Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Every club years ago had a tough-tackling defender in their side but they did n't resort to the tactics he is talking about . |
| 2 | He was searching for a complete lyricist who could add flavour to songs he was intending to be covered by bigger artists . |
| 3 | He guessed that these effects might be due to intoxication by one of the compounds he was working with , and confirmed his idea by deliberate experiment . |
| 4 | As he turned to return down the steps he was thinking of Carrie once more and not taking care where he was stepping . |
| 5 | With glazed eyes he was staring into the middle distance . |
| 6 | We must distinguish the belief that a speaker has about the words he is using from the belief that he is using those words to express . |
| 7 | In many of the pictures he is accompanied by his half-sister Peggy , about ten years older than he , who was devoted to him . |
| 8 | In fact no one knows where it is registered — except of course Noel Smyth and whatever parties he is fronting for . |
| 9 | Even the pods he was giving to the pigs , he would have liked to have eaten himself . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , I 'll look up the books he 's written at the college library and take a couple out , ’ said Loretta airily . |
| 11 | After being educated in private schools he was apprenticed to a mechanical engineer , and before the age of twenty-one had attained a position of responsibility in the works . |
| 12 | He continually told his parents he was going to be famous but , like legions of other parents before them , they treated his claims with contempt . |
| 13 | Like the Philistines he is filled with terror . |
| 14 | Working from these , and with microorganisms he is culturing in his laboratory to metabolise related compounds from the chlorodioxin group , Chakrabarty is seeking a single culture that can degrade 2,4,5-T to the point where heavily contaminated soil can be returned in a matter of days to healthy soil that can support plant life . |
| 15 | The truth is that while batting in the indoor nets he was struck on the toe by a ball from paceman Chris Lewis and an X-ray over the weekend revealed he had indeed suffered a cracked bone . |
| 16 | Sect leader David Koresh , who claims he is Jesus Christ , has told negotiators he is waiting for a ‘ message from God ’ before deciding what to do next . |
| 17 | For the county 's match against the Australians he was joined by two other New Sealanders , a more mature Meritt , and Frank O'Brien . |
| 18 | First , there is his attitude towards the texts he is writing about : because writing can never be governed by the intention and avowed aims of its authors , Derrida finds himself saying of Rousseau , for example , that what he actually writes is quite different from what he means to say : that he is bound , as we all are , to say ‘ more , less or something quite other than what he would mean/would like to say [ voudrait dire ] ’ ( 1976 : 158 ] . |
| 19 | Keener feels that his lack of technical background is a distinct advantage ; it also means that he sets a large amount of trust in the engineers he is working with . |
| 20 | I only once went into his garden , a beautifully kept one , even in war-time , when he kindly picked a bunch of tulips for me and showed me some new potatoes he was growing in pots in the greenhouse . |
| 21 | With much that is traditional in the traits and circumstances he is given in the story , he is none-the-less real to the reader , partly because the three earliest books in which he appears are so fresh and vital , so full of striking incidents and unusual settings . |
| 22 | Plainly on those matters he was disbelieved upon his oath by the jury . |
| 23 | The attack happened in March , and in a bizarre twist , the rapist returned to the scene some hours later to replace a pair of shoes he 's stolen from his victim . |
| 24 | In all his court appearances he was noted for his calmness and composure . |
| 25 | Because he had actually found the cut wires he was grilled for several days , as were several other suspects , all electricians . |
| 26 | ‘ I understand people associating me with bands I 've worked on as an engineer , but I do n't understand why I am the only engineer in the world who 's expected to be discriminating about the bands he 's worked with … ’ |
| 27 | Auntie May , though , said there 's only a quartet , and after he 's done some solo pieces he 's playing with them . |
| 28 | ‘ For the next few days he is going to be a bit sore . |
| 29 | Two days he was hanging around the place . |
| 30 | When he had been on this diet for ten days he was tested with various foods . |