Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was n't really enough light to allow a thorough examination of the shadows in question , but Roman duly bent his head to inspect the pale oval of Caroline 's face in the soft lights from the trees . |
| 2 | While Don Peters was on his feet on the second day of the meeting of the European Planning Committee , explaining his plan to rejuvenate the ailing British vehicle division , Fred Clasper was also on his feet setting in motion his scheme to put the final nail in its coffin . |
| 3 | Roxburgh widens his argument to include the on-air trailing of BBC magazines . |
| 4 | Dreamer used his knife to cut the red snow into blocks . |
| 5 | Sonia 's deportation was only reversed because the Home Secretary used his discretion to consider the compassionate circumstances of her case . |
| 6 | Gould also used his time to visit the great Australian explorer Charles Sturt at his home at Varroville outside Sydney . |
| 7 | In such ways Augustus changed his image to match the changing political regime over which he presided . |
| 8 | Forster was so smitten by the result that he could not trust his voice to announce the Nazi gains on the radio , and is said to have spent the night at home weeping uncontrollably . |
| 9 | Hérard Abraham fulfilled his promise to reorganize the Presidential Guard , which had served as an important prop of the Avril regime , but the Army as a whole seemed unwilling to become involved in imposing authority . |
| 10 | But while Cavalcanti uses his traitor to question the existing social order , Powell-Pressburger's Thomas Colpepper remains the guardian of the best English traditions . |
| 11 | I thought I could feel his disgust penetrating the thin wall . |
| 12 | Breavman , the main character of his autobiographical novel The Favourite Came recollected his father singing the old soldiers ' song ‘ K-K-K-Katy … ’ ! |
| 13 | It was Lord Clive of India who bought the estate in 1760 from Lord Herbert ( he had already acquired the Walcot estate to add to his patrimony of Styche ) , and directed his agent to improve the whole property . |
| 14 | Mr Papandreou , whose standing has risen steadily since his scandal-hit Panhellenic Socialist Movement ( PASOK ) increased its vote by almost two percent over the inconclusive election last June , said he will do his utmost to coax the Communist-led left coalition into forming a government of ‘ democratic and progressive forces ’ . |
| 15 | Erwin Koeman , 30 , the Dutch international midfield player , may be unable to help his country defend the European Championship . |
| 16 | On Christmas Eve , 1904 , Leland took over management of the company and merged his business to create the Cadillac Motor Car Company . |
| 17 | He sat on a chair facing the desk and did not look at Mr Rose , though he did from time to time tilt his head to measure the angled slices of building and reflected light arranged by the blind . |
| 18 | A light snow was falling and he raised his face to allow the soft flakes to fall on his skin , willing it to wash away the disgust he felt inside . |
| 19 | He raised his hand to stroke the soft skin of her cheek , his eyes never leaving hers as she stared blindly back at him , her pulses seeming to almost race out of control . |
| 20 | BRITISH Bulldog , alias Davey Boy Smith , flew the flag with passion when he bulldozed his way to win the golden belt of champions at the world SummerSlam wrestling spectacular . |
| 21 | Nahum was content to let his wife do the local visiting , and reports on the children 's welfare came regularly from the inspector , so there was little required of him in Chertsey . |
| 22 | Ten days later , Falkenhayn was on the telephone himself , expressing the fear that the British were after all about to attempt a relief operation , ‘ and probably a landing attempt ’ It was hardly surprising that on April 17th Rupprecht — irritated and not keen to be involved in another of Falkenhayn 's half-measure offensives that he deplored — coolly declined his invitation to attack the British , pointing to the strong reinforcements now in the line . |
| 23 | There had emerged a leader who taught his army to distinguish the real from the imaginary and the possible from the impossible . |
| 24 | The reshuffle leaves Labour 's Welsh team without a Welsh speaker , as Welsh Secretary David Hunt is about to publish his Bill to strengthen the Welsh language . |
| 25 | There , as Blair had so persuasively pointed out to Sloane , he diligently tilled his soil to cultivate the beautiful flowers and shrubs of which , in later writings , his own appreciation was always apparent . |
| 26 | A further campaign development occurred on June 28 when Lee Jong Chan announced that he had abandoned his plan to contest the presidential elections as an independent candidate . |
| 27 | Mr Shamir , who now leads a caretaker government , must play for time while doing his utmost to talk the religious parties out of making a deal with Labour . |
| 28 | ACTOR Tom Conti is doing his bit to help the ailing economy by buying only British goods . |
| 29 | Attorney General Dick Thornburgh formally left the Cabinet on Aug. 9 , after a federal appeals court ruled on Aug. 6 that a special election should be held on Nov. 5 to fill the Senate seat of the late John Heinz — although Thornburgh had made known his intention to contest the vacant seat , his resignation from the government had been deferred pending a judicial examination of the constitutionality of Pennsylvania 's special election statute . |
| 30 | ‘ Look what the wonderful girl has done for me , my darlings , ’ Charles waved his hand to encompass the entire cast , ‘ I can walk straight as a tree , no more will I have to endure the taunts and jeers of the ignorant , I am a new man . ’ |