Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was altogether typical of him that his unshakeable beliefs should prevent him continuing to serve in the Government once the Anglo-Irish agreement was signed . |
| 2 | The committee decided not to summon him , according to Chaplin , when they heard he planned to appear in the costume , boots and battered bowler of the Chaplin tramp . |
| 3 | In fact , de Valera and the civil servants he appointed to assist in the work , consulted Irish theologians on matters of society and church — state relations ( Longford and O'Neill 1970 : 295–6 ; Whyte 1980 : 379 ; Keogh 1987 ; Faughnan 1988 ) . |
| 4 | If he was a difficult friend , he could also be a loyal one — the most notable example , of course , is that of Ezra Pound whom he continued to support and defend even though it meant that he became embroiled in the kind of public controversy which he detested . |
| 5 | He became absorbed in the task , grumbling at the stiffness of the holding screws . |
| 6 | Nuttall 's happening did n't go as expected , when he became jammed in the bath in which he had placed himself , and Latham fainted while trying to drag him out . |
| 7 | In response the Syrian-based Seljuk dynasty fought back , especially through the exploits of the Kurd Salah al-Din ( Saladdin as he became known in the West ) who himself took Egypt establishing his own Ayyubid dynasty in 1171 . |
| 8 | Even though his period in Calcutta was extremely brief , for he was forced to retire in 1906 after a breakdown , he became celebrated in the West and in India for ‘ preaching ’ the greatness of Indian art with fervour that bordered on fanaticism . |
| 9 | In 1825 and 1827 Hill founded , successively , continuing local associations of the Church Missionary Society and of the Society for Promoting Christianity among the Jews , effectively advancing each as its active secretary until he ceased to reside in the university . |
| 10 | He held the office until his death although he ceased to officiate in the House of Lords at the dissolution of Parliament in March 1629 . |
| 11 | I mean people were dying , men were dying , my brother died , he got killed in the War , pe every day you went to work and somebody would tell you , So and so 's died , you remember so and so , he 's died . |
| 12 | He got kicked in the head by his own player Mike Whitlow there but I do n't think he 'll mind because er it all contributed to the goal . |
| 13 | I think he got punched in the head . |
| 14 | GERALD MALONE , official Conservative was appointed by the Winchester branch of the party as their prospective candidate some 18 months ago , since when he has lived in the area . |
| 15 | Over the years he has appeared in The Stone Boy , The Outsiders , Rumblefish , The Cotton Club , Paradise Alley and , most memorably , as the down-and-out DJ in Jim Jarmusch 's Down By Law and the jinked hobo in Hector Babenco 's Ironweed . |
| 16 | When Iago outlines his plan to regain Othello 's respect through the intervention of Desdemona , Cassio is grateful : The point that this sequence establishes is that Cassio , like Roderigo before him , and like Othello , and Desdemona after him , trusts Iago and believes that he has appeared in the nick of time , solely in order to help him . |
| 17 | ‘ I am one of those people ’ , he has said in the past , ’ who must take exercise not only to be able to give of my best , but just to survive — I mean , I ca n't function without it . |
| 18 | He has said in the past that industry chiefs should restrain pay increases . |
| 19 | Mr Court was a principal architect of this Society as it is today and I am grateful for this opportunity to pay tribute to the very considerable part he has played in the development of the Society over the past 16 years . |
| 20 | But his full-bottomed wig he has kept in the hope that his barrister son , also Bernard , will one day need it as a QC . |
| 21 | Then , in the last part of the day , he should revise what he has composed in the morning … |
| 22 | He has demonstrated in the laboratory that this is the highest obtainable by heating zinc ore with copper . |
| 23 | I enjoy the actual hunt in the same way that a fisherman enjoys casting his fly or bait near a fish that he has seen in the hope of catching it . |
| 24 | I take this opportunity to pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for all the work that he has done in the past two and a half years to improve the future and administration of Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | In the reflection phase , the learner stands back and looks at what he has done in the investment phase . |
| 26 | He has , though , had to adapt his style the more he has progressed in the game . |
| 27 | These feelings tend to be transitory but some patients remain psychologically disturbed for many years and , in a few psychological difficulties develop in the convalescent period which were not apparent during the acute episode.While these problems can sometimes be anticipated in hospital on the basis of the patient 's reaction to his illness , and any premorbid difficulties which he has encountered in the past , a better idea of his potential can be gained by following him during the convalescent period to observe how he copes with the various stresses and strains which he encounters during this time . |
| 28 | To do this he must assure himself that , on the day he is nominated as a candidate , he is 21 years of age or over , a British subject or a citizen of the Irish Republic and either that his name is on the register of electors in the local government area for which he intends to stand as a candidate , or that he has resided in the area ( or , in the case of a parish or community , within three miles of the area ) for a period of one year , or that he has occupied as owner or tenant land in the area for one year , or that his principal or only place of work has been in the area for one year . |
| 29 | I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip-Northwood ( Mr. Wilkinson ) for the close interest he has taken in the case of his constituent , Mr. Frank Brand . |
| 30 | Finally , since the buyer is also anxious not to exclude any of his rights implied at common law or under the SGA in addition to the express rights which he has included in the contract , he makes it absolutely clear that all such implied rights will also apply to the contract . |