Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mum made him wear sensible shoes ( bit of an admission , this ) . |
| 2 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
| 3 | He suggested that the club expected him to score more points . |
| 4 | This way of thinking allowed him to concede some shortcomings of moral insight in the Old Testament . |
| 5 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
| 6 | I suppose the defendant thought he had some benefit ; at any rate , there is a detriment to the plaintiff from his parting with the possession for even so short a time . |
| 7 | Only after this prompt action did he secure Congressional support , and , close on this , the support of the UN Security Council . |
| 8 | Harbury 's loose talk suggested he had few facts . |
| 9 | His fundamentalist outlook led him to destroy Hindu temples across the empire . |
| 10 | The judge ordered him to do 120 hours community service , saying you wo n't do it again , I hope you can put it all behind you . |
| 11 | Only when he saw the two girls actually standing up to peer at him past the curtains of Healy 's window did he show any reaction . |
| 12 | The soft little click the door made when she closed it caused him to turn his head , and not by one flicker of an eyelash did he betray any emotion of her entrance . |
| 13 | The loser then was Ray Laccohee who might well have been more than a match for Dale overall had he played more competition golf . |
| 14 | The Labour leader said he felt certain Cabinet ministers should consider their positions too . |
| 15 | A Maryland medical board ordered him to perform 100 hours of service in an Aids clinic . |
| 16 | The court heard he ignored professional advice that the animal should have an operation , leaving it to suffer chronic and constant pain . |
| 17 | But the court heard he passed SIX slip roads where he could have turned off . |
| 18 | As director of the British Museum ( Natural History ) from 1919 to 1927 , Harmer 's equanimity enabled him to have good relationships with the trustees and he steered the Museum smoothly through a difficult time with tact and judgement . |
| 19 | It is also clear that Castro 's overriding concern with the security , both military and economic , of his revolution obliged him to conduct domestic policy with one eye on Moscow . |
| 20 | An inspector said he believed 150 tubs of the cream were sold in Fermanagh and Tyrone without prescription over a five-month period ending April 1992 . |
| 21 | Officially he had recovered nicely from the shock of his experience , but his sister thought he needed more time : she was mothering him . |
| 22 | His skilful use of coloured wash , ink and wax crayon enabled him to combine topographical accuracy with a marvellously apt rendering of mood . |
| 23 | Modigliani 's profound humanism and pessimism made him distrust political systems . |
| 24 | Between 1916 and 1927 his quest for intellectual and emotional stability led him to examine another solution : bourgeois culture and bourgeois education . |
| 25 | The centre helped him to get professional help . |
| 26 | In Street a man named he had two sons and he had , he had to quote , give a contract for it , but he always used to do what they 'd call a workhouse feed , and it was a four pound loaf , when my father died mother did n't get a widow 's pension , what , what she got was two shillings for each lad , there 's four of us , that 's eight shillings and a four pound loaf for each lad |
| 27 | His work as a sales representative for Cornhill Life Insurance enabled him to obtain personal details on members of the police . |
| 28 | In 1783 his father 's will enabled him to establish full control of the business . |
| 29 | A home Office pathologist said he noted seventeen injuries to Hannah ; s head . |
| 30 | A Ford spokesman said he believed industrial action was a long way off . |