Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the light from Craig 's torch , still propped where he had left it against the main power conduits , the chamber was dark and empty . |
| 2 | Affixes used to mark tense or number ( e.g. he is paint ing or he paint s ) are known as inflectional affixes and those used to derive related words ( e.g. paint er or re paint ) are known as derivational affixes . |
| 3 | You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a free man should be contented penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases … |
| 4 | There is no special law allowing A , B , and C to meet together in the open air or elsewhere for a lawful purpose , but the right of A to go where he pleases so that he does not commit a trespass , and to say what he likes to B so that his talk is not libellous or seditious , the right of B to do the like , and the existence of the same rights of C , D , E , and F and so on ad infinitum , lead to the consequence that A , B , C , D and a thousand or ten thousand other persons , may ( as a general rule ) meet together in any place where otherwise they each have a right to be for a lawful purpose and in a lawful manner . |
| 5 | He did no wilful damage but regarded himself as entitled to go where he wished for the purpose in his mind without regard to the rights of ownership and the alleged presence of man traps and spring guns . |
| 6 | Tavett was free to go where he liked and there were no grounds to hamper him . |
| 7 | I think our flat is just of his own , he comes and goes where he likes . |
| 8 | If it is inappropriate for the child to attend or he does not wish to do so , the conference should be given a clear and up-to-date statement of his views by one of the professionals working with him . |
| 9 | Oh I , never said he did n't have Aids , but he 's never , he 's never said either has he ? , he 's never said he has or he has n't |
| 10 | If Mr Lightbown is set on young and weak Tory miscreants , they either crumble or he persists until they do . |
| 11 | One story of how a local university academic had come into the police station to report his car missing , because he had forgotten where he had parked it , was repeated with relish ; while another which I told on my return from university satisfied these deeply held views of the ‘ intellectual 's ’ practical ineptitude : |
| 12 | Rumour had it that although he made his home in an unoccupied derelict house near the CPR docks , he was really very wealthy , having buried his family fortune long ago and quite forgotten where he had left it . |
| 13 | Though Wallace was inclined to draw his line round some of the islands with a blacker and firmer pencil than are modern zoologists , nevertheless the Wallace Line still stands where he put it , as the division between the two regions . |
| 14 | It also transpired that he had done virtually no mathematics . |
| 15 | It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away . |
| 16 | It transpired that he had been scouting at the Festival . |
| 17 | It also proved to be a fall from grace , as it transpired that he 'd stolen millions of pounds from his workers ' pension funds , to pay off mounting business debts . |
| 18 | It transpired that he wanted to be able to comment on each question in more depth and indeed some staff did so on separate sheets . |
| 19 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 20 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
| 21 | ‘ The locals are praying that he wants to stay in Santa Barbara forever . |
| 22 | In November 1989 Secord had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making a false statement to congressional investigators by denying that he knew that funds from the Iran-contra operation had been used to instal a security system at the house of Oliver North . |
| 23 | He came to spend the night , by agreement , twice a week and she saw him every day but there was no denying that he seemed a visitor and never a member of her household . |
| 24 | Paul wanted to retch , and at the same time felt his member thrusting against his clothes ; there was no denying that he had wanted this , when all was said , for a long time . |
| 25 | After demonstrations outside his home and threats to his life , Tshisekedi refused the position , denying that he had agreed to take it at a secret meeting with the President . |
| 26 | By Nov. 20 Mahdi Mohammed was reported to be massing reinforcements in Warsheik , about 60 km north of Mogadishu , and had placed a satellite telephone call to the British Broadcasting Corporation denying that he had been ousted . |
| 27 | While emphatically denying that he had acted improperly — Richardson claimed that his resignation was motivated by the desire to avoid damaging the ALP 's prospects in the next federal elections , due by mid-1993 — he admitted meeting Symons in his Senate office , writing a reference for him , and telephoning Amata Kabua , President of the Marshall Islands , after Symons was arrested . |
| 28 | Mars-Jones J in Palacath Ltd v Flanagan [ 1985 ] 2 All ER 161 decided that a surveyor was not immune without specifically denying that he had acted as a quasi-arbitrator . |
| 29 | In it the pope said nothing about homage , and argued temperately against lay investitures , minimizing their importance , and denying that he sought for himself any increase of authority or any diminution of the king 's due power . |
| 30 | The Great Novelist was uncharacteristically coy , denying that he intended to greet his guests dressed as Louis XIV . |