Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | The more battles and the more kills an Orc has under his belt the more respect he earns from other Orcs , the more his enemies fear him , and the happier he will be . |
| 2 | Free from injury and in the mood , his vast array of skills make him one of the most feared attackers in the modern game . |
| 3 | If Ackerley derived any satisfaction from this rough , rackety , frustrated life it was in his work at The Listener , where his enlightened editorial policies make him sound like a reviewer 's dream ( he telephoned contributors at midnight to query the removal of a comma ) . |
| 4 | The report says ‘ Mr Zappala 's … experience … along with his civic activities make him an ideal candidate for the US embassy ’ . |
| 5 | Guilty because the authorities declare him guilty , a man must still be able to furnish pretexts for that guilt … |
| 6 | At the end of 1978 , when he realized the danger that Khomeini was inflicting on the Shah from France , Marenches say he tried to have him expelled from the country . |
| 7 | Mr Collett 's employers say he was a first class driver . |
| 8 | And none of the giants want him . ’ |
| 9 | Keeper Eric Thorstvedt was outstanding but insists he does n't know if Spurs want him to stay . |
| 10 | Start teaching him to read so he 'll behave like the experts say he should ? |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I want to know from the Chancellor why the Ministerial rules were not observed ; why the Law Officers were not informed immediately of the legal action which cost the taxpayer £4,700 ; whether the Prime Minister was consulted as the rules suggest he should be — and whether the permanent secretary to the Treasury was told about the source of the gift of the £18,000 . ’ |
| 12 | The Russians say he was spying . |
| 13 | But that 's what the rules say he must look like , which seems to be a problem with just about every branch of equestrian sport . |
| 14 | When Nigel went into the Left Arts Review he found that a good review of Eleanor 's book was ready and waiting . |
| 15 | Nevertheless there was one event of this year which seemed to lift such worries front him , and to help cure all his infirmities except that of age . |
| 16 | We are lucky to have such an eminent man on call , and the drivers trust him absolutely as I 'm sure you know . ’ |
| 17 | Probably Rossi was suggested by the Barberini brothers on account of the preponderantly spectacular nature of his earlier Palazzo incantato , but in Orfeo he revealed genuine expressive power , above all in Euridice 's arias in the second scene of Act II , the exquisite trio of dryads ‘ Dormite , begliocchi ’ ( are working of a movement from the serenata , ‘ Horche in notturna pace ’ ) , the chorus of nymphs ‘ Ah ! piangete ’ following her death , and Orfeo 's great lament in Act II before the Bacchantes tear him to pieces . |
| 18 | For this , Italian fanzines make him a perfect Italian boy ( ‘ Mamma is my true sweetheart ’ — Max Magazine ) . |
| 19 | His shoulders suggest he can paddle all day . |
| 20 | ‘ We 'd only got as far as having a preliminary psyche dissection on Daine , ’ said Trefusis , ‘ but the Yggdrasil probes suggest he had a similar-although far more pronounced — set of personality deformities . |
| 21 | Despite the principle of ‘ unity of command ’ , the recommendations submitted by the political officer on fitness and promotion through the Directorate 's confidential channels provide him with real prerogatives over the ‘ real ’ officers who surround him . |
| 22 | While he is not a charismatic figure , his supporters say he would prove a worthy defender of the rights of backbenchers against increasing government power . |
| 23 | Overall , his churches and houses are no more than pleasant provincial work — examples are the rebuilding of St Julian 's church in Shrewsbury ( 1749–50 ) and Hatton Grange , Shropshire ( 1764–8 ) — but his decorative and funerary designs reveal him as a highly competent exponent of both the rococo style and the Gothic manner of Batty Langley [ q.v . ] . |
| 24 | The fans support him because he has had a raw deal . |
| 25 | Her next whimpered , broken words cut him to the heart . |
| 26 | His notebooks show him hesitating between reminiscence ( ‘ It was exactly eight years ago ’ ) and testimony during trial ( ‘ I am on trial and will tell everything ’ ) . |
| 27 | And obviously the novelist 's apocalypse is by no means identical with his received Christian one ; hence , in part , the divergence of his art from the things his notebooks show him wanting to say . |
| 28 | An indifferent speller will know that some words cause him difficulty , and will ask for them ; but he will also think he is spelling some words correctly that he is , in fact , getting wrong . |
| 29 | If B is threatened with a tort it is , of course , equally true that he may bring an action for damages if the tort is committed or bring an action for a quia timet injunction first , but , especially where the threat is of violence , it is perhaps less realistic to say that these legal remedies afford him adequate protection against the consequences of resistance . |
| 30 | Grudgingly , the Pinkerton guards let him in . |