Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He may with good reason be regarded as the first of that long line of professional civil servants who did more than any others to make and destroy the medieval Church : they were professional administrators , equipped to forward the interests of government not by main force but by negotiation amidst the intricate issues of law and theology ; men of international standing , retaining the respect of their opponents , and not too hatefully or too personally involved in the cause which they were required to maintain .
2 He was an exception among the British dancers in wanting to find our as much as he could about American ballet teachers .
3 He has got tremendous vision and in midfield he can express himself that bit more than he could at right back .
4 By contrast , if the forged words were not in the documents , he could with pardonable exaggeration use the words ultimum quasi robur .
5 Foo saw the waves as a watery pyre , where he would in due course achieve martyrdom .
6 There was then little belief in the value of the Coalition Liberals , but a strong belief in the value of Lloyd George ; he would be a good advocate with the new electorate and he would in due course be disarmed as Chamberlain had been .
7 He in turn comforts them as best he can with modern medicine .
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