Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [to-vb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My work is my cork and my ideas are my ideas and he ought to leave them alone , I say . |
| 2 | Being in a position of absolute power , Mussolini did every thing he could to ensure his continuing popularity by constructing autostrade , electrifying railways and making the trains run on time , as well as by such elaborate schemes as draining the Ponrine Marshes , previously infested by malarial mosquitoes , and reclaiming them for agriculture . |
| 3 | He had come to his sister Elizabeth 's rescue in her time of trouble , contributing almost beyond the call of duty ; he had already done what he could to help his young nephew Robert — now what of Benjamin ? |
| 4 | He did everything he could to make it impossible for the marriage to take place . |
| 5 | Now in this chapter , Capturing Animals he says that when he was young , before he ever started writing poems , he used to like animals , he used to like them dead as well as alive |
| 6 | the way he used to slide his folded rule |
| 7 | He had a peculiar way of dismounting — instead of putting his right leg over the saddle in the usual fashion , he used to put his left leg on a step protruding from the rear spindle , stand on this and gently place his right leg to the ground . |
| 8 | And he used to take his white handkerchief out , and go along the corridors and above these , up on these ledges , with his white hanky . |
| 9 | ‘ Where he used to cut them dead , he now helps them on with their coats . ’ |