Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this situation the Commission believes that consideration should he given to the use of a cantor , or animateur . |
| 2 | But if you do n't want to hear it … ’ he made as if to go but Herr Nordern took him by the elbow . |
| 3 | He could n't think of anything else to say , so he made as if to kiss her a third time . |
| 4 | He made as if to get ready to leave . |
| 5 | He made as if to talk to them when they melted before his very eyes ; he could n't believe it and as the guard approached he told him what he had seen . |
| 6 | It moves from sketches he made as an eight-year-old , via his figurative and later surrealist paintings , to the simple forms and primary colours of his later work . |
| 7 | And he does not like to be reminded of the gaffes he made as deputy chairman — branding the young unemployed as workshy , or musing on Radio Ulster whether Ian Paisley might like to be prime minister of a united Ireland . |
| 8 | He made as if to shut the drawer , saw the gun and hesitated . |
| 9 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
| 10 | Although the four of them were practically knee to knee , he made as if speaking in a vast auditorium . |
| 11 | He made as if to say something , but I just beamed at him and he had to let it go . |
| 12 | It was not the only mistake he made at Swindon Town . |
| 13 | He made at least 5 million workers unhappy but if his actions make the unemployed happy because they now can get jobs , his bitter medicine will have been worthwhile . |
| 14 | Most nights he made at least one trip out here , and each time he learned nothing . |
| 15 | His more general position is perhaps best summed up by an extract from the speech he made at 3.10 in the morning of 20 May 1992 during the Second Reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill . |
| 16 | That is the implication of a very suggestive comment that he made at the time to Edgar Faure : " At certain periods there are some problems that have no solution . " |
| 17 | He made at least 5 WORLD class saves , the best to deny Noel Whelan . |
| 18 | The drawings he made at various ports of call provide the main burden of this show arranged by the Goethe-Institut . |
| 19 | Brunel , in fact , was advised by Gainsborough executives that continued attendance at the society 's screenings would damage the reputation of the films , such as The Vortex and Blighty , that he made for them . |
| 20 | He made for it , then , slam ! |
| 21 | The 50-minute film he made for Arena suggests why : Last Supper — Frank on Frank looks like a parody of the excesses of Sixties avant-garde film-making . |
| 22 | Outside , the world was waiting for Mr Major 's victory oration and shortly after 1.00 he made for the front door . |
| 23 | He made for London , where he resumed his former way of life , a mixture of study and worldly pleasures , but never losing sight of the main objective . |
| 24 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
| 25 | He made for it , taking a short cut through the carpark adjoining a few prefabricated sheds that called themselves the Hawkwood Industrial Estate . |
| 26 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
| 27 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
| 28 | He made for himself a special balance with which he could measure the exact proportions of two metals in a mixture or alloy . |
| 29 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
| 30 | Their scent came up to him as he made for the stage door , thrusting his note carefully among the rain-wet blooms . |