate had led to 32 vacancies in a professional staff of 135 in October . |
| 7 | During their conversation , he realised that the vision was for the present and not 4 years in the future . |
| 8 | He realised that the ratio R/L = G/C give the necessary condition for distortionless transmission , where R = resistance ; L = inductance ; C = capacitance and G = leakage ( conductance ) . |
| 9 | So far as mens rea is concerned , the issue is not whether the defendant himself considered that the words or conduct in question was insulting , but whether he realised that the persons whom he was addressing might do so . |
| 10 | We just got away , ’ he was repeating loudly to his neighbours when he realised that the noise of conversation had ceased and people were all sitting down . |
| 11 | If that is so , the defendant can not be convicted if he raises doubts as to whether or not he realised that the person with whom he was dealing was a policeman , or that he did not realise that what he was doing would make the task of the policeman more difficult . |
| 12 | He realised that the cuts forced on the production had in fact helped it . |
| 13 | With the ribbon of blacktop offering a new perspective , he realised that the vortex within which they fled was turning away from the mountains . |
| 14 | He realised that the van would be clear of the car park before he could get onto the return ramp , and even with its shredded front tyre , it could get outside the hotel area , and the driver escape into the streets of London . |
| 15 | He realised that the power required to rotate an optic , even the large ones , was less than anyone had assumed . |
| 16 | Sickeningly he realised that the end of the ‘ Lanc ’ had been severed off . |
| 17 | He realised that the religion of a rival would be the last consideration on Jessica 's agenda . |
| 18 | Soon he realised that the coveralls which were visible on the far bank were Navy dark blue and not Survey Service drab grey . |
| 19 | Smelling the fresh dust in the air he realised that the load of grain in the hopper had only recently been discharged into the stall . |
| 20 | When he realised that the trousers hovered round his calves and that the shirt did n't do up it was too late ; I had put on my newer , better-fitting shirt , bloused my trousers on to the tops of my boots and was putting on his beret as he stood there looking like a circus tramp . |
| 21 | ‘ You bitch ! ’ he whispered as the car drew up in front of the country house hotel that her father had decided was good enough for the reception to celebrate the wedding of his only daughter to the reigning world champion . |
| 22 | Then you come along , and you tell me not only who made it but what his name was , how many eggs he laid and the colour of his tentacles . |
| 23 | He checked that the gun was cocked , and squeezed again . |
| 24 | He checked that the weapon was loaded , then that the flint was firmly seated in its leather-padded jaws . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't mean the apartment , ’ he drawled as the twins came dancing happily across the office towards them . |
| 26 | He ruled that the costs were justified and Customs were directed to pay in full . |
| 27 | He ruled that the costs were justified and Customs were directed to pay in full . |
| 28 | And he cared that the sailors on the Baglietto should respect his ability . |
| 29 | The inquiry heard details of a memorandum written by a Foreign Office official in which he agreed that the ambassadors might be persuaded along those lines in order to avoid embarrassment to their embassies . |
| 30 | He agreed that the evidence in support of the assessment of Mr X 's low intelligence was overwhelming — but the court refused to hear his evidence . |