Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During his years in London Rambush expanded his knowledge into the field of chemical processing , continuing his studies at Battersea Polytechnic under Professor J. W. Hinchley , who invited him to become a founding member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers in 1922 . |
| 2 | When Tom Webster drew him wearing a knee-length sweater , he ensured that , thereafter , all his sweaters were oversized . |
| 3 | But when Patrick found him scoffing a large tea in the Royalbion marquee that was not the reason for his jubilation . |
| 4 | We found he had a whole store of out of door knowledge which he was quite ready to impart . |
| 5 | Carl Howard says he took it up at school and won … went on to county level and won and just found he had a natural talent … he 's always enjoyed sprinting and athletics |
| 6 | So he was operated on , and the vets found he had a misplaced colon , put it right and stitched him up . |
| 7 | Creed told him to take a right turn , down a narrow track that led towards the ocean . |
| 8 | While he ate and listened , the telephone rang three times on minor parish business and Flora badgered him to read a pious poem she had just written which began : |
| 9 | At the very height of the paroxysm , he made a movement with his knee which caused him to give a great cry which she , lost in the abandon of the moment , construed as passion , but was in fact a loud , animal yelp of pain . |
| 10 | His hair , which he had cut himself in one of the gales of thrift that blew up in him every few weeks , kept getting into his eyes and caused him to see a charming rainbow when he stood under a street lamp to look up at Sam 's room — something he had done too often . |
| 11 | He was the landlord of the Dowlais ironworks , in the 1840s the largest ironworks in the world , and his paltry returns from the Dowlais lease caused him to drive a hard bargain with those seeking the coal of his estate . |
| 12 | For no earthly reason you caused him to believe a monstrous lie . " |
| 13 | One such affront , to the Archduke of Austria , later cost him his freedom and caused him to suffer a long imprisonment from which he was only freed at huge expense — much of which was raised by his neglected kingdom of England . |
| 14 | But it still prevented him getting a serious head injury . |
| 15 | He was not without talent , though , said Joe , and he advised him to join a local theatre group to get some experience now that the studio training scheme had been abolished . |
| 16 | Mr Chambers ' solicitor advised him to try a medium-sized London firm . |
| 17 | It was the Foreign Office 's reluctance to upset the entente with France by pressing too hard on the Congo issue which first convinced Morel of the baneful effects of traditional diplomacy , and provoked him to develop a coherent critique of what he later called ‘ the intrigues and imbecilities of professional diplomats . ’ |
| 18 | The scenario has left Lewis , who believed he had a cast iron agreement to fight Bowe or Holyfield after his stunning knockout of Razor Ruddock a fortnight ago , thinking he 's a victim of another Bruno panto script . |
| 19 | Trepper was interrogated by the Gestapo and we believed he became a double agent , a lot of misinformation was received in Moscow . ’ |
| 20 | Theodora noticed he had a slight Norfolk accent and no trace of nervousness or pomposity . |
| 21 | I noticed he had a slight limp ; I recalled the attack on me the previous day and the wounds I had unwittingly inflicted , but decided to keep the matter to myself . |
| 22 | Levi did n't look at the leaderboard from the 7th hole until he was on the fairway at the 13th , when he noticed he held a two-shot lead . |
| 23 | And he came he became a prominent Parliamentarian , perhaps in the thirties . |
| 24 | She encouraged him to try a small amount of soft food and to take nourishing foods such as soups . |
| 25 | It also allowed him to include a wide range of ‘ non-sacred ’ ideas and images which colour our lives from the cradle to the grave , not least those of loving and sexuality . |
| 26 | Dubček 's undoing was supposing that his personal stature allowed him to adopt a creative notion of his responsibilities and depart from the orthodox notion of these things . |
| 27 | In front of Fraser , Ramsay himself had to be more restrained than he would have wished , but at least Agnes 's cheerful kisses allowed him to bestow a like greeting on her sister , Fraser looking on somewhat askance . |
| 28 | The opinion polls showed him lagging a long way behind the front-runners and suggested that he was going to fare very poorly in the New Hampshire contest . |
| 29 | ‘ He did ever so well in that match , which showed he has a terrific attitude . |
| 30 | For a moment she thought he was going to slam the phone down , then she heard him give a deep sigh . |