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Example sentences of "he [vb past] [to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	He was probably one of the first to discover the principle of electrotyping by depositing copper electrolytically on to an engraved copper plate , but , as with many of his other inventions and discoveries , he failed to take out a patent and most of the benefits were reaped by others .
2	Driving with considerable power , he failed to get over a ball of fullish length , giving Wessels a stinging catch at mid-on .
3	Norman Dale , 50 , was struck down as he tried to pick up a cup of tea .
4	He tried to bite back a laugh , but the grin would not be entirely suppressed .
5	Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost .
6	He was always impressed with Leonard 's room , which he found to resemble more a study than a youth 's bedroom — already the style was evident .
7	After all this time of wondering , when her instincts told her that he was in love with her yet he seemed to draw down a shutter between them so often , it seemed almost too good to be true .
8	But , in fact , he seemed to have quite a campaign going against the staff , so he might easily have said something . ’
9	‘ After the third retake , he threatened to take off a bit of clothing every time the scene was done again .
10	While at Oxford he began to draw up a catalogue of the fifteenth-century books in the Bodleian Library .
11	He began to fantasise quite a bit about this as he walked down Kensington Church Street .
12	Using black ink and cartridge paper he began to copy out a poem he had himself written , in a beautiful italic hand .
13	He began to beat out a rhythm on them , using a pair of long bones — perhaps the thighs of an ox , Cleo thought — as drumsticks .
14	He decided to carry out a computer check on Model .
15	When this fell through he decided to set up a family business and , with his two brothers , established a nursery and contracting firm in Windermere .
16	He started again , He decided to write out a list of Donald 's good qualities .
17	Eventually he managed to hack off a wing , in two parts .
18	The next night he remembered to pick up a video on the way back from work .
19	‘ You 're only envious , and you know you were the most concerned when he had to lose almost a year to that fever .
20	When the guard was told that no one had moved from their seats he became very worried because he said he had to make out a report to British Rail as to the cause of the delay and he then said , ‘ I 'll have to put it down to person or persons unknown ’ .
21	Again she went alone , because the Goad case came along and he had to hunt down a gangland killer .
22	It played on his mind for a time and eventually he had to work out a kind of therapy to get her out of his brain .
23	Not because he wanted to set up a model village , but because he saw that with the employment he was generating at Bournville out in the Worcestershire countryside , speculative builders would come in and put up very inferior dwellings if he did n't take a hand .
24	He wanted to set up a new-enterprise in New York , a law firm advising immigrants .
25	Then he attempted to bring together a number of small seamen 's societies by organising a conference at the Scottish port of Leith .
26	In actual fact he was a very vulnerable guy , a very kind guy , but like a lot of people who are vulnerable and sensitive he tended to put up a front to disguise it .
27	When he came to V. D. L. he intended to stop only a month .
28	Some men might be able to present their own case : Sir John Harington described how he intended to bring forward a suit of his own by getting into the Privy Chamber before the breakfast covers were placed and waylaying the Queen when she came out of her bedchamber .