Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] he [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As scientist he adopted a certain method of explaining things ; as philosopher he tried to go one step further , he tried to justify his scientific methodology with arguments intended to prove that the things he did not need in his explanations — objective colours , sounds , and so on — did not exist . |
| 2 | One reporter who came to interview him in this period noticed how he looked as if he might collapse from " lack of nourishment , insomnia and fatigue " , and an acquaintance described him thus : " His face was pale as baker 's bread … he smoked and between exhalations he hacked a dry , deathly smoker 's hack Eliot was cadaverous . " |
| 3 | For Bede he became the fifth overlord of all the Anglo-Saxons south of the Humber ( HE II , 5 ) . |
| 4 | Shortly after admission he developed a tracheo-oesophageal fistula from which he died before treatment could be started . |
| 5 | After lunch he formed the Italian habit of taking a siesta and he went to bed early . |
| 6 | After retirement he became a respected commentator , chairman of selectors and eventually president of Yorkshire ( 1981-4 ) until , saddened by the internal strife , he resigned from an office in which he took great pride . |
| 7 | After a couple of minutes he heard the familiar clanking sound that indicated that Fagg was taking refuge in the contents of his various pockets and had commenced the process of smearing snuff all over himself and the surrounding furniture . |
| 8 | so of course he had a last slurp of and he spit it all over everywhere |
| 9 | Of course he has a fair number of mares , which makes a great difference . |
| 10 | And er of course he alerted the other two fellows and there were no fighting there was only about two little fire extinguishers on the tower . |
| 11 | In The Form of Living he charts the sacramental understanding at the heart of the Mass , as a whole way of life and perceived growth in consciousness ; his Meditations on the Passion engage with different stages of such growth and , indeed , are designed to act as catalysts for its progress . |
| 12 | Coming eventually to the North of Ireland he joined the British Army and was posted to England . |
| 13 | By way of assistance he gave the following example : |
| 14 | He was indefatigable in confirming all who came to him as he moved around the countryside , and in his moments of leisure he wrote the longest of his Meditations on the theme of Cur Deus Homo , and his De Conceptu Virginali as a sequel to this work . |
| 15 | In the House of Commons he became an embarrassing joke , and in Downing Street a guarantee of indecision . |
| 16 | Having been in the militia in 1910 , when he was 14 , on the outbreak of war he joined the Canadian Army as a private in the Western Universities Battalion and was soon promoted NCO . |
| 17 | In the middle of October he staged a triumphant return to London and set about rebuilding his position , a process from which Gloucester emerged as the main beneficiary . |
| 18 | In the middle of October he staged a triumphant return to London and set about rebuilding his position , a process from which Gloucester emerged as the main beneficiary . |
| 19 | As Governor of Harar he had a well-merited reputation for ruthlessness , brutality and avarice , and was hated and feared by his subjects . |
| 20 | Although strongly opposed to the proposed change of name he remained a faithful member of the Association all his life and was awarded the BDA 's medal of honour in 1975 . |
| 21 | At the same time , by virtue of his experience in the Secondary School sector of education he had a valuable contribution to make in how we can effectively communicate with young secondary school adults as potential members of the Catholic University parish . |
| 22 | One of the first bits of advice he gave the First Church was , ‘ Bend the knee , but not unwisely . ’ |
| 23 | Lupold was never acceptable to the pope ( to whom he remained the bishop of Worms who had transferred himself to Mainz without papal licence ) and when at the end of 1204 Philip saw hope of victory he made a bad move by sending Lupold to Italy . |
| 24 | With the support of Europe he sees a valid future for the younger generation . |
| 25 | Every day a compromise is effected on the ground that the party making it has a fair chance of succeeding in it , and if he bona fide believes he has a fair chance of success he has a reasonable ground for suing , and his forbearance to sue will constitute a good consideration . |
| 26 | As to alternative sources of care he thought the better answer was the crossroads organisation rather than an nursing agency . |
| 27 | As he stepped past Carson he gave a quick , tight smile of acknowledgement . |
| 28 | But there was one kind of book he had a particular passion for ; Encyclopaedias . |
| 29 | On the day of application he convened an extraordinary board meeting and , within minutes , announced that Whaddon Athletic was now known as Athletico Whaddon , thus ensuring Premier rather than Fifth Division football . |
| 30 | Soon after the liberation of Poland he joined the Polish regular army as a war correspondent and eventually entered Berlin with the First Polish Infantry Division . |