Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In need of money , he agreed to take on work as an artist 's model when Ricky Stride said he knew of an artist who would employ him , for Minton had seen photographs of Bowler and had remarked what a good model he would make . |
| 2 | He tried to grope up back of my thing ! |
| 3 | He promised to step up competition against the company 's Japanese rivals . |
| 4 | He 'd picked up dysentery at a game fair in Hampshire ! ’ |
| 5 | He began to suck in air through his mouth , producing a gasping sound . |
| 6 | As his eyes slowly became accustomed to the half-light , he began to make out row upon row of brown tents stretching as far as the eye could see . |
| 7 | When he began writing again , he had given up realism for allegory about the conflict between , among other things , science and religion . |
| 8 | It was said that he had turned down promotion to sergeant , in return for being allowed to play cricket for his county . |
| 9 | He had meted out vengeance to his chief enemy , Grant , so any further attack upon mere pawns would be unnecessary , therefore illogical . |
| 10 | Without declaring for or against the coup , Sukarno issued an ordinance stating he had taken over command of the armed forces . |
| 11 | The first extensive studies of Romano-British pottery were by Thomas May , who died on 28 October , 1931 at Stratford-upon-Avon , where he had taken up residence to be able to work on the nearby site at Tiddington , ( Fieldhouse , May and Wellstood , 1931 ) . |
| 12 | He had put on weight in the short time since going to Mrs Gracie 's ; he was plump . |
| 13 | He had carried out work for Palmerston at Broadlands in 1856 , and in the dedication of his book , Architecture Numismatica , published in 1859 , he described Palmerston as ‘ the enlightened advocate of classical architecture ’ . |
| 14 | He had to shore up support among traditional Democrats , and he did ; hence the expectation that he would be the harbinger of a hundred new social policies on everything from vaccination to AIDS . |
| 15 | At one stage , he considered closing up shop for good . |