Example sentences of "[noun prp] he [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Ken he worked in the old Government Commission , which was tucked away in the back somewhere , until the present Government wound it up and the Cabinet Office took over its functions . |
| 2 | At the beginning of February he confessed to a whole list of ailments and obscure setbacks . |
| 3 | In Sacramento he began as an unworldly ideologue , but went on to become a pragmatist . |
| 4 | On I May he left for a Mediterranean cruise in the vain hope that this might cause an improvement . |
| 5 | In Leicestershire , the man who wishes to forget income-tax , hydrogen bombs and the relentless onward march of science walks the field-paths , to which special maps and guides are provided ; in Devon he takes to the deep lanes between the farms . |
| 6 | Throughout January he worked upon the third act of the play and . |
| 7 | Born in Scotland he started as a young full-back at Park Head … then after 200 games with Carlisle … he hit the big time with Spurs … that 's when he became pals with Hoddle … at 29 his English career was wrecked by injury … he helped pioneer soccer in the states and then came back home again to coach … |
| 8 | Following a spell in Romford he went to the new Walton Heath course in 1904 where he stayed until his death in 1950 , aged 80 . |
| 9 | Bodo and I had been watching a bodysurfing video starring Mark Cunningham , but when Ace found out I was writing some articles about the North Shore he insisted on an immediate full-scale press conference . |
| 10 | So in July he announced to the American public : " we intend to honour our commitments " ( to West Germany and West Berlin ) and called for a build-up of American forces . |
| 11 | When he reached Thomas Street he backed into a deep doorway to allow the boisterous crowd to pass by . |
| 12 | In October he flew at the first British flying meeting at Doncaster , and there he became a naturalized British subject . |
| 13 | you could n't do it , but he had every opportunity the other , the twin did to get through you know and he passed his City and Guilds , but Peter 's got on alright , the other son who 's got the factory , he 's , he 's busy got an electrical panels and all that he does , you know , he 's quite good and my other son he works , he used to work at Burnt Mill , and he now has moved to erm er Stansted , he works at Stansted he works in the big food depot , that used to be years ago and he works there , he 's been there ever since he left school , since except two , two years he had in the army you know for the conscription , but he 's been there erm ever since he was fourteen and he 's now about oh , forty something now he is , I 'm not quite sure of their ages , I get muddled up I 've got , eight , eight sons altogether , so , I 've got quite a family dear . |
| 14 | In Dayton he left behind a riskier life . |
| 15 | At the beginning of August he left for a two and a half months ' rest at sequestered Welsh and English houses . |
| 16 | Constable Laurie gave evidence that on 5th August he entered at the back door of 149 Chatham Street , that he received from her 1/9d. , and that she received from him a betting slip . |
| 17 | Bonar Law was prepared to make the right noises — in 1913 at Manchester he called for a positive social policy in Disraelian lines for " the swing of the pendulum is not enough " , but he would give no more active support . |
| 18 | In the RAF he played for a representative Welsh side with a famous senior International , Bleddyn Williams . |
| 19 | During his time in Lewes he prayed in a converted pigsty and gave the chance to young Christians to live in his house while developing their faith . |
| 20 | Rabin had been army Chief of Staff during the 1967 war , and Prime Minister from 1973 until 1977 , when in April he resigned as the Labour Party 's election candidate for the premiership and the Labour Party lost the ensuing general election [ see pp. 28533-38 ] . |
| 21 | The week before they were going to Dublin he went with the two girls and Rose to Boles in the town . |
| 22 | To Charlie he said in a confidential tone , ‘ Strange people the Australians . |
| 23 | On his return to Havana the following June he enrolled in the Communist Youth . |