Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We found he had a whole store of out of door knowledge which he was quite ready to impart . |
| 2 | 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 |
| 3 | So he was operated on , and the vets found he had a misplaced colon , put it right and stitched him up . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Trepper was interrogated by the Gestapo and we believed he became a double agent , a lot of misinformation was received in Moscow . ’ |
| 6 | Theodora noticed he had a slight Norfolk accent and no trace of nervousness or pomposity . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | And he came he became a prominent Parliamentarian , perhaps in the thirties . |
| 10 | ‘ He did ever so well in that match , which showed he has a terrific attitude . |
| 11 | When she finished he gave a short laugh and bowed his head . |
| 12 | When at length she lifted her head and sniffed he produced a spotless hankie . |
| 13 | I soon discovered he had a natural feeling for poetry . |
| 14 | The jury heard he constructed a bogus defence claiming his wife was murdered by someone to whom she was supplying drugs . |
| 15 | Teesside Crown Court heard he suffered a black eye and cuts in the first attack . |
| 16 | I heard he saved a whole family during the Blitz . ’ |
| 17 | TONY FOSTER — NOW 42 — read chemistry at Oxford , decided he wanted a commercial career , joined ICI in the London sales office , then had two years as a Midlands sales rep selling chemicals for the Mond Division followed by three years as a product manager for sodium cyanide . |
| 18 | There followed more years of miscasting as a reporter , until the editor of the Sunday Express , John Rutherford Gordon [ q.v. ] , decided he needed a humorous column . |
| 19 | As my son had won one , this meant he suffered a great deal of embarrassment . |
| 20 | It sometimes meant he lived a hectic life , especially when the band were playing far from Leeds . |
| 21 | On the night he died he held a great banquet , a feast for his household , and invited Chief Justice Fortescue . |
| 22 | Williamson felt he had a special bond with Hitler , and even at times imagined aloud that he had spoken to him on that fateful Christmas day . |
| 23 | While his father , the great Constantine , had been content to confiscate temple treasuries and revenues , allowing the practices to continue , Constantius felt he had a pious obligation to destroy paganism , root and branch . |
| 24 | In June , Sacheverell started a lengthy progress through the midlands , on his way to take up a new living in Shropshire , and virtually everywhere he went he received a rapturous reception from the local inhabitants shouting " God Bless Doctor Sacheverell " . |
| 25 | I knew he had a private hope that some day he might make a book with them . |
| 26 | After 27 years at BTR 's electrical wholesaling subsidiary Newey & Eyre , 46-year-old Alan knew he had a worthwhile asset in his preserved pension and he wanted to be sure he got the best value . |
| 27 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
| 28 | The court held that the facts did not constitute robbery because the accused was not dishonest , because he thought he had a legal right to the money ( see the discussion of s.2(1) ( a ) above ) . |
| 29 | Harry thought he had a good deal to answer for . |
| 30 | That would have acted as a deterrent to any other doctor who thought he had a God-given right to take life . |