Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] he [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | James II succeeded to the throne but the favourite illegitimate son of Charles II , the Duke of Monmouth , did not approve so he landed in the West Country and encouraged a Protestant revolt , but much of the public supported the King and the uprising was suppressed . |
| 2 | So he he 's been up he 's one of type of dogs , he said like a human you would n't know if he went in the house they would n't know whether he was coming out with a double barrelled shot gun to shoot yourself or |
| 3 | I would like to think you could perhaps mention to Peter if you see him in the next couple of days , I do n't know whether he pops into the office but we , it would be nice if you could if you could mention |
| 4 | Caitlin 's voice made him jump as he bellowed across the room : ‘ You left a young girl to walk along a dark road at night ? |
| 5 | Stewart told us that Whaddon 's offer of a free bus pass and as many pizza slices as he could eat if he signed for the club was ‘ frankly , insulting ’ . |
| 6 | None of the four phones would ring if he remained at the desk all day . |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't see whether he went into the house or not . |
| 8 | Libby stared at the man 's eyes ; they were blue , but she did n't take in the colour , just the fact that they did not seem to see her , they looked at something else They were like the eyes of the blind man in Mallow , which looked everywhere but did not see as he tapped along the pavement . |
| 9 | As for Sir Robert , who is , I believe , a man with a strong marketing background , might I suggest that he emerges from the confines of his embattled empire and experiences at first hand the market in which he is now operating incognito during the evening rush-hour . |
| 10 | Considering his almost round physique he showed an astonishing turn of speed , his little legs pistoning , and he did not pause till he disappeared into the shop at the far end of the village . |
| 11 | He did not stop when he got to the water , but leaped in feet first and landed with a tremendous SPEELOSH ! |
| 12 | ( i.e. it is not meaningless ) , whereas Scheler must imply that he looks upon the world with God 's eyes . |
| 13 | Idly , in a detached way , he wondered what would happen if he collapsed in the orchestra pit , dropped dead in the middle of his new production . |
| 14 | He felt his stomach heave and he retched against the wall . |
| 15 | erm but then he he could n't take and he moved into the steel works . |
| 16 | His remarks would recur as he shouted across the streets to the snobbish people of Chichester . |
| 17 | The fact that the accused 's wife spent money on their flat does not mean that he assisted in the disposal of money stolen by the wife : Coleman [ 1986 ] Crim LR 56 . |
| 18 | ‘ As I heard the gossip , Riddle replaced the Scapegoat in the Wheel and two witnesses heard him scream as he bowled down the hill . ’ |
| 19 | The authority has the power to appoint the Chief Constable ( subject to the Home Secretary 's approval ) and can require that he retires in the interests of efficiency ( again with the Home Secretary 's approval ) . |
| 20 | I do n't care if he appeared in the ad in return for a donation to the Terrence Higgins Trust . |
| 21 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 22 | remember that the horse is perhaps feeling a little weary and that his concentration may wander as he returns to the welcome sight of home . |
| 23 | In the case of natural language , natives ' pre-formal agreement on the boundaries of grammatical division is the most important kind of evidence the linguist can glean as he searches for the grammatical recipes and ingredients of sentence meaning . |
| 24 | If he agrees that the position is as we think it should be , why does he not say that he agrees with the proposals in the Green Paper , which we intend to put into legislation ? |
| 25 | He did say that he disagreed with the choice of John Hill 's ‘ Karen ’ for first prize in the PORTRAIT section , he reckoned that it was quite ordinary and not up to John Hill 's normally high standard , although he said that John Hill 's first and second prizes in the ARCHITECTURAL/BUILDINGS/RECORD were very well deserved and entirely right . |
| 26 | Is Councillor gon na stand up and say that he believes in the right of people to join Trade Unions ? |
| 27 | First , the defendant might argue that he believed in the victim 's consent since she permitted penetration although he knew full well that she had no understanding of the act . |
| 28 | He stopped and Carrie saw his mouth tremble while he searched for the right words to say how mean and horrible Mr Evans was . |
| 29 | ‘ Pwy sy'n fel ni ? ’ his father would ask as he squatted outside the Miner 's Arms on a summer 's evening , nicely , melancholy , drunk . |
| 30 | Well I did n't ask when he come in the door up there where the hell have you been ? |