Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] he [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the morning of 19 April , Kadir Kurt was detained in Birk village , district of Bismail near Diyarbakir , and taken for interrogation to the Gendarmerie Battalion Headquarters where he died the same night . |
| 2 | ‘ Even has a secret little den where he takes the other members of his gang . |
| 3 | When he was satisfied no fresh threat was about to manifest itself from the darkness , he moved off back the way he had come , retracing his steps until he reached the shallow stream he had leapt a short time before . |
| 4 | The needle slipped into his blue-veined arm and he closed his eyes while he felt the first rush . |
| 5 | CHRIS EUBANK could n't help himself — the words of tribute to Michael Watson came tumbling out in a torrent , a year to the Saturday since he put the brave Londoner into a coma . |
| 6 | With neighbouring diners sitting too close to have a conversation without being overheard , D'Arcy contented himself with the family small talk whilst he made the most of the lobster fricassée . |
| 7 | Levitt was rejected for the Queens Award only 12 months before he secured the top honour . |
| 8 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |
| 9 | There he stood before the official inquiry in his crisp , bemedalled marine uniform , his voice breaking with emotion as he lectured the assembled politicians on what was in the nation 's interests as if he himself had just invented patriotism . |
| 10 | WARRINGTON General Hospital consultant Barry Taylor shook with emotion as he described the savage injuries of the bomb wounded . |
| 11 | I want to end by saying that we need now to f go over this hurdle of liberation make sure that the vast majority of black South Africans who are deeply angry and I saw this anger because I was in South Africa when Chris was assassinated and this anger was turning into rage and the country was on a knife edge it could have blown up , the country would have burned had it not been for the diplomatic achievement of , of enormous stature by Nelson Mandela when he addressed the whole nation and in a sense seized power informally from white and black and the country managed to survive that but if that anger turns into rage again then the country could burn and I do n't say this to be dramatic but just to warn that in those moments when the media and so on do n't explain the situation well do n't forget our people because they have had to cope with this situation . |
| 12 | She rubbed sinuously against him as she felt a deep thrill at his arousal , and shut her eyes as he removed the last fragile barrier . |
| 13 | Farrell closed his eyes as he tasted the rotting matter on his tongue . |
| 14 | Through the club magazine , Tryline , it will also be an additional communication vehicle for their work and Will Carling has been asked to be the first honorary president of the club as he lead the very team which embodies the aspirations of the club itself . |
| 15 | She lifted her buttocks up into the air , taunting Vashinov as he saw the white sperm slide out from inside her . |
| 16 | Abudah , Abudah , Abudah , the name jogged up and down in his mind as he passed the crumbling houses , the rusted railings , the impoverished trees and the occasional blank , black face at curtainless windows . |
| 17 | He pushed it out of his mind as he approached the Blue Boar . |
| 18 | Paul had the technical know-how to copy Edison 's Kinetoscope when he realized the American inventor had n't covered all the necessary patents , to make his own camera when Edison cut off the supply of films and produce a film projector , the Theatrograph , within two months of hearing about Lumière 's invention . |
| 19 | There was the gleam of a Marat in his eyes , and his eloquence took on a Satanic ring when he invoked the rising wrath of his colleagues against the festering scum that by cowardice and sloth had reduced the British Empire to a moribund thing , in peril of annihilation . |
| 20 | Former Scarborough striker Steve Norris will be out to repeat last month 's scoring feat against his old side when he netted the only goal at Saltergate . |
| 21 | Midfielder Dino Baggio added a second from another corner just before half time and substitute Fabrizio Ravanelli killed off the Portuguese side when he hammered the third shortly after coming on midway through the second half . |
| 22 | I could hear Kaptan whimper as he pushed the dead woodchuck frantically from him . |
| 23 | His inward half of 33 was fine golf and contained only one lucky break when he missed the 16th green but scrambled down in two when it would have been much easier to take three . |
| 24 | ‘ No friends anywhere , ’ Tweed repeated , twisting the wheel as he followed the lonely road through the limestone gulch . |
| 25 | She showed them the small lake in its ring of reeds , took them to the first slopes of the mountain , rigged up a fishing rod for Michael and took him to the part of the lake she used to fish as a girl , and soon he was shouting out in glee as he missed the ravenous little perch or swung them out over his head on to the bank . |
| 26 | ‘ Coffee is it ? ’ asked the flying club barman as he observed the pensive expression on X 's face . |
| 27 | A smile tugged at his lips when he remembered the dead peonies falling at his feet and Sweetheart 's totally unexpected laughter . |
| 28 | His hand slid to her breast and he turned impatiently back to her lips as he felt the surging , swollen arousal . |
| 29 | He reached past her to pick up the papers , a faint smile curling his chiselled lips as he scanned the typewritten sheets . |
| 30 | The Doctor stepped back from the device as Petion entered , but his welcoming words died on his lips as he saw the liveried servant who followed Petion in , a machete held loosely and comfortably in his hand with the certainty of one who knows how to use it . |