Example sentences of "[num] [noun] he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working on his idea in his kitchen for about five or six years he got his first crude image in 1938 . |
| 2 | Secure in the backing of an army corps and a party in Madrid the king refused to recognize the authority of the Regency ; on 4 May he published his first decree declaring the work of the Cortes null and void and adopting a modification of the Persian programme . |
| 3 | At one point he describes his two colleagues as cheerfully admitting that they could not write very well . |
| 4 | On one occasion he sent his faithful valet , La Tour , to procure four waterfront prostitutes . |
| 5 | One day he saw them both through the window of a hotel bar when he was sitting on a bus in Shaftesbury Avenue . |
| 6 | One day he missed his charming bride ; |
| 7 | On the one hand he saw his own suspicions mirrored in the Bishop 's eyes , on the other Wishart realised that such an interview might alienate the French and cause more trouble than it was worth . |
| 8 | On one hand he disliked its American disdain for Marxism , on the other what he identified as an English druggy self-indulgence . |
| 9 | In its four quarters he kept his four ‘ wives ’ , each totally oblivious of the others , until sheer misfortune led to his discovery and his just deserts . |
| 10 | On 20 March he had his first official invitation to dine at the Tuileries , where he was seated next to the Empress . |
| 11 | For 54 years he directed his own wine firm and , at around 80 years of age , launched the London Wine Exchange . |