Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had decided it was not a subject for honest men , and had gone on to history , where he had developed a real interest in local history and a talent for getting old working-class men and women talking about the customs and social conditions of their childhood . |
| 2 | Where he had felt a little pang — outside , horse-held , self-wrapt — now , delighted by the truculence of her conversation , he was ravenous . |
| 3 | He found Joseph in the Hungerford area , where he had rented a small farm . |
| 4 | He 'd stayed there ( ‘ in Didcart ’ ) much longer than he 'd intended ; and when finally he tore himself away from the Cornish Riviera and the Torbay Express he 'd walked back to Didcot Parkway Station at about five o'clock , and caught the next train back to Oxford , where he 'd , er , where he 'd had a quick drink in the Station Buffet . |
| 5 | Mark , whom I have already quoted in my discussion of the lab work , was a final-year student at A who , although he had obtained A level grades of AAAB , eventually failed his degree . |
| 6 | But although he had mustered a large army the siege went badly for him . |
| 7 | Although he had had a distinguished military record as a young man , he was sixty-two and had been engaged in predominantly civil duties for the previous twenty years . |
| 8 | Although he 's got a good job so Pam said I do n't know why he 's got in that problem . |
| 9 | Although he has provoked a strong reaction among a sector of the community where one would have thought his support would have been strongest , Father Morrow is still determined to press on with his case . |
| 10 | Although he has had a good response from his three other beers , production is still only two barrels a week . |
| 11 | Although he has found a new cutting edge to his game , after managing just five goals in his previous 104 league games , it is as a creator that Alex Ferguson most cherishes him . |
| 12 | There was no confirmation of an agency report that Erich Honecker , the East German leader , might resign , although he has postponed a planned visit to Denmark . |
| 13 | Mercy wants to say , of course , that Cruelty in this god-governed universe is going to be defeated by Mercy , so he 's got a technical problem . |
| 14 | Operations director Alan Brown has been with the company since 1969 , as chef , manager and director , so he has built a long-standing relationship with many of our clients . |
| 15 | So the , the upshot of it all , is he 's banned for two races , but this is a susp suspended erm , ban over two months , er er , over six months rather , so it means that if he 's a good boy over the next six months he wo n't miss any races at all , so he has had a lucky escape . |
| 16 | For someone she had met only once he had had a remarkable impact on her . |
| 17 | Once he had recovered a little strength he ended his address with a quotation from Archbishop Leighton : " " How small a commotion , small in its beginning , may prove the overturning of the greatest kingdom ! |
| 18 | Once he has persuaded a certain colleague in the States to sell it to him . |
| 19 | The buyer is entitled to the return of his money in full provided he has suffered a total failure of consideration , i.e. has received no benefit under the contract , Fibrosa Spolka Akcyjna v. Fairbunt Lawson Combe Barbour Ltd. ( 1943 H.L. ) . |
| 20 | He waited until he had collected a large number of observations of the fact that he was fed at 9 a.m. , and he made these observations under a wide variety of circumstances , on Wednesdays and Thursdays , on warm days and cold days , on rainy days and dry days . |
| 21 | Fen waited until he had negotiated a narrow stretch of the canal and a close encounter with another boat . |
| 22 | Not until he had negotiated a sudden hazard up ahead ; then , apparently seeing no reason why she should n't have an answer , he replied , ‘ I 've a brother living in Prague . ’ |
| 23 | Then he fiddled with the controls until he had produced a clear sound that was audible even over the wind . |
| 24 | He will not reveal details of his method of preservation until he has published a scientific paper on the matter . |
| 25 | That is a question I am afraid that is impossible to answer at this stage , that wo n't be known until he 's had a thorough investigation by the surgeons at the hospital who er probably wo n't be able to answer that for a day or two yet . |
| 26 | ‘ Not exactly the Spaniard who blighted my life , but he looked like he 'd blighted a good few others . ’ |
| 27 | The barman looked like he 'd had a long day 's journey into night , although the monocle and the silk smoking-jacket were as natty as ninepence . |
| 28 | But he did it with a warming smile and a ready assumption of her allegiance and willingness , more as if he had asked a small current courtesy of his wife than given an order to a servant . |
| 29 | If he had consulted a Green candidate , he would have been told that even the other parties ' policies are not tough enough in theory let alone practice . |
| 30 | The stranger 's clothes were dusty and muddy , as if he had travelled a long way . |