Example sentences of "he [verb] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second wicket , like the first , produced 109 runs and he made 85 of them off 77 balls . |
| 2 | He made 70 1st Division appearances for us — during that time our defence was usually under considerable pressure , most of the matches were tense affairs , and the strain on the captain was that much greater . |
| 3 | He made fourteen suggestions related to the recruitment and deployment of teachers . |
| 4 | THE appointment of Tom Graveney as match referee for next year 's Test and one-day series between West Indies and Pakistan could be blocked because of a comment he made five years ago . |
| 5 | In the middle of November the Eliots travelled to America , where he made five public appearances in order to pay for their forthcoming holiday in Barbados after Christmas — as long as he could " hobble up a stage " , he could still pay for such trips . |
| 6 | Two years later he made 83 for Victoria against the West Indians , and in the following season , 1931–32 , his unbeaten 111 against NSW at Melbourne , which saw his side to an amazing victory when their target was 434 , persuaded the Test selectors to make him 12th man for the final Test . |
| 7 | Then he made 38 runs in good time as Northern cashed in against the champions ' depleted bowling resources . |
| 8 | Another Shield century followed , and in his first State match next season he made 185 at Brisbane , putting on a record 301 for the fourth wicket with fellow left-hander Leo O'Brien . |
| 9 | Towards the top of the hill he made two bad jumping errors but these made little difference to his progress , and with Fifty Dollars More falling at the final open ditch only Combs Ditch looked to have any chance of getting in the way of a Dickinson clean sweep . |
| 10 | He made two crossings through Andersonstown to familiarise them with the work which they would have to do . |
| 11 | On 27 and 31 July he made two final appeals to Leopold , who had responded curtly to his son 's enthusiastic descriptions of his recent musical success ; and on 4 August the lovers were married at St Stephen 's Cathedral , with only Constanze 's mother , her younger sister , her guardian , and two other witnesses present . |
| 12 | Lord Berner 's Triumph of Neptune was another work he conducted quite frequently over a long period , and he made two recordings of the ballet suite . |
| 13 | He made two calls to contacts who sold to a private collector in New York . |
| 14 | Sisley retained the British nationality inherited from his father throughout his life , although he made two unsuccessful attempts in 1888 and 1898 to become a naturalized French citizen . |
| 15 | Then in 1773–4 he made two designs for a bridge to cross the Severn in Stourport , Worcestershire , the first to be of timber with stone abutments and the second a single arch of brick but resting on a cast-iron centre . |
| 16 | He made two more soundings further along the bank and got the same result for both . |
| 17 | He made two journeys down the path to the wreckage of the car . |
| 18 | It is , however , certain that Molla Fenari was in Karaman at a date much later than Bayezid I 's reign , as will be shown ; and as there is no evidence to suggest a journey before 800/1397 or to support the possibility that he made two journeys to Karaman , it seems justifiable to treat the Taskopruzade story with some caution . |
| 19 | Martin Parr was not a hasty man , but before he went to sleep he made two phone calls . |
| 20 | Despite unemployment and money worries , he made two donations of £250 and £100 to Christian Aid and sympathised with victims of Serbian cruelty in Bosnia . |
| 21 | He made two outstanding saves from Neil Duffy headers to ensure that Airdrie prevailed . |
| 22 | He made one of his jokes , something about dry-rot and woodworm . |
| 23 | After a long and colourful summing up , in which he swelt on the viciousness of the attack and the grievousness of the wounds , the callousness of the defendants and the misery of the surviving relatives , he made one adamant point . |
| 24 | He made one or two experiments on his own . |
| 25 | The guard — who has not been named — was told he would be blown up and his family killed if he made one false move . |
| 26 | The guard , who has not been named , was told he would be blown up and his family killed if he made one false move . |
| 27 | Victor asked , eyes squinting as he made one of his instant character assessments which were rarely wide of the mark . |
| 28 | There was great pride in his stance and he had a strange and frightening way of pulling his head right back over his body when he made one of his series of calls . |
| 29 | He made one of his expostulatory noises , seldom employed but powerful , and looked at her carefully from ten feet away in the water , lifting his spectacles to the bridge of his nose and then having to peer under them because they were crusted with salt , raising his head rather merrily , like a sea lion balancing a ball on its snout . |
| 30 | When he made one of his rare , shapely jokes , they gave her a flash of great pleasure — a passing reassurance that life was good after all — and then an experience of despair and palsy . |