Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] he [art] new [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 5ft 6in speedster felt he was persona non grata throughout Dave Stringer 's five years in charge at Carrow Road , but Mike Walker 's arrival in the summer has given him a new lease of life . |
| 2 | Oliver 's experience of returning to Metastasio 's original text has given him a new respect for that most maligned of operatic dramatists . |
| 3 | The Amstrad PCW he bought for writing letters when handwriting became too difficult has given him a new interest in life . |
| 4 | After paying the price of fame brought by The Godfather and beating the booze Al Capuccino — as he 's known on set — says his three-year-old daughter has given him a new meaning to life . |
| 5 | Major Robert Burrows had cancer , but Eva 's arrival seemed to give him a new lease of life . |
| 6 | His attempt to murder her seemed to have given him a new strength in the relationship . |
| 7 | The gaffer knocked somebody off their pushbike , had to buy him a new wheel and some compensation |
| 8 | She had bought him a new trilby with the tiniest of blue feathers tucked into the band at the crown . |
| 9 | He had resolved to keep it for the whole year , egged on by his father , who had promised him a new bicycle if he succeeded . |
| 10 | His family have bought him a new hi-fi for Christmas . |