Example sentences of "[num] he [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1821 and 1842 he took out five patents , one of them for a ‘ suspension railway ’ which was tried out unsuccessfully in Cheshunt , and two relating to a system of constructing roofs and bridge decks in corrugated wrought or cast iron , which was for a time quite extensively used . |
| 2 | Between November 1885 and February 1913 he took out nine patents , eight relating to locomotive engines and one for ‘ an improved egg-opener ’ . |
| 3 | In the thirties he took up abstract painting then in 1942 he was commissioned as a war artist , painting the bombed Coventry Cathedral . |
| 4 | In the thirties he took up abstract painting then in 1942 he was commissioned as a war artist , painting the bombed Coventry Cathedral . |
| 5 | In 1955 he gave up on-course bookmaking . |