Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [verb] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The interim parliament condemned him for acting contrary to the peace process , and for a gross violation of basic human rights ; Johnson had given an undertaking to Sawyer that he would desist from carrying out executions , after previous killings of rebels and civilians . |
| 2 | It is thought that the sound of the approaching steam train and the prevailing gale prevented him from being aware of the electric train 's presence . |
| 3 | The highly-athletic Lewis bagged him at 197 , stooping and clutching a low drive . |
| 4 | I have no idea what Satan 's personal appearance is like — if a spirit with virtually no personhood left can be said to have an appearance — but the divine drama knows him for what he is . |
| 5 | The friendly policeman looked him in the eye . |
| 6 | A year later another poll suggested that 65 per cent of the population of the occupied territories considered him to be insincere and hostile to Palestinian interests . |
| 7 | The tall man fixed him with his cold eyes . |
| 8 | If the failed attempt to oust him from Wadham in 1654 was the work of stricter puritans who suspected him of reducing Christianity to morality , so in the 1660s his ‘ club for comprehension ’ evoked the censure of high churchmen . |
| 9 | The haughty Servants meet him with a Frown . |
| 10 | Then he slipped into a deep sleep , and all at once the warm feeling of happiness deserted him and his stomach heaved as he recognised the same old nightmare returning : the walk along the jetty , the cruel hands dragging him to the edge , the utter helplessness as they lowered him into the icy water , the wave that broke over his head — and at last , that terrible choking sensation . |
| 11 | Despite Bob 's protestations that he was staying in the Presidential Suite , was trying to avoid fans , and was actually the ‘ BAWB DYLAN ’ , the callow youth grabbed him by the scruff of his ketchup-stained hooded to and sneered , ‘ Oh yeah , and I 'm the Prime Minister Of Ireland , so I am ’ . |
| 12 | There was a a s an Indian student came to and he was a prospective Labour candidate , but the Labour Party prevented him from being a candidate er because er his main theme in life was to try and get India free from you know the British Empire . |
| 13 | that 's still not it as much as er Robert Maxwell lost and seem , ca , see the Labour party nailing him for that , no you do n't because he was a head of a Labour party paper |
| 14 | The self-inflicted pain goaded him into a furious spasm , but as he strained and thrashed against the wicker walls in the darkness all he achieved was the sense that the basket had not yielded a millimetre . |
| 15 | Mr Galloway 's less abrasive contribution on the floor of the conference in support of greater autonomy for the Scottish party brought him into conflict with the Aberdeen North MP , Bob Hughes . |
| 16 | However , resentment from those who had learned the trade through the proper apprenticeship forced him into a debtors ' prison in 1738 . |
| 17 | The Public Prosecutor called him like a dog as he strode towards the door behind which a continuous threatening murmur could be heard . |
| 18 | Seeing that Teclis could not be dissuaded , the High Loremaster gifted him with the War Crown of Saphery and let him go . |
| 19 | When Adam was 9 , she took the brave decision to remove him from school because she thought he was being held back . |
| 20 | The turn of a key in the lock of the brown door stopped him in his tracks . |
| 21 | The familiar waste-land of the empty auditorium engulfed him with its seedy , oppressive presence . |
| 22 | After all , if the British government knifed him in the back when he was pursuing their patriotic interest , what was the point of going on ? |
| 23 | Acting on a French tip-off , the British police arrested him on 6 June 1931 , along with a young woman , Li Sam , described as his niece but more probably his mistress . |
| 24 | The idea that a free India would remain loyal to the British empire filled him with brilliant scorn . |
| 25 | Chain , exasperated by the British failure to provide him with adequate research facilities , migrated to Rome , but was retained as a consultant by Beecham 's at a time when the firm was rapidly developing its research facilities . |
| 26 | Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia refused the German Crown offered him by the Frankfurt Assembly because it was offered by ‘ Liberals and Jews ’ and because he felt his cousin in Vienna had a better claim . |
| 27 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 28 | ’ Sergeant Bramble made as if to speak , but the foreign person silenced him with a glance that would have iced coffee . |
| 29 | THE parents of murdered schoolteacher Fiona Jones want to meet the French Ambassador to tell him about their dissatisfaction with the result of the recent trial . |
| 30 | On his return from Scotland he had asked the French government to provide him with 18,000 men for a fresh attempt and had then visited Spain to seek help from Ferdinand VI , but , like Louis XV , the Spanish king was non-committal . |