Example sentences of "[prep] recent [noun pl] he " in BNC.
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1 | Reminded once more of recent liberties he had taken with her person , she flushed scarlet and , not deigning to answer , turned abruptly on her heel . |
2 | The person who decided this was almost always the vicar ; though of recent years he could not make elaborate changes without the support of a majority in his church council . |
3 | In recent months he accepted his increasing illness with an admirable fortitude and resignation . |
4 | In recent months he has made two major speeches in Parliament on the subject . |
5 | In recent years he has set himself up as a crusader for higher press and broadcasting standards , regularly harking back to the golden days of his journalistic apprenticeship in Yorkshire , where every fact was triple-checked and every speculation ruthlessly suppressed in the Hebden Bridge Times . |
6 | But in recent years he has spent £50,000 of his own money and much time on charitable causes . |
7 | In recent years he has been closely associated with Hildegard Fritz-Denneville Fine Arts Ltd in Bond Street where his knowledge and connoisseurship are greatly valued and he is still to be found on weekdays in the gallery 's offices . |
8 | In recent years he has become increasingly involved in the conservation of neotropical mammals , and now has a deep involvement in research studies in Peru and Ecuador of the mountain tapir , ocelot and giant otter . |
9 | In recent years he had often carried cameras with any number of attachments . |
10 | In recent years he had made a point of appeasing the fundamentalists at the same time as co-opting left-wing opposition . |
11 | In recent years he had stayed only a day or two , until , overcome with boredom , he had returned home to watch Mrs Thatcher 's Leader 's speech on the telly . |
12 | Sure , he 's made some mistakes , but after everything he 's done for us in recent years he must be allowed the odd cock-up . |
13 | In recent years he played a number of Shakespearean roles on stage , having earned enough from comedy to become a serious actor . |
14 | Dance has always been his first love and in recent years he 's been on tour six times with his own company . |
15 | In recent years he has coached many leading Midlands runners , including three times Olympian Lorraine Baker . |
16 | During recent weeks he has been praised warmly by the mainland press in Hong Kong . |
17 | He 's a shareholder and a season ticket holder , but he 's so annoyed by recent events he 's already considering not bothering to renew his pass for next season . |