Example sentences of "[subord] he entered the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A career in commerce proved uncongenial , so he entered the General Baptist/Unitarian ministry . |
| 2 | One leading Republican says that ‘ he would go out and stuff envelopes for Mr Brown ’ , if he entered the race . |
| 3 | If he entered the turret … |
| 4 | Ever since he entered the House , the more brutish Labour members have harried Mr Stewart with heckles of ‘ Give us a jig ! ’ , and ‘ Where 's your kilt ? ’ . |
| 5 | Thirty seconds had ticked past since he entered the baggage room . |
| 6 | The heavily-built millionaire businessman , commonly known by his childhood nickname ‘ Maquio ’ , helped put conservative thought back into Mexican politics after he entered the fray outraged at the nationalisation of the banks in 1982 . |
| 7 | ‘ Get out now , ’ Shamlou ordered the other two terrorists and waited for them before he entered the makeshift cage . |
| 8 | Thus Lacey ( 1970 ) , in his study of a secondary school , had to obtain permission from the chief education officer and the headmaster before he entered the school , as did Burgess ( 1983 ) . |
| 9 | Just before he entered the city , he was transferred to a ‘ miserable and worn out animal , covered with filth ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ Blood probably coagulated before he entered the water . ’ |
| 11 | Being aware of the strict alcohol regulations , I did not object to this , although I did think it rather unfair that a school-friend was obliged to dispose of his soft drink before he entered the ground . |
| 12 | Bramble decided to follow , and when he entered the office , which was also the village shop , he found the stranger in earnest colloquy with the postmaster , one Algy Brind . |
| 13 | In the morning , the woman had almost finished her breakfast when he entered the dining room . |
| 14 | The King and his courtiers started at the sight of Kabir when he entered the hall . |
| 15 | When he entered the kitchen , bringing a great gust of cold air with him , he was all smiles . |
| 16 | He was , she said ‘ such a hothead when he entered the series . |
| 17 | Only on his way home did he suddenly realize that illness could have prevented her from meeting him , and only when he entered the farmhouse that evening did he discover that she was dead . |
| 18 | Paul looked surprised to receive a wide smile of welcome from Stephen when he entered the office . |
| 19 | When he entered the party in 1927 , his radical , iconoclastic temperament made it relatively easy for him to align his own cultural views with those of a sectarian political group . |
| 20 | As ‘ agent of the army ’ his name reappeared in the Stationers ' Company register during 1653–5 , when he entered The Perfect Diurnall and several pamphlets . |
| 21 | When he entered the room he had hung up a pale mackintosh and a trilby hat . |
| 22 | The skills required to manoeuvre flask transporters obviously stood Adam Luke , from Torness , in good stead when he entered the Scottish lorry driving championship held at the SECC in Glasgow recently . |
| 23 | The skills required to manoeuvre flask transporters obviously stood Adam Luke , from Torness , in good stead when he entered the Scottish lorry driving championships held at SECC in Glasgow recently . |
| 24 | Miss Bond , who was standing when he entered the room , was the perfect complement to Beryl , plump instead of lean , dainty instead of gaunt , amiable instead of forbidding . |
| 25 | Conservative MPs cheered when he entered the chamber of the Commons yesterday and cheered again when he borrowed a phrase from Harold Macmillan to dismiss Norman Lamont 's vitriolic attack on his governance as a ‘ little local difficulty . ’ |
| 26 | DAVIE PROVAN , in the past a favourite at Parkhead and now a radio summariser , wore the expression currently described as ‘ gobsmacked ’ when he entered the press lounge at half time . |
| 27 | She was sitting beneath the narrow , barred window when he entered the room , and the first thing he saw was the light lying ashen in her fair hair ; there was more grey than gold in it now . |
| 28 | He was absolutely worshipped by all disinterested persons at G.Q.G. When he entered the hotel , tapping the floor with his stick and looking about him with the mischievous and bright glances of a boy , every one came up to him instinctively , only too pleased to see him . |
| 29 | But as he entered the showroom , had he too experienced a flash of memory , a stab of nostalgia ? |
| 30 | Camb eyed him warily as he entered the police station . |