Example sentences of "[subord] he [adv] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 He was a scholar at both the King 's School , Canterbury ( 1903–7 ) , and Lincoln College , Oxford ( 1907–11 ) , although he only obtained a second class in modern history ( 1911 ) .
2 He does not mind being the butt of his colleagues ' jokes because he always has the last laugh .
3 Spreadbury , on his first trip to the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Bank-sponsored tournament , was the subject of an official protest after he inadvertently allowed the first half of a quarter-final match to overrun by 1½ minutes — a long way beyond the regulation seven minutes .
4 Meanwhile , Tom McKean was relieved to avoid one of his familiar acts of self-destruction as he successfully negotiated the first hurdle of his quest for gold in the 800m .
5 To make it worse , I think Paul had gone three shots ahead , at eight-under as he again played the first nine well .
  Next page