Example sentences of "[adj] he [verb] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1895 he became examining chaplain to the bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa , Alfred Tucker [ q.v . ] . |
| 2 | The relationship between Jacques and his Master is founded on a tacit agreement that the roles they occupy are the reverse of what they appear to be , but when Jacques tries to articulate this he risks losing his power which depends on its going unacknowledged . |
| 3 | After this he began mentioning penicillin at the end of lectures on sulphonamides . |
| 4 | And to aid this he began numbering the main verbs . |
| 5 | In this he recollected lying in bed as a child and counting the enormous red flowers in the wallpaper . |
| 6 | By this he means acquiring a thin veneer of knowledge to mask his corruption . |
| 7 | In 1885 he started climbing in the Lake District , where his name is perpetuated in Slingsby 's pinnacle and Slingsby 's chimney on Scafell . |
| 8 | He 's got various types of grapes and environments ; for instance , some he grows using green manures and he 's experimenting all the time . |
| 9 | Around 1780 he began developing an apparatus for making artificial mineral waters equalling or exceeding the quality of natural spa waters , and was the first person to use a force pump to carbonate under pressure . |
| 10 | When Andy was fifteen years old he began working during his vacation periods at the local driving range near Bushey in Hertfordshire collecting practice balls . |
| 11 | In 1898 he began observing the habits of wild birds in earnest , making detailed notes on the spot , and became a key pioneer ( as observer and interpreter ) in the ethological study of bird behaviour , introducing the words ‘ bird-watcher ’ and ‘ bird-watching ’ into the language and producing a large output of influential scientific papers and books — the latter including Bird Watching ( 1901 ) , The Bird Watcher in the Shetlands ( 1905 ) , Bird Life Glimpses ( 1905 ) , Realities of Bird Life ( 1927 ) , Thought-transference — or What ? — in Birds ( 1931 ) , and Evolution of Habit in Birds ( 1933 ) — as well as many essays ( mostly in the Saturday Review ) and several other books on popular natural history and for children . |
| 12 | When he was about thirteen he began drawing . |
| 13 | In 1784 he began experimenting with small model balloons , and on 4 October that year he became the first Englishman to fly a hot-air balloon , with a short flight in Oxford . |
| 14 | There was nothing in his face to show how much he enjoyed teasing his only sister . |
| 15 | He went to Eton where he began a lifelong interest in hunting by becoming Master of the Beagles After completing his education he went to work in the family 's Chicago businesses , but the call of the land which ran strongly in his blood , proved too much He went farming in Texas , but returned to England in 1908 and bought Morris Grange , with four farms , at Scotch Corner — a few miles from Lartington . |
| 16 | For thirdly he is careful not to reveal how much he dislikes losing an argument . |
| 17 | In it , Elvis tells ‘ Dear Liz ’ how much he appreciates receiving her letters and looks forward to seeing her during a trip she planned to America in December . |
| 18 | She knew how much he hated relying on other people or being involved in their affairs . |
| 19 | You know that , ’ she replied , and discovered that Travis , more interested in his love-life than hers , wanted to talk about Rosemary and how much he missed seeing her and the fact that he had been so lonesome for her that he 'd phoned her flat several times yesterday evening and , receiving no reply , had realised she must still be at her parents ' home . |
| 20 | His bare back began to look very red an d he kept waving his arms at the insects which he was disturbing . |
| 21 | In 1862 he began drilling for salt on Teeside for Leblanc alkali manufacture on Tyneside , but this enterprise hastened the decline of Tyneside industry as the rival Solvay process expanded on the Tees . |
| 22 | Early in 1831 he began transplanting mature trees , becoming expert in their removal ; he described his techniques in his The British Winter Garden ( 1852 ) . |
| 23 | In a letter to Paskevich of 22 October / 3 November 1853 he envisaged crossing the Danube in the spring of 1854 , declaring the independence of the Danubian Principalities and Serbia , capturing the important fortress of Vidin ( in the future Bulgaria ) , pressing the Turks in eastern Anatolia , appealing for Orthodox Christians to rise against the sultan , and using the winter of 1854 – 5 to raise native militias . |
| 24 | OK , so Zacchaeus was clever , but that was about all he had going for him . |
| 25 | And all he kept doing was twisting my arm last night , and my leg bummer ! |
| 26 | Having separated from Vera , in about 1930 he began living with Phyllis Lytton Partington , a racehorse owner twenty-five years his junior , who changed her surname to Hill ; they married in 1934 . |
| 27 | Bobby thinks he 's fat , he 's obsessed with being fat he keeps saying I 'm too fat , I 'm too fat |
| 28 | They went to see him today , they never took me there 's some more he keeps saying I love you all the time now |
| 29 | They went to see him today , they never took me there 's some more he keeps saying I love you all the time now |
| 30 | At first he seemed fumbling and awkward when under cross-examination but the prosecuting counsel said something which annoyed him , and he responded fiercely and eloquently . |