Example sentences of "he from a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would n't speak to me for six months , but then his natural goodness of heart , as well perhaps as his gradual realization that I might have been right , that perhaps I had saved him from a fate worse than death , made it impossible for him to keep it up . |
| 2 | Today 's run in a handicap is a step up in class , but David Chapman , who trains at Stillington , North Yorkshire , has clearly brought about a change in the colt 's attitude since acquiring him from a Lambourn yard just two months ago . |
| 3 | If Charlie had been a different man , a cultivated man or effeminate or living in a bygone age when tongues were more freely unloosed , he might now have embraced Jack and told him from a full heart how he entered wholly into his joy and would die for his happiness . |
| 4 | He is not a natural extrovert ; leadership was thrust on him from a very early age . |
| 5 | Why , otherwise would the EC investigating lawyer be bombarded with phone calls all trying to dissuade him from a site visit ? |
| 6 | Nigel 's wife was obviously such a monster , too , that it had to be any good woman 's Christian duty to save him from a fate worse than death , or at the very least to give him a little light relief . |
| 7 | It was gone in a trice , saving him from a terrible thrashing or many long hours standing in disgrace . |
| 8 | ‘ We inherited him from a friend of my mother . |
| 9 | ‘ We inherited him from a friend of my mother . |
| 10 | His performance was pitiful , five goals flew past him from a bewildering array of angles , and in one pathetic ritual he ended up wrapped round the goal-post , in a knot of utter hopelessness . |
| 11 | He had never been this close to him before , though of course he had seen him from a distance on parade , the short , brisk figure in green and white , dwarfed by the forest of cocked hats around , yet somehow contriving to dominate them all . |
| 12 | A large framed photograph of Joe Louis in fighting stance looked menacingly down at him from a supporting beam as he walked through the saloon bar doorway . |
| 13 | He owed his life to Corbett who had saved him from a choking death at Tyburn , yet Corbett was still mysterious ; working constantly , his only pleasure being the flute , some manuscript or sitting quietly over a cup of wine brooding about life . |
| 14 | The burning midday sun roused him from a feverish sleep . |
| 15 | A small boy of about six came up to Jackson and stared at him from a distance of two feet before pulling a face and running away . |
| 16 | I ordered him from a kennel in Norfolk , arranging a price and delivery by train . |
| 17 | But in 1992 , the only thrusting we can expect of a businessman is that which propels him from a very high building on to the recession-hit pavement below . |
| 18 | The Great Britain forward , sent off for tripping Mike Ford in Saturday 's Regal Trophy defeat by Castleford , presented video evidence to yesterday 's Rugby League disciplinary committee , but it failed to save him from a two-match ban . |
| 19 | Whether or not she was saved , it was a fact that she had saved him from a bleak scepticism . |
| 20 | Roger suddenly launched into this discussion about how they 'd identified the need for someone to join the team with a view to becoming a main board member ; this person would effectively release him from a lot of the day-to-day public company responsibilities and the accounting , reporting and auditing areas , so that he could focus on being part of the entrepreneurial team , organising financing and liaising with the City . |
| 21 | Four days later , Patrick Donnelly , his solicitor , wrote to him from a hospital bed : ‘ What a tremendous thrill to hear of your release ! … |
| 22 | A voice hailed him from a grille above the door . |
| 23 | TENNIS champion Boris Becker has revealed that his girlfriend Barbara Feltus rescued him from a ‘ life crisis ’ caused by becoming a teenage millionaire overnight . |
| 24 | More a bland statement of fact from a man whose decision to return to horse racing two years ago rescued him from a life of increasingly worrying seclusion following his term in prison for tax evasion . |
| 25 | DAVE BASSETT last night thanked old pal Bobby Gould for saving him from a possible FA rap . |
| 26 | She , in turn , wondered why they could not understand that she loved their father and had rescued him from a life of solitude . |
| 27 | THE BUCK STOPS HERE : Trevor McDonald 's distinguished career has taken him from a poor , but loving , childhood in Trinidad to being ITN 's first solo anchorman Picture : BILL KENNEDY |
| 28 | And Meg told the watching millions that her mum hammered on his door and woke him from a nap during a break in filming . |
| 29 | The occasional person is classed as a gentleman , and very infrequently mention is made of the occupation of some humbler mortal , usually ( one suspects ) to distinguish him from a neighbour of the same name . |
| 30 | Su'a received the third lbw of the match to which one could raise an eyebrow — this one was coming across him from a suspiciously sharp angle as DeFreitas bowled round the wicket and wide out . |