Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | His role as chief mourner gave him a certain glamour . |
| 2 | Thirty-two years of professional conditioning left him no alternative . |
| 3 | He wore riding-gear and a bowler , a stick tucked underneath his arm , and his air of unhurried authority gave him a matchless glamour . |
| 4 | His unusual combination of financial expertise with millenarian enthusiasm gained him a place on the small council of state that administered the country until the Nominated Assembly ( or Barebone 's Parliament ) took over in July 1653 . |
| 5 | Both the scale of his operations and the degree of his specialization in financial business made him a unique figure in early Stuart England , though he did have a few other economic irons in the fire : among them , a share in the tobacco monopoly and the export of iron ordnance in the 1620s and huge purchases of East India Company pepper in 1623 and 1628 . |
| 6 | Charles 's attacks on modern architecture made him a hero of the silent majority . |