Example sentences of "[adj] he [be] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 From 1298 to 1305 Master James was with the king in Scotland , where he executed works at Linlithgow and Kildrummy castles ; in 1304 he was probably directing engineer of the siege-works at Stirling .
2 They 're angry he was even granted permission to appeal .
3 Now she was certain he was out to do mischief .
4 In 1919 he was also given responsibility for founding the new signals intelligence ( sigint ) agency , the Government Code and Cipher School ( GC and CS ) .
5 As a civil lawyer he was much employed in diplomatic business , but in the 1320s he was twice appointed treasurer and spent his time in that office supervising and organizing the more efficient collection of taxes , fines and forfeitures .
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