Example sentences of "such a [noun] [conj] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Graham picked up his holdalls and walked away to the cafeteria , where he changed a couple of Swiss francs into loose change then made a call on one of the public telephones , positioning himself in such a way so he could study the two men as he described them to Philpott . |
| 2 | He looked up to see that she was smiling down at him in such a way that he could not help grinning in response . |
| 3 | Yes , to give him the chance to find the right one , the one that would stir him in such a way that he felt he could n't do without her . |
| 4 | If the rider drives the horse into a fence in such a way that he alters rhythm and balance , the horse will be forced onto his forehand and not given chance to jump off his hocks . |
| 5 | The child 's subconscious reaction remains the same and , unless careful understanding is given to him at each stage of his growing up , he will spend the rest of his life in such a way that he reinforces that self-image which tells him that he is not worthy of receiving love . |
| 6 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 7 | [ P ] eople respond to incentives … if a person 's surroundings change in such a way that he will increase his satisfactions by altering his behaviour , he will do so . |
| 8 | A physically brave man ( he was a noted wrestler and had instructed Harry Pascoe in the art at one time ) he was doctrinally circumspect , so he conducted the marriage service in such a way that he could not be labelled as either a papist or a puritan . |
| 9 | She smiled at him , placing the cup on his desk in such a way that he got a glimpse of a fairly considerable pair of breasts . |
| 10 | This means that if a person is threatening another 's property in such a way that he is likely to cause another to act in self defence , he commits no offence . |
| 11 | She put an arm across her eyes and opened them beneath it , seeing him in such a way that he could never be certain whether she had looked or not , naked and hairy and black as she might have imagined , thick-set and arrogant and very ready — that much at least was certain — to take her without any further preamble . |
| 12 | But you 've actually got you 've manoeuvred him there in such a way that he might be prepared to accept that . |
| 13 | By a combination of Impressionist vision , imagination , a magical mastery of language , Proust uses À la recherche to explore often banal objects , often apparently dull people , often apparently trivial episodes , in such a way that he recreates them with a freshness , erm a power of conviction , that persuade us we 're actually seeing them with a privileged insight , or perhaps even seeing them for the first time . |
| 14 | But Mr. de Lacy submits that both it and the previous cases which it applied are clearly distinguishable from the instant case because they all rested upon the critical circumstances that the lender or creditor in each case left it to the principal debtor to obtain , in such a way as he thought fit , the execution of the document . |
| 15 | Cotton topped the bill at the London Coliseum in 1939 and was such a hit that he was offered a 16-week provincial tour , never realised because of the Second World War . |
| 16 | Lately , he had been of a mind to trace his son Arnold Thomas , but until such a day as he might be fortunate in that respect , he had no one except the lily-livered David . |
| 17 | He opened the window a crack , but the wind made such a noise that he immediately closed it again . |
| 18 | For the hon. Gentleman to have the nerve to ask such a question when he was undoubtedly one of those who voted successively for large cuts in our defence expenditure , is mind-boggling . |
| 19 | He would look such a fool if he had to tell someone on the end of the line that he did n't know where she was and had no idea when she was coming back . |
| 20 | I felt such a fool when he picked me up like that . |
| 21 | All heads turned as his father gave him such a clip that he landed in the muddy , freshly dug grave behind him . |
| 22 | Dead Certain had been as badly affected as any , but Elsworth simply would not run a horse of that class in such a race unless he believed it was capable of giving of its best . |
| 23 | ( N.B. The dealer would do such a churn if he knew the client had no money from other sources . ) |
| 24 | It was n't with such a Sunday that he made the most significant comparison , however , but with the Sundays of his childhood . |
| 25 | Eliot himself could not legally have signed such a document since he was separated from her . |
| 26 | He was , she said ‘ such a hothead when he entered the series . |
| 27 | He must never be left in such a position that he can carry on the habit , he must be made to forget it ; this sometimes takes three months , or longer in the worst cases … |
| 28 | Mike Fitzpatrick capsized 2 minutes before the start but managed to right himself in such a position that he was first away on the gun although he was to drop back to 30th . |
| 29 | It helped enormously that he also happened to enjoy affairs with women , and that when he was acting on stage , his sexual proclivities were not such a problem as he was less in the public eye . |
| 30 | He thought he could remember that he and Peter had fastened their rope to a spur or spike of rock and accordingly it was for such a feature that he searched . |