Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [verb] [adv] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reaching into his car he hauled out the powerful pair of binoculars he always carried . |
| 2 | And when Lugard came to look back on what had been accomplished in the early years of British administration he singled out the improved character of the native rulers , which he attributed to ‘ the unceasing efforts and devoted ability of the British staff , who have by precept and example made them what they are today ’ . |
| 3 | For the moment he set aside the obvious solution . |
| 4 | With all the subtlety of a pub singer he prises away the so-called glamour and reveals a hard world full of sadness , unfulfilled dreams and barren values . |
| 5 | The next day he drew out the last of his savings from the bank and left for Cornwall . |
| 6 | On the platform he picks up the local rumours . |
| 7 | ‘ With authority he commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him ’ ( 1:27 ) . |
| 8 | Every morning he went down the three flights of stairs the mail was there to be shuffled and dealt . |
| 9 | In a footnote he held up the Greek Doric style as the model for a reformed modern architecture . |
| 10 | As Wilfred Owen moves into the second stanza he takes on the bigger issue of what he is really trying to say . |
| 11 | In fury he scooped up the gelatinous mess and hurled it at Fairbrother , who kicked him in the balls . |
| 12 | I ca n't swear to the following but the headmaster said Basil was undoubtedly a gentleman , but he 'd rather not have his brother in case he turned out the same . |
| 13 | Whatever the reason he has neither the spiritual character nor the material resources to redeem Ruth . |
| 14 | With an angry , violent gesture he flung aside the broken piece of door . |
| 15 | The Department owes a great deal to Noel Thomas and it is a measure of his success as Chairman that when at the end of the 1989 academic year he handed over the hot seat to Angus Easson , the latter 's first task was one of consolidation . |
| 16 | On return from holiday he enquired how the strange ecclesiastical garb had suited his friend . |
| 17 | As the warrior Solor he possessed neither the exotic glamour of Ruzimatov nor the romantic height of Cope — and a dispassionate viewer would admit that his turban gave him an unfortunately gnome-like appearance . |
| 18 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) reduced corporation tax to 35 per cent. , but at the same time he took away the 100 per cent . |
| 19 | For the first time he understood why the Seven were so strong . |
| 20 | Had Andrewes remained in Cambridge , his reputation would probably have been unblemished but he would have lacked the stimulus to write the magnificent sermons which he preached at Court ; and he would not willingly have engaged in the controversial writing in which for the first time he set out the Anglican Church 's position in terms which European scholars could respect ; above all his Preces , even had they been written , would not have contained the breadth of experience , and the depth of feeling , based on that experience , which made them treasures of the Church . |
| 21 | Mr was completely wrong about the Labour amendment erm in fact he read out the wrong amendment altogether . |
| 22 | In 1717 he was appointed with Abraham Stanyan [ q.v. ] joint mediator at the Austro-Turkish peace congress at Passarowitz , a task he discharged ably the following year and for which he was well rewarded . |