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Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	No one really wants to know about him , and he knows why he agreed to do the film , why on the last day of shooting he dismissed it as a ‘ stinker ’ , what he thinks of it now .
2	Small things delighted him ; when Bowler 's mother knitted him a sweater he wore it for a period continuously .
3	After a week in the swamps he left us in a camp at the north end of the Okavango .
4	Then , almost alone , he awaited his fate , and as the British troops stormed through the gateway of his stronghold he shot himself with a pistol sent to him in happier days by Queen Victoria .
5	On his way home after a wedding he found himself in a field with an angry bull .
6	After the rape he dragged her to an alley but she broke free .
7	But in his two lectures he contented himself with a couple of scattered references to " Apolline clarity " and tragedy 's — actually Shakespearean tragedy 's — " Dionysiac " quality .
8	One moment he loved them like a brother , then he 'd turn away and never want to speak fondly to them again .
9	When he tore off people 's buttons or sprinkled their trousers he did it in a spirit of the purest amity .
10	At a press conference he committed himself to a big recruitment drive for Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , and , if necessary , to putting more resources into local authorities in order to make the bill work .
11	At our last meeting he presented me with a pair of small Tibetan scrolls .
12	But to Dustin 's credit he recognised it as a role in which he could immediately dissociate himself from the whole ‘ image ’ concept of acting , as well as prove that , ‘ I was a character actor , not just this nebbish kid that Nichols found .
13	With blood pouring from the bare bone he made it to a pub near Loose , Kent , where regulars called 999 .
14	When Victor Paige became the first general manager of the health service he found himself in a very different job from any that he or anyone else had occupied before .
15	When the Lord made Sunday he meant it for a day of rest , a day of peace and quiet after the turmoil of the working week .
16	By chance he landed me for a swim at Moutsa down there .
17	In obvious anger he dismissed her with a wave .
18	Obviously , success in some of those early films had their effect on Wil he promoted himself to a star on the strength of them .
19	God moved in mysterious ways — to Richie he manifested himself as an extremely successful car salesman .
20	His body was hairy , muscled , well-shaped , and when I saw him strip for bed he reminded me of a gorilla about to pounce upon its prey .
21	When Booth 's assistant visited the church he praised it as a ‘ great and successful attempt to adapt the aspiring and inspiriting beauty of Gothic architecture to the congregational ideal ’ .
22	Tony signalled her not to annoy Frank in case he used it as an excuse to follow Terry , but he only seemed amused .
23	Perhaps if he fancied Perdita he saw her as a potential mother-in-law .
24	Gray , for instance , looks a class act and although last night 's display was not his most dynamic in a green shirt he marked it with a goal of sheer quality .
25	After about an hour he telephoned her from a call box and she told him ‘ not to do anything silly ’ .
26	To lighten the proceedings he told us of an incident some years ago when there had still been a whaling station in the town .
27	‘ I left him because I could n't handle the shadow his expectations threw over me … the way he cast me as a member of his dream .
28	After de Raimes sacked Tracy he kept us in a dungeon for three months until Alice was forced to become his mistress , and had it not been for Edmund I would have lost my mind . ’
29	Having begun as a left-arm spinner he turned himself into a fast-medium bowler who frequently took the new ball and who at times could be decidedly nippy .
30	During their conversation he watched her in a worried way .