Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb mod] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lowe stripped to swim , and getting on the trunk of an uprooted tree , hoped to be carried down the eddying flood to some part where he could obtain assistance . |
| 2 | Eventually , he felt hungry , and changed direction towards Hendon , a quiet place away from the crowds , where he could buy food . |
| 3 | The author insists at several points that he is talking about both basic and applied research , although he would exclude technology . |
| 4 | Lithuanian photographer Aleksandras Macijauskas would admit to creating art if pressed , although he might express surprise at the impact his photography has had through exhibitions in Europe and America as well as in the former ‘ eastern block ’ . |
| 5 | Celtic 's new manager Lou Macari will work with the players at Seamill tomorrow although he 'll leave team selection to Frank Connor in the meantime . |
| 6 | Douglas McGregor ( Leadership and Motivation ) wrote about his own experiences as a college president that : ‘ It took a couple of years , but I finally began to realise that a leader can not avoid the exercise of authority any more than he can avoid responsibility for what happens in the organisation . ’ |
| 7 | The contents of the saddle-bags he crammed into his wallet but there was more food than he could find room for . |
| 8 | Basically , the plot was to get me to bribe Murrin so he would give evidence helpful to me in my libel case against the Sunday Times . |
| 9 | Slater smiled artificially , " Anyway , Gloppo installs a brain in the car-wash so he can have sex with it — all those brushes and rollers and foam and stuff , you know ? — while in Florida the Freudians are tightening their grip ; they ban all phallic symbols including gear sticks , Jumbo jets , submarines and rockets and missiles . |
| 10 | Cos what he does , he puts a tea bag in a cup pours about that much water on takes the tea bag out and tops it right up with water so he can see bottom of cup . |
| 11 | ‘ He taught himself Latin and Greek so he could study botany , and he published a book , The British Flora , in 1777 . |
| 12 | ‘ So he could make trouble for people , ’ said Lily sourly . |
| 13 | The jokes/anecdotes/stories can be short or long and , as an example , I will tell the tale of a branch who loaned a customer a sum of money so he could undergo plastic surgery . |
| 14 | He gave it me to spend , presumably so he could spend time making love to you , sister , dear , ’ Dana said when Claudia asked her that question after Roman had gone to his room . |
| 15 | The inclusion of this clause enables him to recover all loss , however remote , ( provided he can prove causation ) suffered as a result of the sellers 's wrongful acts , since the seller has , by the clause , undertaken an express obligation to compensate him for such loss . |
| 16 | Reid 's bid for Celtic striker Tommy Coyne is on hold until he can raise cash from sales and the only potential departure is goalkeeper Andy Dibble . |
| 17 | Herbert agreed to pay his passage and give him an allowance until he could find work . |
| 18 | Hotspur wheeled to keep touch with him , pleased by the ready retort , but his impetus had swept them apart , and from that moment it was hand-to-hand work with whoever was cast up at him , horsed or afoot , until he could find room enough to choose his man and use a lance again . |
| 19 | As for my shower , only Marley looks like he might have talent , he seems capable of scoring goals with either his left or his right buttock . |
| 20 | It 's not like he can make command decisions — ’ |
| 21 | Odd-Knut did not know if he would break trail . |
| 22 | After the case he was asked by a reporter if he would offer advice to other hitch-hikers . |
| 23 | It was n't only Chilcott 's promise of a tidy sum of money and six horses if he would take Topaz as his spouse which made Manfro want her . |
| 24 | The Poet evidently wants to detach himself totally from the Friend , stand away from him as if he might suffer corruption or contagion by going any nearer . |
| 25 | Nobody thought of asking him if he 'd like custody . |
| 26 | If he can make headway towards restoring a balanced budget , then his claims to be the Right 's principal contender for the leadership in the 21st century will be considerably enhanced . |
| 27 | This is a useful book for the private secretary , and even ‘ the boss ’ , to use the author 's own words , may find entertainment as well as information if he can make time to read it . |
| 28 | References to experts are likely to be seen as occasions of what is known as " qualified privilege " , where a plaintiff can succeed in a defamation action only if he can prove malice on the part of the defendant . |
| 29 | However , I am sure that , if he can add support for those sports to his campaigning on behalf of his electorate in west Yorkshire , he will serve his people well . |
| 30 | If he can take control of the Highest Science , the consequences could be cataclysmic . ’ |