Example sentences of "[coord] he [vb past] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | When the Party conference began at Brighton in October 1935 , opinion in the Party had hardened against Lansbury and Cripps.Lansbury 's support for pacifism received only 102,000 votes and he resigned from the parliamentary leadership . |
| 32 | He hated pomp and humbug , and he resigned from the National Academy of Sciences because he found that they spent most of their time deciding which other scientists should be admitted to the Academy . |
| 33 | He was supposed to deliver a bull to the district officer , it was about three weeks ago , and he decided at the last moment to replace the bull with another one . |
| 34 | The remains of the sculpture slipped through his arms , and he sank onto the sharp iron prong . |
| 35 | The uncertainty blossomed into fear again , and he cringed before the icy whiplash of Curtis 's tongue , as he continued scathingly , ‘ You know somethin' else ? |
| 36 | But now it was all over and he sat in the big armchair as dawn lightened the front windows and gave thanks , with a cup of coffee , to the Child of Prague high on the opposite wall . |
| 37 | Ashton continued creating roles for him in Birthday Offering , Monotones and Ondine Act III , and he excelled as the Blue Boy in Les Patineurs . |
| 38 | Feldstein told Holly at what time they went over to the Kitchen for the evening 's food and he spoke of the compulsory attendance afterwards at the Political Education Unit . |
| 39 | On his feet were huge settee springs and he bounced onto the grassy ground then high into the air and back over the wall again . |
| 40 | Jezrael gripped his fingers fiercely and he slid along the padded bench until he was beside her and she wept into the haven of his shoulder . |
| 41 | Somes 's prominence and wealth led him to develop an interest in the colonies , and he invested in the Western Australian Company , the North American Colonization Society of Ireland , and , above all , the New Zealand Company . |
| 42 | Stuart had typically picked a trolley with one locked wheel , and he emerged from the tender scrutiny of the douaniers in a comic curve , his uncertain course hymned by Gillian 's indulgent laughter and his trolley 's maundering squeak . |
| 43 | He added that the USA would double its assistance to black South Africans to US$80,000,000 for housing , economic development and education programmes , and he called on the international community to support the process of political change . |
| 44 | We quickly downed ours and he called for the same again . |
| 45 | But he was tt er a twist hand in the hosiery trade , making socks , and he worked in the last mobile , not mobile , er mechanical stocking manufacturers , owned by my uncle , Mr Frank , in Street and th what we used to called Street . |
| 46 | Jim Keeble , also an ex Boy Entrant , was posted to Watton in 1954 as a Senior Aircraftsman ( SAC ) Radar Mechanic and he worked in the Special Radio Servicing Flight ( SRSF ) . |
| 47 | Yes and he worked in the High Street and er he what would you say suppose that 's the proper word . |
| 48 | It checks its own oil , checks its own petrol and watch this … ’ and he flicked on the high-powered air-conditioning . |
| 49 | On 9 October I went to see Macmillan in the nursing home and he talked about the future leadership . |
| 50 | We have the president of the board of trade and industry making a stirring speech and saying that four hundred and forty proposals as a result of the booklet called cutting red tape were either being implemented or under active consideration and he talked about the explanatory guide to the bill , the new scrutiny committee that might be set up in each house , he spoke about the business task forces that had made over six hundred recommendations the debate I thought heralded was er er I thought the debate heralded er er a new age where over zealous officialdom would be a thing of the past . |
| 51 | Tim was taller and broader and he leaned towards the old man like a creature caught in the instant of springing on its quarry . |
| 52 | She slithered to one side of the bed , and he moved through the gilded air , angling his body down to hers . |
| 53 | ‘ May the Lord bless you and keep you … ’ and he reeled off the whole benediction , still clinging to my hand . |
| 54 | And he pointed to the nearest cow . |
| 55 | We have never had a more dangerous enemy than the one who is lying out there ’ — and he pointed to the great marsh that was all round us . |
| 56 | She went to the window , that window , ’ and he pointed to the french windows that led out on to the terrace . |
| 57 | " No you were n't , you were fast asleep , and he turned to the young officer and enquired : " Did you see him asleep , Sir ? " |
| 58 | Primarily a national vegetable judge , he was more than happy to cast his expert eye over the quality field of spring flowers and he commented on the high standard achieved by the village . |
| 59 | Lynsey 's grandfather was Dr James McVicker from Ballymoney , and he toured with the British Lions rugby side that went to South Africa in 1924 . |
| 60 | Waterworth still wanted to fight , claimed Mr Prescott and he stood between the two men trying to get his girlfriend back into the pub . |