Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new renown of Walter Machin and the heady publicity which had resulted for the town in which he lived had suggested to the Arts Club committee ( a mixture of the local genteel and the local far left ) that a retrospective of the work of his stepson might neatly capitalize on the widespread interest . |
| 2 | In a radio address on 24 May , for example , he announced three major categories of reform , which he expected to see accomplished before the end of the year : reform of the civil service ; nationalization of the coal , electricity , and banking industries ; and a plan to boost France 's birthrate . |
| 3 | He admitted going equipped for theft , another burglary and asked for four similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 4 | When it became clear I was a success he tried to get rid of me permanently . |
| 5 | The practical point , of course , is never to parade all the facts at the beginning but to use them as a military commander might unleash the cavalry squadrons he has kept hidden below the brow of the hill . |
| 6 | Those four little letters could cost Hardee more than the walkouts he has grown used to . |
| 7 | Jip tells of something he has seen written on a wall : ‘ If the human brain was simple enough for us to understand we 'd be so simple we could n't ’ ( 88 ) . |
| 8 | SIR — Just what thought-processes are assumed to make the floating voter more inclined to support party leaders whom he has seen flanked by what the newspapers call ‘ glitterati ’ — celebrities , that is , of stage , screen , pop concerts , running , jumping and playing ball games ? |
| 9 | Many are the times he has held up busy working schedules because he has become fascinated by someone he has encountered in a crowd . |
| 10 | He has become addicted to gambling , you see . |
| 11 | But if the expenses in question are payable out of income to which the beneficiary has already become entitled , the expenses are not a proper deduction from the beneficiary 's total income , since they represent simply the mode in which he applies his income after he has become entitled to it . |
| 12 | His only possibility is to tap the latent anger , which he has to keep suppressed for the most part , and the social depression that would enable him and his peers to speak out from their own consciousness in order that a mature and civilized level of relationship can be attained between them and others . |
| 13 | ‘ Now he has got fascinated by the paper as well , he 's made it look like a field of bridal veils , but it 's going to be difficult to keep it in place when we move it at night . |
| 14 | Mr Yeltsin 's dilemma is that , to continue with economic reform , he has to get rid of the present parliament , which is blocking him at every turn . |
| 15 | As they sway and raise their arms , he sees thirty pairs of large breasts and he imagines the same quantity of round thighs rolling and separating under the cassocks which he has had sent from Raleigh . |
| 16 | Now he needs to get rid of some . |
| 17 | He was somewhat reluctant to explain , but finally did so , although if the associative method that he used had got to the ears of his victims , it might have been embarrassing . |
| 18 | And if he wants to get rid of me he 'll have to throw me out . ’ |
| 19 | Will the Minister bear it in mind that if he wants to get rid of toxic waste in Northern Ireland , he had better not employ the services of the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food ? |
| 20 | The Prince chose a conference in Glasgow to highlight the problems of urban deprivation which he says have led to people living in impersonal , soulless areas , alienated from the rest of society . |
| 21 | What he 'd seen done to Grant made Forster realise that whatever it was struck with demonic speed and savagery . |
| 22 | But Maggie had heard him draw notes out of it which rent the air with their sadness , and through his music she 'd seen a side of him he 'd kept hidden from the world . |
| 23 | The new chain that he 'd fixed brushed against his sleeve as he entered the kitchen . |
| 24 | Paul Crossland admitted in court that he 'd taken the cash out of union funds , but said he 'd felt entitled to it because he had saved the union so much money . |
| 25 | Quite out of the blue her sense of the ridiculous erupted ; the parallel he 'd drawn appealed to her , and she found herself actually laughing as she handed him one of the bowls . |
| 26 | Later , at home , he 'd sat engrossed in his work . |
| 27 | He had n't thought it necessary to recall for Dillon 's benefit the tragic death of Sandy , the notebook he 'd found secreted under the seat of her Jaguar parked close to the bell tower . |
| 28 | He 'd got rid of most of the presents |
| 29 | Graham felt oddly satisfied at seeing life go on around him like this ; he felt almost smug at walking past people and them not giving him a second glance , at least not now he 'd got rid of Slater . |
| 30 | He 'd got chilled to the marrow last night and he needed a drop of something to keep out the cold . ’ |