Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] he [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I like to think that Hume would agree , but some of his writings suggest that he underestimated the complexity and beauty of biological design . |
| 3 | Chronicles and records suggest that he exercised a general supervision over all Lancaster 's affairs : directing his estate officials , receiving dubiously acquired lands to which the earl wished to bar legal claims , acting as Lancaster 's intermediary with the king , and supporting him in his political and military ventures . |
| 4 | Mr Lawrence adds that he had no industry network and little background experience on which to base decisions , so he spends a lot of time getting to know people in the industry . |
| 5 | Map adds that he made a note of this observation " for it was merrily said , and truly " . |
| 6 | He had also engaged to do the same thing for Chief Superintendent John Coffin and one or two other enemies if he could get round to them , but he had let Place know that he had a prior claim . |
| 7 | He 's looking resplendent , you did n't know that he has a breastplate of medals , did you ? |
| 8 | The accused must know that he has the prohibited article . |
| 9 | None is stated in the sub-section , but it is assumed that the accused must intend to use the article in the course of or in connection with the burglary , theft or cheat , and he must know that he has the article with him . |
| 10 | It is at that stage in the design process that he has the greatest opportunity to explore , and the least number of constraints . |
| 11 | Secretly she exulted that he had the car . |
| 12 | When a manager is given the authority to do something , it is automatically presupposed that he has the ability to do it , the facilities that he needs and that the desired results will be achieved . |
| 13 | ‘ The trouble was , Len himself refused to accept that he had a problem , ’ said Martin . |
| 14 | And he refuses to accept that he has a bad boy reputation which goes before him with officials . |
| 15 | To know that he knew the truth at last . |
| 16 | Leeds midfielder David Batty is included although he missed the European Cup defeat by Glasgow Rangers last night through injury . |
| 17 | Given the way that business is suffering under the policies and decisions of this Government , and especially the policies of the Prime Minister , does the Minister recognise that he has a responsibility to ask his officials to deal with businesses in such a way as to enable them , wherever possible , to retain jobs and to keep their businesses going ? |
| 18 | The outcome is the same if he has forgotten that he has a knife on him . |
| 19 | The next day 's headline — Youth denies sex attack — told how the teenager maintained that he took the schoolgirl behind a shop for a goodnight kiss , alleging that the girl consented to his advances . |
| 20 | The seaman — Gustave continued as if this were the best story he had heard for many years — apparently claimed that he had no notion of how the section of mast had reached the position in which it was found . |
| 21 | He might also have added that he plays the game rather well . |
| 22 | The reports on ceefax say that he requested the move . |
| 23 | Mr Fuchs 's champions say that he made no attempt to hide the financial problems that had arisen during his previous post when he was employed by The Hague . |
| 24 | Some records say that he dismissed the White Lions and the rest of his retinue , claiming that he wanted a moment alone to contemplate the blade that had done his people so much harm . |
| 25 | Afterwards he got in touch , not to sign me but to offer encouragement and say that he liked the album . |
| 26 | Pericles , in the funeral speech attributed to him by Thucydides , was clear that a withdrawal by the citizen from public life into privacy was not acceptable : " Here each individual is interested not only in his own affairs but in the affairs of the state as well … we do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business ; we say that he has no business here at all . " |
| 27 | The hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I say that he has the same problem with me that I have with the Whips Office . |
| 28 | Believe me when I say that he has an unexpected side to him . |
| 29 | He mentioned that he hoped the Princess of Wales would open the refurbished clinic the following year . |
| 30 | A director of a life insurance company , for instance , does not guarantee that he has the skill of an actuary or a physician ’ . |