Example sentences of "[verb] his [noun sg] [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Truly there must be something strange about the seaside , when the mere sight of seeing an ankle had made his heart beat the faster . |
| 2 | After seeing Chris Armstrong 's first half goal cancelled out by a late Gary Bannister equaliser , Coppell admitted his team missed the creative ability of England forward John Salako , whose rebuilt knee had become ‘ scrunchy ’ . |
| 3 | Jeffrey was refused help with the prescription for his inhaler because the Department of Health said his income exceeded the required level . |
| 4 | It is interesting that Lord Denning in concluding his interview chose the dying words of John of Gaunt from Shakespeare 's Richard II to foretell the decline of Britain into what he believes is a ‘ tenement ’ of Europe . |
| 5 | In order to make his song heard the young man is singing into a microphone wired to a loudspeaker . |
| 6 | The obsessions with eloquence and general knowledge would appear to be ones that emerged with our generation , probably in the wake of Mr Marshall , when lesser men trying to emulate his greatness mistook the superficial for the essence . |