Example sentences of "he received a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was on his way to the airport when he received a message that I was very ill . |
| 2 | He received a message from Hopkins and came to Templecombe but then blundered into the trap My Lord Cardinal had laid for him . |
| 3 | Corporal Alan Furniss , commander of the Warrior , said they were driving through an area nicknamed Sniper 's Alley when he received a message there was firing from a cinema ahead . |
| 4 | Cpl Alan Furniss , commander of the Warrior , said they were travelling slowly through ‘ Sniper 's Alley ’ when he received a message that there was firing from building ahead which included a cinema . |
| 5 | Approaching a bridge he received a message telling him there was firing ahead . |
| 6 | Educated privately , in 1868 he went briefly to University College London , and then to Gonville and Caius College , Cambridge , where he received a second in the natural sciences tripos in 1873 . |
| 7 | My understanding is that in 1977 Willy De Roos achieved this under sail in one season , and for this he received a Krug Award for Excellence . |
| 8 | He received a ban some years ago for losing his temper while playing in that veritable hive of provocation known as Australian grade cricket , and this latest ruckus began , apparently , when Marcus Wight ( whose father , the umpire , Peter , should have taught him better ) proffered a few choice words of his won upon dismissing Ramprakash in the first innings . |
| 9 | The reaction within the industry has been almost totally favourable — an irony which can not have escaped Altman , who gave wry smile as he received a standing ovation at Cannes this year and the prize for Best Director . |
| 10 | He received a standing ovation for his comments on retribution from violent offenders , on his personal belief in the deterrent effect of capital punishment and for his promise that ‘ life imprisonment in the worst cases will mean life ’ . |
| 11 | On June 13 he received a standing ovation from the European Parliament in Strasbourg ; on the following day the Parliament voted by 177 votes to 47 with five abstentions in favour of a resolution to maintain sanctions [ see p. 37521 for June EC Foreign Ministers ' summit meeting in Dublin ; for February United Kingdom decision to lift some sanctions see p. 37234 ] . |
| 12 | Although he received a standing ovation from the delegates , supporters of Keating continued to predict that — the denials of the former Treasurer notwithstanding — a second challenge to Hawke 's position would be delivered before the end of the year . |
| 13 | He went to the court where he found himself dubbed the plaintiff , paid a fee and a deposit for which he received a receipt . |
| 14 | Livingston was just starting to challenge Linford Christie as Britain 's number one sprinter when he received a knock on the door at the Olympic village . |
| 15 | On that occasion he received a sentence of imprisonment for causing grievous bodily harm . |
| 16 | According to the barman in the White Lion , he had been putting away double scotches when he received a telephone call at the bar . |
| 17 | When he was able to sit down for a brief breather , he received a telephone call from control saying that some twenty young bullocks had got loose on the railway line heading in his direction and would he keep a look out , with the thought that trains and cattle do not mix . |
| 18 | Then , the previous day , he received a telephone call that vindicated his years of scepticism … |
| 19 | He received a dismissal letter , but the county council later admitted this was ‘ based on misinformation ’ and withdrew it . |
| 20 | At the age of three he received a blow on the head which left him partially deaf for the rest of his life . |
| 21 | He received a hero 's welcome after flying his monoplane , Spirit of St Louis , from New York non-stop to Paris in 33½ hours . |
| 22 | He first appears , in company with several of Edward 's retainers , in October 1265 , when he received a grant of confiscated property in London , and by 1268 he was certainly one of Edward 's knights . |
| 23 | He received a grant of Irish lands , having been an ‘ adventurer ’ for £200 back in 1642 . |
| 24 | But that was before , our of the blue , he received a call to tell him that Jamie had scored a final round of 60 and then had beaten Anders Forsbrand n a play-off to record the first Tour victory of his career . |
| 25 | Adam was raised in the jungle , where he 's convinced he received a baboon 's heart as a replacement for his own . |
| 26 | After a very successful tour of West Indies , he took his second team off to Australia , but on the eve of the first Test he received a cable telling him that his widowed mother had died . |
| 27 | He received a dressing down for not keeping a proper guard . |
| 28 | He received a life peerage and the Order of Merit ; headed an Oxford College with distinction , and promoted the birth of the Australian National University at Canberra . |
| 29 | John Maitland , managing director of Hobbygames , a wholesaler , claims the company to which he sent the goods had stopped trading 24 days before he received a credit reference on January 15 , 1991 . |
| 30 | He received a PhD in Expert Systems for Maintenance Engineering at the University of Nottingham , UK . |