Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man next to him winked in a fast act of conspiracy , a runner bean of a man who then extended his hand to Holly and their fists gripped in a distant greeting , but there were no words . |
| 2 | When Albert missed the child most urgently , the refusal of money for him seemed like a moral tactic to take him away forever . |
| 3 | I mean he saw he sh great pace was shown then it was a nothingy ball that he made into a good situation . |
| 4 | was getting really cross and was beginning to call the police over she just produced a card and they just throw it and said this means nothing to me , this means nothing to me , cover your head and she just laughed at them and walked away , but he , he pounced on a Filipino girl who was actually wearing jeans , and socks and said her jeans were too short |
| 5 | Kuypers was the first to use this technique in studies of the brain and over the next 10 years , now in the United States , he charted at a new level of detail the connections made by the cerebral cortex with nervous elements in the brain-stem and spinal cord that control movement in a number of higher mammals . |
| 6 | Scott inherited the family estate in 1596 , but from 1612 until towards the end of his life he lived for a good part of the year in Canterbury . |
| 7 | In 1902 he lived for a short period in Clerkenwell , east London . |
| 8 | He lived in a small cottage in the fields just off what is now Princess Way . |
| 9 | He lived in a small house there with his brothers and sisters , all Israeli citizens who spoke Hebrew and lived and worked in Israel . |
| 10 | Grandfather 's wage was the magnificent sum of twelve shillings per week and of course he lived in a tied cottage . |
| 11 | He lived in a good loose-box , and was let out to water twice a day . |
| 12 | He lived in a quiet road off the south side of Clapham Common in a small Victorian semi , with tiny patches of garden at front and back . |
| 13 | Except he lived in a big house up on the Ridge . |
| 14 | He lived in a big house which had a bright red front door . |
| 15 | He lived in a converted cowshed and was exercised by his owner , who raced his three horses simply for the fun of it . |
| 16 | He felt as though he lived in a purposeless world . |
| 17 | In the summer , he lived in a little house surrounded by sunflowers higher than it was , beside a village with a pale blue pump in the centre , with geese marching around , pigeons gurgling ( they have a different accent on the Continent ) and people sitting on walls gossiping in the evening . |
| 18 | He had a growing circle of friends , almost entirely non-aristocratic , both in Worcestershire and in London , both inside and outside the House of Commons , and he entertained on a moderate scale . |
| 19 | Increasingly , he realised with a certain satisfaction that this was a family of shame and scandal . |
| 20 | About to leave the room with the intention of driving immediately away , he checked at a slight sound by the open door to the outside and looked around . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , I 'm all ears , Miss Swift ! ’ he drawled with a cool gesture from one strong tanned hand before replacing it below his hard jaw . |
| 22 | ‘ If you say so , ’ he drawled with a smug expression . |
| 23 | ‘ And what exactly , ’ he drawled with a hard smile , ‘ has your uncle told you about me ? ’ |
| 24 | The man 's gaze raked her clear complexion and pale gold hair , then his mouth twisted slightly as he drawled in a sardonic tone , ‘ What 's the matter , Cornflower ? |
| 25 | Blunt saw nothing ahead but he shot off a dozen rounds on impulse as he plunged through a great hole . |
| 26 | Afterwards he plunged into a cold water swimming bath ( the frigidarium ) and was then massaged and oiled . |
| 27 | And Craig Stuart , 36 , died when he plunged from a 12th floor hotel room in London . |
| 28 | He thought always much too easily , in highly unrealistic terms , of the peoples he ruled as a mere aggregate of individuals face to face with an absolute State . |
| 29 | There can be no doubt that he planned on a great scale . |
| 30 | As he passed through a small piazza there was a shout and a boy appeared at a window holding a bulging plastic shopping bag which he let drop to a friend in the street who stood , arms raised to catch it . |