Example sentences of "[conj] he [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Subsequently he built a house in the country for a wealthy barrister ( Hurtwood in Sussex ) and another in the Usk Valley ( Colomendy ) , where he also displayed a talent for garden design ( 1912–14 ) . |
| 2 | He scraped through the Eton of Dr Edmond Warre [ q.v. ] , under the particular care of Arthur Benson [ q.v. ] , his housemaster , without distinction , but in 1902 gained a first class in modern history at Balliol College , Oxford , where he also made a reputation for himself as a roof-climber , despite his blindness . |
| 3 | A good all rounder Chris is a member of the Cockermouth Round Table where he recently organised a trip for 90 old age pensioners to the lakes . |
| 4 | Singer went to the Jews ' College School , London , where he subsequently became a teacher . |
| 5 | When David led the little group out onto the street , where he quickly hailed a Hansom cab , Cissie had linked arms with Beth , and was walking tall and proud like a ‘ young lady ’ should . |
| 6 | But although he now runs a hotel chain with 160 properties in 47 countries , he has never actually managed a hotel . |
| 7 | Drawn into the complex political world of the 490s he showed an interest in the arianism of his fellow monarchs , as well as in the catholicism of Chlothild , and some members of his court were actually baptized as arians ; he himself , although he may have already been converted to Christianity , did not commit himself firmly either to catholicism or arianism , although he certainly showed an interest in the views of the heretics . |
| 8 | The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick , he was dreadfully slow . |
| 9 | Poor old John , he had never drunk really heavily , although he always enjoyed a drink . |
| 10 | On his return to France he was so enthusiastic about them that he even planted a trial field and let the local population steal them so that they could experience this new vegetable for themselves . |
| 11 | At this period Cornford had so separated politics from poetry that he even published a poem in the Listener under a pseudonym . |
| 12 | Labour was utilised more efficiently , and as well as being mindful of his employer 's interests , Barratt demonstrated that he also had a care for his workmen . |
| 13 | Reports suggested that he also took a message from Walesa asking for approval for the sacking of Finance Minister Lescek Balcerowicz , the architect of Poland 's " shock therapy " free-market economic programme . |
| 14 | Observers noted , however , that he also urged a committee established by the General People 's Congress to " negotiate directly with America " , without UN mediation . |
| 15 | He stood aside for McLeish , then took himself off , observing unnecessarily that he just had a wee bit paperwork to finish up . |
| 16 | Hartlepool magistrates heard that he allegedly threw a petrol bomb into the rear of the premises . |
| 17 | There is a reference in a letter from one of his dependents that he eventually took a passage home from Corfu on a naval vessel in 1843 ; and that an 1851 census shows that he was living with his wife and two of his daughters at Longhorsley , his birthplace . |
| 18 | Lothar replied that he simply had a skin complaint that could be cleared up in a few days . |
| 19 | However , the side 's leading bowler flatly refutes the story attributed to him that he physically coerced an umpire into granting an lbw decision during a match involving the Maharajah of Patiala . |
| 20 | Mickey was so delighted that he promptly scored a hat trick in his side 's 4–1 win . |
| 21 | Death , although exceptionally busy at all times , decided that He now had a hobby . |
| 22 | He did not like her visits ; not only had she viewed his bum , but his rolling tears , so that he now felt a sissy . |
| 23 | The result is that he now has a company worth £1.5bn . |
| 24 | There are many gaps in his legal knowledge that he now has an opportunity to make good , as he never will again . |
| 25 | What causes offence is that he merely represents a shifting of values for the mass of young people . |
| 26 | And then that 's another thing he always got something to eat which was a great help of those days , and especially if there was If mother was baking or anything like that he always got a scone or something , mhm . |
| 27 | A murder suspect has told a court that he accidentally stabbed a teenager to death during a street fight . |
| 28 | Rincewind relaxed slightly , which was to say that he still made a violin string look like a bowl of jelly . |
| 29 | It seemed to me that it was not only natural but positive : it demonstrated that he still had a relationship with God . |
| 30 | A shopkeeper in Nuremberg who said to a customer what ‘ in these days was common to almost everybody in Nuremberg ’ , that Hitler was set on continuing the war , tried to deceive the people into thinking that he still had a miracle weapon , and was ‘ nothing more than a criminal ’ , was denounced by the customer , taken away by the police , and shot for ‘ subversion of the military power ’ . |