Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] he for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fixed his mind on a rule his father had given him for public speaking : Get a vague plan and then say anything that comes into your head . |
| 2 | Nothing in his many years ' service had prepared him for this sort of situation . |
| 3 | Delaunay felt that the basis of his art was ‘ simultaneous ’ contrasts of colour , a concept which he adopted from Chevreul , whose colour theory had interested him for some time . |
| 4 | GULF War hero Paul Butler , who saw two pals killed in the American ‘ friendly fire ’ attack , went berserk when he heard his wife had left him for another man . |
| 5 | His mother had nagged him for some time about entering his lodger 's room . |