Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [conj] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lieutenant had n't gone fifteen yards before the first bullet hit him , but somehow he still managed to carry on until he reached the wire . |
| 2 | He began his term in office much in the spirit he intends to go on when he blasted the banks and receivers for causing so much misery among the small business community . |
| 3 | He says he wanted to find out if he had the intellectual ability to complete a degree starting from nothing . |
| 4 | On the next day , he had to appear again before the Emperor and was given a pair of white gloves to put on before he took the Royal pulse ; he pronounced His Majesty to be in good health , which pleased the Emperor . |
| 5 | He could n't go off to sleep again unless he heard the anvil ring . |
| 6 | After about an inch I was told to switch off while he checked the angle and depth of cut . |
| 7 | My brother works for the Department of Health and he can always arrange to get away if he knows the date far enough in advance . ’ |
| 8 | In any intimacy between a stronger and a weaker personality the weaker is inclined to yield even when he has the means to prevail , from a compulsion to see through the eyes of the stronger . |
| 9 | Despite recent pleas from the Bar and solicitors , the Lord Chancellor declined to say explicitly whether he backed the idea of special restrictions in some cases . |