Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | While he has his backers the nature of Mr Birt 's shake-up at the corporation , introducing distinctly Thatcherite market-forces into an organisation at least as set in its ways as the civil service , but many times more internally political , means there are many ready to use the episode to raise other questions against him . |
| 2 | He is not over fond of strangers , but he will allow people into the house , although he monitors their movements the whole time . ’ |
| 3 | As soon as he opened his eyes the child remembered , and his heart soared . |
| 4 | Moving his head a fraction , he opened his eyes the merest slit and scowled at her from under thick dark lashes . |
| 5 | She did not speak when he raised his eyebrows the second time , so in went onions , mustard and ketchup . |
| 6 | He denies his readers the pleasure of feeling superior , too : they must come to terms with Sylvia and her kind , who are not so rare as is commonly supposed , and a novel is a good place in which to begin the process . |
| 7 | He does his readers the service of conveying to them the life and living of a family they might never encounter , or have had occasion to consider . |