Example sentences of "[pron] he [vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told himself he could take life easy : |
| 2 | As I will suggest in chapter eight , the black sportsman sees sport not as a hobby , but as a central life interest , a sphere in which he might find scope for self-expression and a possible avenue out of his mundane , everyday existence . |
| 3 | According to Soviet sources , however , the US side had softened its previous position that Najibullah would have to be removed from power before elections could be held , and was now considering a compromise under which he would remain President but would give up control of the military , the security police and the media to non-partisan bodies . |
| 4 | Near the end of the book , Holden fantasises about his ideal life , in which he would go West , and pretend to be mute . |
| 5 | Joseph was dressed in a formal gray knicker-bocker suit and the Annamese at his side was already wearing the stepped Ming dynasty bonnet , curly-toed boots and embroidered silk gown in which he would pay homage to the emperor of Annam along with hundreds of other mandarins at the annual Tet ceremony . |
| 6 | Often Morton had told himself savagely that there would soon be a point at which he would lose interest in the prospect of salvaging them . |
| 7 | These are the not-books for which he must take responsibility . |
| 8 | erm the capped level is an arbitrary level , taken by the Secretary of State , beyond which he will restrain expenditure in the interests of protecting the charge payer . |
| 9 | In this case , the retailer is liable to his buyer , the boy , but now has no contract under which he can recover indemnity . |
| 10 | The genius of the football supporter is that he has managed to convert something as unappetizing and unpromising as an English football season into something from which he can take pleasure . |
| 11 | You , if you are well informed , can then point out that there 's a way in which he can get tax relief on his donations . |
| 12 | For , oh , how awful is the seizure of the invisible , last enemy , sitting in triumph over the body , which is all over which he can have power . ’ |
| 13 | Only a small amount of money could be taken out of the country because of post-war restrictions and , as this was a personal rather than a business trip , he was forced to prepare lectures from which he could earn income while he was away . |
| 14 | It was a lens through which he could view life , literature , and history , often with mischievous irony . |
| 15 | He found in its nature the means by which he could impart freshness , immediacy , spontaneity , imagination to his own vision as a writer . |
| 16 | Sixty years later , in a yet more striking case , the newly arrived Russian ambassador to Denmark , finding that the king , Christian V , was in bed and too ill to receive him , insisted on having another bed provided on which he could lie side by side with the king so that they could talk . |
| 17 | Nor would it be possible to refer him to any works of literature ( before the present one ) from which he could gain enlightenment . |
| 18 | If only he could come across a barn in which he could seek refuge from the full force of the gale … but visibility was limited to a few strides . |
| 19 | But there were never any open words expressing the inflection , never anything to which he could raise objection . |
| 20 | He knew that he still had certain assets on which he could raise cash . |
| 21 | You have n't — ’ I stopped before I said something he might take exception to . |
| 22 | I was terrified that if I criticized him he would take offence and leave me , if not permanently , then for a few days , without giving me a sign of life , and so leaving me in anguish . |
| 23 | It was North who , by his own account , rushed into Reagan 's television room during the evacuation of American students from Grenada in 1983 , desperate that the students might forget ( on network television ) to be grateful for the American invasion that had freed them ; when the first student said ‘ Thank God for America ’ , Reagan hugged him , and told him he ought to have faith . |
| 24 | He said if I left him he 'd demand custody of the Merc . ’ |
| 25 | Sheriff William Reid had told him he could face prison but it would help if the university got its money back . |
| 26 | Tonight after supper I told him he could buy paper from Woolworths and use gloves and so on . |
| 27 | And , to top it all , Holder 's doctor informed him he can spend Christmas Day at home with his family . |
| 28 | If things work out well for him he will do good with his money , if he does n't go out spending like he does , his money will do alright . |
| 29 | If he knew of the insult offered me he would want revenge — and against the Husseys he can not possibly speed . |
| 30 | And er , he yeah , yeah he told me he could play basket ball it must be right cos he 's got a nice chest and he went what ? |