Example sentences of "he apply the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He applied the flannel repeatedly , then wound it around her tender joint and fastened it again with the safety-pin .
2 Then he applied the lash to the horse 's flank , and we were off at speed .
3 The last fish he had landed was a magnificent sea-trout weighing 6lb and , as he applied the priest , he was telling his companions about a similar fish , caught by his father in the dim and distant past : ‘ A beautiful fish , gentlemen , just like this one is . ’
4 He applied the term ‘ Luminiferous Ether ’ to the formative substrate .
5 One of these visions is that of the Indian Aurobindo in which he applied the theory of evolution to the cosmos .
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