Example sentences of "he [verb] a [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E needs a good romp in the fields , ’ and he looked at Willie , and I reckon you do an' all , he thought . |
| 2 | As a young man he had a prophetic revelation that led him to preach a new faith in place of the prevailing polytheism . |
| 3 | Theo , ever-helpful , arranged for him to meet a Dutch artist in Brussels , Anthon van Rappard , a young man in his early twenties . |
| 4 | But when Patrick found him scoffing a large tea in the Royalbion marquee that was not the reason for his jubilation . |
| 5 | He had recently shown interest when Paramount wanted him to play a homosexual murderer in a drama called The Witness , to be directed by Milos Forman . |
| 6 | He called for new legislation to allow him to appoint a new justice in addition to each one who had reached the age of 70 ( up to a limit of six new justices ) . |
| 7 | In one instance , it was believed in the family that one sister had visited their father during his final illness and had persuaded him to make a new will in her favour , directing his hand as he signed it . |
| 8 | Certainly he never became an outstanding dancer , but as a performer he did have a feeling for movement and character that enabled him to make a theatrical impact in some roles not needing much technique or classical style . |
| 9 | Although he made a partial recovery in 1926 , he could only conduct the One-Year course at Wells , where he lived . |
| 10 | He made a disgusted noise in the back of his throat and looked away from her . |
| 11 | After only playing a couple of games for the Anglo-Scots , due to injury , he made a successful impact in the ‘ B ’ game at Murrayfield , where the back row went well enough to be picked en block for the Reds , the junior side in the Scottish trial . |
| 12 | Underlining the British government 's commitment to link aid and democratic practices , he made a strong statement in favour of multiparty democracy , but appeared to hold back from criticism of Kenya 's human rights record , saying at a press conference that " when you look at other countries in Africa , Kenya 's record is good " . |
| 13 | ‘ He made a serious noise in the Gold Cup and was operated on . |
| 14 | He made a useful start in helping his club to victory in the Cardiff High School Old Boys Sevens where they beat a Nationwide VII 40–14 in the final . |
| 15 | Rudd admits that he made a big mistake in designing an H16 engine , a layout previously used only in aviation , for the new three-litre formula in 1966 . |
| 16 | He made a quiet debut in 1959 in Pilote , a comic magazine , and a book was published in 1961 . |
| 17 | The caressing hand stilled , as he stared down into her face , reading the message of its new and raw vulnerability , and he made a harsh sound in his throat . |
| 18 | For one who was nervous with aristocrats , it was unusual that he made a special friend in the diocese of the hereditary lay leader of the Anglo-Catholics in England : the Earl of Halifax at Garrowby , whom he would have preferred to Churchill as a war leader . |
| 19 | He made a special entry in his journal about ten unemployed men marching from Bootle to London , with seven who were going from London to Leeds ; they stayed for one night and were provided with tea and breakfast . |
| 20 | He lived a great deal in his fantasies and he enjoyed these . |
| 21 | Therefore , in the bleak aftermath of war , he lived a hand-to-mouth existence in the less attractive areas of London . |
| 22 | The idea which has swallowed Kirillov is suicide , not suicide for the common cause of the quintet as Dostoevsky first proposed , but to achieve a metaphysical and religious purpose ; and thus he plays a big part in the transformation of a neat political generation-gap story into a larger , more complicated object . |
| 23 | From his position at the Paris museum , he promulgated a new approach in which animals would be classified not by their external appearance but by internal resemblances that could only be revealed by dissection . |
| 24 | He consulted a dun-coloured file in front of him . |
| 25 | Without any proper party organisation he fought a brilliant campaign in 1965 , canvassing the French throughout August ‘ on every beach from Dunkirk to Menton ’ . |
| 26 | Mr Ebbert warned that the company would have to continue operating at reduced output levels for the immediate future , even though he expected a modest improvement in total UK new car sales this year — a rise of perhaps about 7 per cent to 1.7 million . |
| 27 | He announced a significant improvement in city-wide maths scores in 1991 , a decline in the drop-out rate from 20.8% to 17.2% which at least made a bad situation less appalling . |
| 28 | It was the great fire of London in 1666 which gave him his opening , however , and he became a prominent figure in the rebuilding of the city over the next decade . |
| 29 | In 1926 he became a commissioned officer in the Salvation Army , a commission he resigned in 1944 when his interest in spiritual matters had developed beyond the bounds of Salvationism . |
| 30 | He was undermanager ( 1841 ) and manager ( 1844 ) at Monkwearmouth , then the deepest mine in Britain ; c .1845 he became a managing partner in Washington colliery , and sole owner of Unsworth . |