Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He must have been radical in religion and he favoured English support for the cause of the Netherlands , possibly being used by Sir Francis Walsingham [ q.v. ] and Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester [ q.v. ] , to urge this policy on Burghley . |
2 | Joanna Lumley , Mick Jagger and Anna Ford are all older than the new US President and he has six years advantage on Cliff Richard . |
3 | Mr Turner was the BCR booking clerk at Craven Arms at the closure and he held various positions on other railways after that , rising to the position of stationmaster . |
4 | Elio de Angelis was his team-mate and he garnered such points as a deeply disappointing Lotus offered , winding up with a single point . |
5 | He wore an anorak over a wool sweater with a polo neck and he wore tough cord jeans and walking boots . |
6 | She whispered it against the warmth of his neck and he released one hand to spear his fingers in her hair and tilt her face to his . |
7 | So he , he thought he 'd do an experiment , er he took a small piece of radium which he 'd extracted from several tons of pitchblende and he put this bit of radium on his forearm and , and put a bandage round to hold it in place and left it there for a week and said right I 'll see what happens . |
8 | He is in a better position than others to initiate confrontation and he has some resources at his disposal . |
9 | But this time , faced with an orchestra which apparently was at first slow to respond to his blandishments , the musician took priority over the Mahlerian moraliser and he revealed many details and subtleties of the score while keeping its huge overall span firmly within his sights . |
10 | He took it in the pub and he got three quarts of beer ; and he had to lay a penny down and bought me a bottle of pop . |
11 | The boy was cautioned — never went before the court because of his father being the ACC and this fellow went before the Chief Constable and he had ten years ' service at the time . |
12 | Whether he will be as successful again is open to doubt , because his own playing career was then an issue and he had substantial sympathy backing both inside and outside the committee and membership . |
13 | He has served for 30 years as the local church warden and he spent 42 years as treasurer of the local branch of the Royal British Legion . |
14 | ‘ Bonnie Prince Charlie ’ had been a strikingly attractive and charming child and he lost neither characteristic as he grew older though he lacked both his father 's scholarly bent and his younger brother Henry 's piety . |
15 | Found a tune , he took up his pen and he wrote some words , and according to the story , according to the legend , the next day at day-break , he rushed off to the Mayor Dietrich , and was able to say , I have done it . |
16 | Calcavecchia was again first out in the afternoon and he gave poor Meshiai no respite , scoring 66 to a 73 . |
17 | There were some plans in existence and he studied old maps by R. Casson and J. Berry , which had appeared last in 1757 before the copper plates for them had been taken over by Harrop . |
18 | skipped half the stages or you know how do you feel when he 's working on the board and he skips several lines ? |
19 | After his wife died , Howard again took to travelling ; but Cardington was now firmly established as his base and he had sufficient esteem in the eyes of his neighbours to be appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire in 1773 . |
20 | I served with Marks before the war and he showed great promise even as a junior officer . |
21 | His tally of 1,816 wickets for Lancashire is still a county record and he played 70 times for England claiming a further 252 victims . |
22 | Graham McCourt can do little wrong at the moment and he gave Golden Friend a superb ride . |
23 | the Secretary of State still had to announce his long awaited decision on the Brynhenllys Inquiry and he rejected British Coal 's appeal for a large site at Pwll Du . |
24 | One of the youths slashed him across the nose and he needed eight stitches in the wound . |
25 | If the taxpayer gives away his business or an interest in his business to his son and it is an absolute gift and he survives seven years then no inheritance tax is in point . |
26 | Mid-season , Honda had become confident enough in the Dutchman 's ability to equip his RS with a much-prized HRC kit and he finished top privateer in the World Championships . |
27 | The domestic events of the spring of 1937 were not without importance but he took small part in them , and a cursory reading of the Cabinet minutes might suggest that he had already retired in mind . |
28 | Kitson 's views were derided by the establishment but he had important influence in both radical and lunatic fringe circles . |
29 | They quashed the murder charge but he got ten years for intent to wound resulting in death , plus , of course , half as much again because there was a firearm involved . ‘ |
30 | ‘ Anders is not in that category but he has other things to offer . |