Example sentences of "[vb past] he [prep] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sheffield went ahead after 30 minutes when Gage knocked the ball past Allen as he burst into the goalmouth and , though Walker parried both his shot and Deane 's follow-up , Deane beat him at the third attempt . |
| 2 | If he races on Saturday New Level will line up against the much fancied Ringa Hustle and the dog which beat him in the last round , Apres Soleil , which is on offer at 80–1 . |
| 3 | To cover the fact that she had far too many feelings altogether , she ignored him for the first part of the morning . |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't want you to be neglected , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 5 | ‘ Not today , thank you , ’ I told him for the umptieth time . |
| 6 | ‘ Not before time , ’ Stevie remarked , as Patrick joined him on the 17th tee . |
| 7 | The man heard or sensed him at the last moment and turned with his hands coming up to a fighting stance but Maxim feinted through them and hit him low in the stomach . |
| 8 | So , ‘ Goodnight , Ven , ’ she bade him for a third time , only this time she stretched up to him and touched her lips to his cheek . |
| 9 | She followed him to the third floor , then along the gallery to a closed door . |
| 10 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 11 | The quarrel between faith and unbelief touched him for the first time and unsettled his mind . |
| 12 | Come and clean my windows and I owed him from the last time . |
| 13 | As he unhesitatingly obeyed , she watched him , really examined him for the first time in their acquaintance . |
| 14 | The trial of Marion Barry , 54 , Mayor of Washington DC , ended on Aug. 10 when , after eight days of deliberation , the jury convicted him on one count of possessing cocaine but acquitted him on a second charge of possession . |
| 15 | Maisie grabbed his arm and steered him towards the next gallery . |
| 16 | I rang Prentice as I could n't think how to put it off any longer , and got him at the second number he 'd left . |
| 17 | He was promoted warrant officer in the RNAS and then , in 1918 , the Royal Flying Corps commissioned him as a second lieutenant . |
| 18 | That his clothes hugged him like a second skin , hiding nothing . |
| 19 | Thomas Poole the younger had been born into comfortable West Somerset obscurity in 1765 , and gave little sign to those who met him for the first time of the great gifts of character and intellect which he possessed . |
| 20 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 21 | I met him for the first time ever when he took over the leadership of the party from the recently deceased Hugh Gaitskell in February 1963 . |
| 22 | met him for the first time I think and erm |
| 23 | You will remember that we met him in the last commercial . |
| 24 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 25 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
| 26 | As a former winner at Dornoch ( 1985 ) , where nobody took him beyond the 16th green , Garth has the right credentials for a marathon week 's work — sound legs and wind , a good nerve , great concentration , and all the shots for a course that will test the strong and mock the timid . |
| 27 | She saw him at the first lecture , and thrilled at his cultured voice . |
| 28 | The Campbells were waiting to greet him in the hall , and Elizabeth saw him for the first time . |
| 29 | It was then that she really saw him for the first time and the blood began to sing in her ears . |
| 30 | When I saw him for the first time , I fell in love with him at once . |