Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had got restlessly to his feet and was leaning over the green wooden railing that came to waist height at the edge of the veranda , but after a suppressed exclamation he wheeled to face his sister again . |
| 2 | But after a long moment he shook his head . |
| 3 | And after a nervous start he brought off some important saves — but this was one time he was n't so sure , playing spot the ball with Mark Wright . |
| 4 | After a general education he attended Marischal College in Aberdeen , graduating AM in 1775 . |
| 5 | After a thorough examination he said that I was well enough to hold it down . |
| 6 | Sir Gregory had a painful discussion with his wife over how they should react to Pascoe 's snub , in which Lady Roscarrock gave vent to her outrage saying that they had every right to keep both Tristram and Jennifer in custody indefinitely ; but Sir Gregory wanted the whole business settled and finished with , so after a lengthy wrangle he swallowed the family pride and went over to Hill House . |
| 7 | Peter 's first thoughts were to call for a vicar to make an honest couple out of them , but after a lengthy investigation he suggested the family consult a veterinary surgeon . |
| 8 | After a few moments he began walking , pausing once to look up at the grand facade of the Shelbourne . |
| 9 | After a few moments he realized they were flying on an interception course . |
| 10 | After a few moments he returned . |
| 11 | After a few moments he said calmly , ‘ Now , Jane , be sensible . |
| 12 | After a few minutes he raised his head and was now sitting motionless , pale and haggard but controlled , while Iris , her eyes moist with sympathetic tears , stood silently and helplessly by . |
| 13 | After a few minutes he burst into our room with a shocked look on his face . |
| 14 | After a few minutes he came back and locked the door behind him . |
| 15 | After a few minutes he had spoken again . |
| 16 | I did so and after a few minutes he said , ‘ Good enough , now you can continue in English . ’ |
| 17 | It seemed like a complete breakdown ; but after a few minutes he saw that they were playing as if they had always played this way . |
| 18 | After a few minutes he heaved himself out of bed , but his leg let him down and he fell backwards . |
| 19 | But after a few days he saw the sparks of it begin to reappear and within a week Mould was chattering away as usual and ran about the school thinking of a new plan . |
| 20 | He became ill , and after a few days he died in my arms . |
| 21 | After a few days he started telling us about the year spent in isolation . |
| 22 | After a few steps he turned . |
| 23 | After a few rears he managed to move in a kind of canter holding his near-fore out in front of him , never once letting it touch the ground . |
| 24 | Luke had tensed as she touched him , and after a few seconds he flung her hand off , the violence of the gesture silencing her abruptly . |
| 25 | After a few seconds he looked like a Dark Age warlord in mid campaign , in mid mop-up , on mired mountaintop , taking a glazed breather before moving on to the women and children . |
| 26 | After a few months he had borrowed enough money to set up a drug store in Sydney . |
| 27 | ‘ After a few weeks he told her he was going home , and asked her to go with him . |
| 28 | After a discouraging start he had begun , he thought , to win the confidence of the villagers . |
| 29 | As soon as the lights were in their favour they turned left , and after a short distance he cut the engine and they drew into a wooden landing-stage . |
| 30 | After a short distance he swapped places with the woman and drove her and the baby to Winchester . |