Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He fought in both the Boer and First World Wars . |
| 2 | Perhaps even , thought Cadfael , prompted a step further , he came without even the intent to kill , since he did not come prepared . |
| 3 | He served in both the Cabinet and the CCP politburo and was strongly tipped to become Premier following the death of Mao Zedong in 1976 . |
| 4 | Then he began to refold the paper . |
| 5 | He worked in both the English and Welsh parts of the county ; in 1755 he opened , at Woodstock , the first chapel built especially for a Welsh Methodist society . |
| 6 | Looking over his shoulder he saw at once the brass bedstead , and the sewing-machine table on top of which Stanley had said he would find the boxes of glass balls . |
| 7 | He was so thin he looked like even the birds would n't want to peck at him . |
| 8 | ‘ I come ’ , he said from inside the bucket , ‘ from the planet Tellenor ! ’ |