Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 23 former Vice-President Oginga Odinga announced that he planned to set up a political party , saying that an open political process was necessary to wipe out " political hooliganism and thuggery " . |
| 2 | Prosecution witness Isham Chandra Dutta said he agreed to set up a dummy gems company in Bombay , for a £20,000 fee , which included a mail message centre with false letterheads and invoices . |
| 3 | Amanullah had been influenced by what he saw as the modernising reforms introduced in Turkey and Iran : he tried to build up a central army , organised a parliament , and decreed that women should wear western dress : the final straw for the tribes came when he made their leaders listen to a five-day speech . |
| 4 | He has built up a strong , ecumenical team of Christians and Hindus which is unusual for a centre of this kind . |
| 5 | During his search for parts he has built up a colossal spares stock , but as the type has been used by so many air forces around the world and is still in service in places , components are not difficult to obtain — although they can be pricey . |
| 6 | In his 33 games , he has called up a staggering 76 players and used 56 of them . |
| 7 | He has converted quite a few to Utopianism . |
| 8 | He has come back a wiser player and he will add drive to the team . ’ |
| 9 | He has arrived only a short while before , but did not question the order that von Keller gave to Lt Rosen and several men of the 10th Company to remain close to the vehicle and to bring it up to the battalion by road . |
| 10 | He has had over a dozen matches and scored only two goals , so perhaps as Joo said its time for the subs bench ( remember Le Tissier on sunday ) . |
| 11 | He has set up a working group to be chaired by the Argyll and Bute MP , Ray Michie , to look at constitutional campaign strategies , including the mechanics of a home rule referendum . |
| 12 | Even though he appears to have been born with the skills , he needs to build up a substantial repertoire of techniques . |
| 13 | By 1780 John Browne could make one of the principal virtues of the expensive academy for gentlemen 's sons that he proposed to set up a total absence of corporal punishment . |
| 14 | ‘ If he 'd gone away a long time ago , it would have been better , ’ said Mrs Clancy wryly . |
| 15 | But he said all he did was people he 'd met quite a few times now , they say that you know like cos he 's very funny , he comes out with me , god Sally what 's the matter with you , you 've been drinking or something , I said no , that 's how he is he 's not |
| 16 | It had seemed even more logical to choose this MP since he 'd built up a vast international organization devoted to security . |
| 17 | And already , at twenty-four , he 'd built up a formidable business , successfully fulfilling contracts all over the world . |
| 18 | Come to think of it , he 'd seemed rather a decent chap , someone it might be worth getting to know . |
| 19 | Through nominees he 'd bought up a major holding in the company . |
| 20 | We can reveal he plans to invest about a hundred and fifteen million of his own money without going to the bank , much of it 's for planes , staff and facilities , but we discovered he 's just used forty five million to buy out Saboo Saison the airline 's Japanese shareholder . |
| 21 | L. he intends sending home a large case of skins , skeletons , eggs , etc . |
| 22 | As one of his responsibilities he began to build up a permanent collection of works of Art for West Riding Schools . |
| 23 | He lacks social adroitness , or any kind of personal magnetism , as he struggles to hold down a charmless job which depends on the goodwill of others . |
| 24 | They 'll be the first things to go as he struggles to pay off a mounting damages and legal costs bill of £2.5m . |
| 25 | He — well , he seems to have rather a low opinion of the Pentagon . ’ |
| 26 | Cabs were hard to come by , and after ten minutes of waiting in line beneath the hotel canopy he decided to walk uptown a few blocks and catch a passing cab if he got lucky . |
| 27 | And thirdly , the care and trouble he took to build up a splendid and lovely collection of contemporary , original works of art , to be displayed in schools . |
| 28 | He hopes to set up a rolling fund to help other Romanian babies with problems which could be treated in this country . |
| 29 | All the same , he did find eventually a settled domesticity with them . |
| 30 | He dominated the conversation , holding the Hackett and Townshend women spellbound as he told of how he had broken up a white-slave ring in Dublin , and how he had rescued an innocent young girl from a fate worse than death . |