Example sentences of "he [vb past] [noun pl] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He agreed accounts of the alleged ‘ roundabout ’ payment were based on hearsay , but added : ‘ The journalists will be questioned about what they knew and even journalists will tell the truth when they are called . ’ |
| 2 | He was unsuccessful in his attempt to restart peace talks when he met leaders of the three factions in Sarajevo on July 3 . |
| 3 | On 6 June , Paisley , this time wearing his church leader hat , clashed with the police when he led members of the Free Presbyterian Church to picket the Irish Presbyterians ' General Assembly . |
| 4 | He revealed details of the royal couple 's unhappy marriage and told of Diana 's bulimia . |
| 5 | Then he caught glimpses of the freer way of life of his father 's bachelor brother and , as he explored and fished along the canal , got to know Dad Uzzell who remained a surrogate father-figure for the rest of Edward 's life . |
| 6 | ‘ In those days , the new psychology was just beginning to make itself felt in the circles I most frequented in Oxford , ’ he told readers of the 1950 reprint of Dymer . |
| 7 | And simultaneously , the first wave of raw , uncut , old school hip hop reached Britain from New York , and he consumed signs of the new culture insatiably . |
| 8 | His parliamentary role continued to grow in importance : in early 1678 he chaired committees of the whole House on supply and on ways and means . |
| 9 | He thought aspects of the Anglo-Catholic movement had danger ; and that though Ramsey was not a danger , he would have such sympathy with them as not to be vigilant . |
| 10 | He preferred life at court to the hardships of campaigning ; he liked to deck himself in strings of precious stones and belts studded with priceless gems ; he wore clothes of the finest silk and from each ear lobe he hung a single pearl of remarkable size . |
| 11 | Everywhere he went , he felt traces of the One-Eyed White Girl . |
| 12 | In March 1990 Finance Minister Wang Bingqian presented details of the 1989 economic performance and the 1990 state budget to the NPC [ see p. 37373 ] , and in March of the following year he gave details of the 1990 economic performance and the 1991 budget [ see p. 38096 ] . |
| 13 | In his nightmares he had visions of the dead as skeletons and saw the disfigured shape of Mr Townsley at his desk . |
| 14 | He said members of the London-based Order had once lived at the convent but numbers had reduced when he bought it . |
| 15 | He criticized sellers of the single Yellow Rose , Rosa lutea , ‘ esteemed for their colour , but as these flowers have no scent and are of short duration , they do not merit the price they are generally sold at . ’ |
| 16 | And he glanced at Graham as he pushed copies of the two London evening papers across the desk . |