Example sentences of "[adj] he [vb past] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This he accomplished at the sea-battle of Svold , on 9 September 999 . |
| 2 | This he inserted under the spring and put his own booted foot on the trap . |
| 3 | As has been previously noted he gave much attention to the unique colour of the Cumbrian mountains and this he combined with the sunlight and shadows falling on the hills so skilfully that it is possible for an observer with local knowledge , to tell the warmth of the sun or the time of day.Just as the mountains give colour to the lakes , so in turn do they reflect the colours of the sky . |
| 4 | This he read in the lavatory , where she had seen it on the first day . |
| 5 | This he attributed to the solo exercise . |
| 6 | When the Cortes returned to liberated Madrid ( 5 January 1814 ) and the Desired One to Spain , the Persians , a group of conservative deputies , petitioned the king to denounce the constitution of 1812 ; this he did in the Manifesto of 4 May 1814 . |
| 7 | Maxwell 's voice was rather high-pitched and soft , but despite this he spoke with the authority of someone accustomed to getting his own way . |
| 8 | In the 1890s he participated in the reorganization of Argentina 's external debt and in the 1900s restored Argentina 's credit in London . |
| 9 | And he also wanted Mr Fallon to make it clear he agreed with the interpretation of the 1944 Education Act saying every Catholic child was entitled to a Catholic education . |
| 10 | In 1801 he participated in the expedition to Egypt , and served in Hanover in 1805 and at the taking of Copenhagen two years later . |
| 11 | He did not , as he said on 9 December 1958 , when as owner of Be Careful he spoke at the Gimcrack dinner , object to bookmakers paying something towards the racing industry 's expenses . |
| 12 | In November 1985 he resigned from the government in protest at the signing that month of the Anglo-Irish Agreement [ see pp. 34070-73 ] , stating that he could not support the government 's change of policy on Northern Ireland , including " the involvement of a foreign power in a consultative role in the administration of the province " , which he claimed would prolong and not diminish " Ulster 's agony " [ see p. 34072 ] . |
| 13 | His love of Britain and wholehearted support for the fight against Fascism gave his films an urgency and richness which were lacking in the few he made after the war . |
| 14 | ‘ And when he was recovering from his sickness here in my house , I noticed how similar he looked to the girl 's face in the picture . |
| 15 | No when he says when about working extra he said through the morning or something |
| 16 | As I grew more proficient he leaned on the rail , sucked at his long clay pipe and reminisced about his days in sail or his experiences in ports from Aden to Hong Kong . |
| 17 | In 1924 he spoke in the House of Commons of the need to reduce exports . |
| 18 | In May 1612 he matriculated at the Academy of Geneva and later attended the Calvinist Academy of Saumur . |
| 19 | His enterprise did not stop here and in 1786 he advertised to the public that he had opened another school for ladies , ‘ at his house at 2 Brazenose Street in drawing , writing and accounts , ladies and gentlemen instructed at home and boarding schools attended as usual . ’ |
| 20 | In 1963 he turned to the theatre , directing Titus Andronicus and other plays at the Birmigham Rep , and showing himself adept at producing the intimate and affable atmosphere of the small screen on stage . |
| 21 | To bring him up to the required standard he had to go to a boarding preparatory school , which he loathed so much he escaped over the wall and hitchhiked home . |
| 22 | Kingsley Amis , similarly , once remarked on television how much he disapproved of the book — ‘ Nobs ’ appeal , ’ he remarked crushingly , ‘ the appeal of nobs , ’ though he generously added that he often reread it . |
| 23 | Indeed in 1984 he presented to the president a pipe-march he had composed with the ringing title of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland . |
| 24 | In 1822 he retired from the army as captain on half pay . |
| 25 | In late 1940 he established at the estate of Camphill , near Aberdeen , Scotland , a small residential school for children in need of special care . |
| 26 | In late 1940 he reported in the War Illustrated his sighting of a ‘ V ’ for victory sign apparently blazed by a Hawker Hurricane in the sky over the village of Firle in Sussex . |
| 27 | In 1932 he appeared in the House of Lords in Donoghue v. Stevenson . |
| 28 | From 1967 to 1975 he worked in the family businesses and then decided to return and finish his PhD . |
| 29 | On 22 January 1946 he agreed to the formation of the Central Intelligence Group ( CIG ) , which was to be a small organisation simply collating all forms of foreign intelligence and reporting back to the president through the National Intelligence Authority ( NIA ) . |
| 30 | Even before the war was won , he had been afraid that peace might be associated only with the concept of " efficiency " , and in radio talks in 1946 he spoke of the necessity for maintaining the " spiritual organization " as well as the " material organization " of Europe . |