Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In sampling and inspecting water quality he is his own agent to decide where and when he goes to pick up a sample . |
| 2 | He was probably one of the first to discover the principle of electrotyping by depositing copper electrolytically on to an engraved copper plate , but , as with many of his other inventions and discoveries , he failed to take out a patent and most of the benefits were reaped by others . |
| 3 | Driving with considerable power , he failed to get over a ball of fullish length , giving Wessels a stinging catch at mid-on . |
| 4 | Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea . |
| 5 | He tried to bite back a laugh , but the grin would not be entirely suppressed . |
| 6 | Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost . |
| 7 | As a teenager , he helped set up a cricket club . |
| 8 | ‘ He has gone down a treat with the members , who have a lot of affection for him , ’ he said . |
| 9 | Most important of all he has run down a number of performances previously unknown . |
| 10 | For the past 20 years he has sent out a nature news sheet every few weeks , detailing his observations of birds , butterflies and flowers , illustrated with his own hand coloured drawings . |
| 11 | He has built up a reputation for naïvely self-important pronouncements on the state of the world and for a determined shunning of personal publicity , but circumstances force him to stand by his words when the Evallonian Royalists seek his support . |
| 12 | He has taken on a personality , like those crackpots who claim to have been reincarnated , from another culture . |
| 13 | At first Minton felt he was too involved with things to get away : ‘ As for Dimbulb Verrico , ’ he told Hunt , ‘ he has taken out a licence to marry his motorbicycle , and I have not seen him since you left … |
| 14 | Accordingly , he has drawn up a document outlining his position on negotiations which he means to make public , so the people are fully apprised of the proposals that would be on the table . |
| 15 | He added : ‘ He vehemently opposes active regional policies , he has wound up a lot of the government 's aid to the North and during his term as Industry Secretary he has done nothing to create new technology and skills or back new firms and enterprise in Hartlepool . ’ |
| 16 | It 's one topic where he has figured out a way of linking present to past that really gets fourth-years moving . |
| 17 | The Shy One hardly ever speaks , partly due to nerves but more usually because he thinks more slowly than his colleagues , and by the time he has thought out a contribution someone else has already said it . |
| 18 | In Peter 's case he has put down a marker for next year , when he will still be young enough to try . |
| 19 | He has set up a Capital Works Co-ordination Team , led by Murdo Gray who will report through David McGuigan . |
| 20 | He has set up a centre for research into equine exercise physiology and equine sports injury at Bristol University College which hopefully will increase our understanding of equine sports injuries . |
| 21 | He has set up a pirate radio station in his bedroom , where he talks to the disaffected youth of his neighbourhood under the guise of Happy Harry Hard-On . |
| 22 | Such is Mitterrand 's passion for golf that he has set up a Commission Ministerielle de terminologie du sport . |
| 23 | He has set up a science and technology management group within the DoI which coordinates the work of its different divisions . |
| 24 | He 's just a bit , he needs to calm down a bit cos he 's not got , he 's got quite a nice face . |
| 25 | He wants to hammer out a way of relating its rather unexciting research sponsorship to the need to foster collaborative research on new ideas in European industry . |
| 26 | ‘ This , ’ he says slapping down a copy of THE FACE — bare-chested Marky Mark on its cover — with an air of triumphalism , ‘ is more homoerotic than our pictures ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I could n't understand why he 'd given up a job he clearly loved to come back here . ’ |
| 28 | Word spread : Osvaldo had died of malaria ; he 'd been shot in the back by X. Ray ; he 'd fallen down a cliff . |
| 29 | He 'd mapped out a route for them , and given it to her to follow . |
| 30 | He 'd kept back a portion of corned beef for the purpose . |