Example sentences of "he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a time he nerved himself to say to a couple of youngish men , ‘ Have you heard at all about a man called Menzies ? |
| 2 | Finally he nerved himself and confessed about his visions . |
| 3 | He succours . |
| 4 | He doubts whether the consumer preferences reported by market research teams can be translated into products with sufficient accuracy . |
| 5 | Shall he doubt whether he doubts ? |
| 6 | But the person who knows why he believes is also in a position to discover why he doubts . |
| 7 | But it displays an astonishing degree of intellectual captivity when the entire way he doubts what he believes is infiltrated too . |
| 8 | According to an auction house representative the latter is the more likely outcome , because he doubts whether some countries , for example Italy , will be able to clamp down on smuggling . |
| 9 | He said Advanced Micro 's announcement it plans to ship ‘ hundreds of thousands ’ of 80486 chips this year amounts to about one week of Intel 's total productive capacity , and as for the latter 's plans to line up a manufacturing partner to boost production in 1994 , he said he doubts the company will find much excess capacity in the industry — and any company acting as a partner with Advanced Micro could face legal action , but he would not say what Intel might do . |
| 10 | He doubts ‘ whether the significance which the certainty of the law has for the smooth and efficient working of economic life can be exaggerated ’ and suggests that ‘ there is probably no single factor which has contributed to the greater prosperity of the Western world compared with the Orient than the relative certainty of the law which in the West had early been achieved ’ . |
| 11 | He praised ‘ the sweep and grandeur ’ of the ‘ 1492 ’ exhibition , though he doubts there will be another blockbuster of that scale . |
| 12 | Moreover he doubts whether full disclosure is in any way feasible . |
| 13 | He also published a study of colonialism in general which his biographer describes as ‘ si malhabile , si médiocre ’ that he doubts if Nguyen Ai Quoc was the real author . |
| 14 | So vague , indeed , is Mustakimzade that one is led to suspect that he doubts the validity of Abdulkerim 's claim to the Muftilik . |
| 15 | McIntosh is too much the diplomat to say what he really thinks about the firm 's three year spell inside the TSB empire , except to say two things — firstly that he doubts whether it either made or lost much money on its investment , and secondly that Hill Samuel was very supportive once the decision to sell had been taken in principle . |
| 16 | He thinks the only good reason for enforcing statutes whose wisdom he doubts is to protect the legislature 's ability to coordinate social behaviour . |
| 17 | But the solicitor for the three cleared men says he doubts a civil action would have succeeded . |
| 18 | He doubts low level flying is to blame . |
| 19 | But he doubts if there is anyone , among the ‘ jellyfish ’ politicians in London and Dublin , with the will to take difficult decisions . |
| 20 | Though O'Conor refers to Field as the first of the true piano romantics , he doubts if it is possible to define the major influences on Field 's development . |
| 21 | But Mr Raisin says he doubts the Labour Party 's criticism that the budget itself is too small . |
| 22 | He threaded the rope through the spike 's eye . |
| 23 | In the 11th minute he threaded the ball through for Evans whose shot brushed the outside of a Sunderland post . |
| 24 | The door was held open for him , and he threaded his way through all the backstage equipment . |
| 25 | He threaded it through the bunkers into the heart of the green . |
| 26 | Quickly organising the men , he threaded a leading-rein through his belt , passing the free ends to a team of men . |
| 27 | He sat down on his bed while he threaded new laces into his boots , and then paused , one lace suspended in his hand , as he wondered suddenly why the wire service had not given the Advent any news about him . |
| 28 | His movements were slow and deliberate as he threaded his fingers through the tangled strands , his eyes on his task , and Hilary forgot to breathe altogether , almost terrified by his touch . |
| 29 | When she just kept on looking at him he threaded his hands in her hair and let it drift through his fingers , watching the deep red glow in the lights . |
| 30 | The fitful moonlight was bright enough to see by , so he did n't bother to use his torch as he threaded his way forward through the trees . |