Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [vb mod] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Lyons , in fact , would support this view and , whatever other characteristics he might attribute to literacy , or to specific language-systems such as English , he would not associate them with lack of ambiguity , as do Hildyard , Olson and Greenfield .
2 These experiences he could share with Dad Uzzell , but not with his own father .
3 Dr O'Sullivan , who lives in Chester , has built up a collection of 1,700 cartoons he can use as part of his occupational health treatment .
4 Her father feared for her reason , and left the boat telling to his fellow fishermen he would remain at home that day .
5 He could compensate for his low official pay by means of the strings he could pull in conjunction with the other few rich peasants in the commune .
6 His failings were many , he knew ; though she would not hear of them , ‘ You 're the father here , and the father must have respect ’ — she would say , sternly , to forestall any apologies he might begin in front of the children .
7 Bryce exclaimed when he found the box of batteries he 'd come in search of .
8 To his friends he may speak in Gaelic rather than in English .
9 Many people who were in the film are gone now , including one of the girls he used to dance with alot in those days .
10 A person is guilty of contributory negligence if he ought reasonably to have foreseen that , if he did not act as a reasonable , prudent man , he might be hurt himself ; and in his reckonings he must take into account the possibility of others being careless ( Denning LJ in Jones v Livox Quarries Ltd [ 1952 ] 2 QB 608 ) .
11 The greater a noble 's military power , the more land he could control ; and the larger his estates , the more warriors he could support in order to secure his domain .
12 When the heir had done homage to the king , it was usual for the Justice of the Forest , on receipt of the appropriate writ , to take from him security for the payment of relief , and then to give him seisin of his Forest bailiwick ; the king 's escheator was ordered at the same time to hand over his lands to him , those appurtenant to his forestership , and whatever others he might hold in chief by other service .
13 Nature to him was an open book whose letters he could read without effort ’ , wrote Einstein in the foreword to a 1931 edition of the Opticks ( 1704 ) .
14 The same result can be achieved slightly differently by requiring the innocent party to accept repair or replacement in satisfaction of any claim it might have : if the goods prove defective in any way the Seller will replace them and the Buyer shall accept that replacement in satisfaction of any claims he may have in respect of the defects .
15 With all these madmen he 'll feel at home . ’
16 If a thorough search was made of the ale-house and its out-buildings he would go to prison for a great many years .
17 The grubs inside the nest , he 'll take the nest away and the grubs he can use for fishing .
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