Example sentences of "[num] [noun] he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Livermore said : ‘ For 70 minutes he showed tremendous enthusiasm . |
| 2 | Clayton 's development as a photographer had accelerated at a rapid pace and within 12 months he won 12 awards , including : |
| 3 | In his 1991 paper he reviews subsequent studies and states that ‘ there seems little reason to alter this interpretation at present ’ ( Deffenbacher , 1991 , p.388 ) . |
| 4 | In August 1920 , almost by chance , he was attached for a year to the small peacetime signal intelligence organization in London , and was then posted to Simla in India , where for eight years he performed cipher-breaking duties with remarkable success . |
| 5 | For the first three years he endured abject misery . |
| 6 | Gower , who averaged 50 in the three Tests he played this summer and 44 throughout his Test career said : ‘ To say I am disappointed is an understatement . |
| 7 | On 18 January he circularized all sections of the Labour Party and the Press , and launched into a revived campaign for the Peace Alliance . |
| 8 | In 3 years he launched 5 AI initiatives and identified 8 or 9 other possible applications . |
| 9 | If he said five shillings he meant five shillings and not four and sixpence . |
| 10 | The site manager said : ‘ At one point he wanted hand-made mahogany shelves either side of the fireplace in the lounge to house his compact discs and other hi-fi equipment . |
| 11 | Every five years he called all souls to judgement to determine whether they were worthy to continue their lives on earth . |
| 12 | During the next five years he travelled –40,000 kilometres and visited 45 different countries . |
| 13 | Over the next five years he tried both options . |
| 14 | Over the first five years he introduced new locomotive designs and continued the development of the main-line ‘ Pacific ’ type , incorporating detailed improvements pioneered by George Jackson Churchward [ q.v. ] of the Great Western , whose work he greatly admired . |
| 15 | One day he brought disturbing news . |
| 16 | One day he met some sea canoeists who had crossed Luce Bay . |
| 17 | While I was talking to Metsola one day he swallowed some medicine . |
| 18 | At one extreme he feared communist adventurism in the Far East , and at the other a resurgence of isolationism among the American public once the Soviets had acquired a significant nuclear capability targeted on the United States . |
| 19 | One morning he decided any pupil caught saying the word ‘ shrubbery' ’ was to be punished . |
| 20 | One morning he packed 47 boxes . |
| 21 | For one thing he needed hard evidence , and to get it he would have to show his hand . |
| 22 | One weekend he bought two postcards of the Adam 's Creek power station at night ( they were the only postcards there were ) and sat down at his rickety table by the window with a pen . |
| 23 | For one year he had intensive treatment , with the physiotherapist and speech therapist attending his home three times a week . |
| 24 | By January 1315 he was a knight of the royal household and in the next two years he received various grants of lands , wardships , and money . |
| 25 | For four years he led beaver-trapping expeditions along the Snake with increasing success , while the Nez Perce warriors confined themselves to fleecing the less provident of Mackenzie 's Iroquois henchmen . |
| 26 | Desmond was one of those dominant husbands who knew that on one or two issues he faced adamantine resistance , and understood when to give in . |
| 27 | On two occasions he joined large dinner parties designed to raise money for particular charities and I witnessed him reduced to slumping over the table on folded arms , where he remained comatose until gently removed at the end of the meal . |
| 28 | After walking for about 20 minutes he saw two red pinpoints ahead of him , the tail-lights of a car . |
| 29 | On 20 December he sent six pieces of cloth of gold to the abbess and convent at Fontevrault , which he had recently visited . |
| 30 | In the 400 event he beat fellow Scot Iain Duffus and Adrian Archibald , and in the final 600 race Simpson was followed home by Alan Irwin and Duffus . |