Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked their Lordships for the forthcoming Proof before the Sheriff to be heard away from Orkney in mainland Scotland . |
| 2 | He described his proposals for the coming year as neutral because he did not want to hamper recovery . |
| 3 | He was short and deeply unpopular with everyone because he had cheated them out of their money when he collected their taxes for the Roman army . |
| 4 | He reviewed the changes made during his period as Soviet leader saying that " a totalitarian system which deprived the country of an opportunity to become wealthy and prosperous a long time ago has been liquidated " , and he expressed his hopes for the future : " Some mistakes could probably have been avoided , much been done better , but I am sure that sooner or later our shared efforts will achieve results . " |
| 5 | In his old age , memory perhaps somewhat affected by imagination , he wrote his recollections for the ‘ Cornish Times ’ of 1901 . |