Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today he plays off a nine handicap , a great help when he is carrying the bag . |
| 2 | Well he plays quite a bit of guitar . |
| 3 | And Thucydides describes no sharper conflict than that between the aggressive Spartan Sthenelaidas ( i.86 ) and the more cautious King Archidamus ; for the supposedly more ‘ open ’ society of Athens he records only the views of Pericles and an anonymous delegation which does not contradict him . |
| 4 | When he wins he turns up the next week as if nothing 's happened — and as if he has n't got a penny to his name , that 's the difference between Seve and others — what sets him apart a bit , I suppose . |
| 5 | He turns up the Holloway Road , with its rows of pubs for men a long way from home . |
| 6 | In one letter to Susanna Highmore , he turns down the offer of a sonnet to be prefixed to Leapor 's second volume : |
| 7 | He 's extremely cheerful , if somewhat misguided , as he points out the many features of the room , and mentions that the public rooms in the Cottage will be opened at seven o'clock . |
| 8 | He points out the surprising truth that an accurate random sample of 1,000 people will work whether it is taken from a population of 5,000 , five million or 50 million . |
| 9 | While he points out the ‘ approximation of class and status came to an end ’ and that ‘ traditional class structures broke down ’ . |
| 10 | Unconcerned that it took him more than a year to prepare for , he points out the record wait for a first speech is 40 years and even Margaret Thatcher took 18 months before she made hers . |
| 11 | He pees only every couple of days . |
| 12 | He does n't like going to school for a start , but he goes else the old man beats him up . |
| 13 | Anything goes , and the more he goes down-market the more they love it . |
| 14 | I goes , can you go and get and some beers , yeah cos otherwise , I should , you know you said lend us a pound , he goes yeah , I goes well you can yo he goes not a pound , one pound four P ! |
| 15 | He goes on a bit … ’ |
| 16 | And let me quote Locke er here we are are we he says but submitting to the laws of any country , living quietly and enjoying privileges and protection under them , makes not a man a member of that society then he goes on a little bit further down nothing can make any man so but is actually entering into it by positive engagement and express promise and compact . |
| 17 | He goes up every year and nicks what he wants for Christmas for the kids . |
| 18 | But he goes down a treat at the annual summer conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales . |
| 19 | He goes there a lot . |
| 20 | He goes there every evening . ’ |
| 21 | But he goes back a lot further — writing key speeches in Number Ten during the Heath government two decades ago . |
| 22 | What he does , when he goes out the , to put a |
| 23 | No mat if you want it for your dinner here better he goes now the |
| 24 | Graham 's devotion to his family has always been such that he drives home every night from Test matches in London rather than stay in the team hotel . |
| 25 | Beefy is a hero to the thousands that turn out to see him through rain and shine as he marches down the south coast . |
| 26 | Huh , he 's a good , good lad , but he 's er he drinks rather a lot and suffers quite a lot from hangovers , he comes in dries up and goes |
| 27 | He drinks heavily the night before his death and retires to his bed chamber . |
| 28 | For his part the comedian says he understands why the man was so upset , though not his racism . |
| 29 | ‘ At least he understands more the significance of cooperation , ’ the source said . |
| 30 | Gradually he builds up a collection of all sorts of different books and reads them secretly at night while his wife sleeps . |