Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] a [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore , all we must hope is that Tendulkar hears the right voices in the crowd when he has edged a few seaming balls at Headingley into the gloves of the ‘ keeper and when the tiny bundle of sweaters frozen in the outfield at Middlesbrough drops a catch . |
| 2 | I think he 'd done a few Compact 's up to then , but he was marvellous . |
| 3 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 4 | Everyone had to bring a cloth , bucket and duster and he guaranteed to provide a few large bottles of cheap wine and a cheap and cheerful meal like a curry or a paella . |
| 5 | However unattractive King James was as a man and a monarch , he did leave a few noble monuments to grace his reign . |
| 6 | Both the scale of his operations and the degree of his specialization in financial business made him a unique figure in early Stuart England , though he did have a few other economic irons in the fire : among them , a share in the tobacco monopoly and the export of iron ordnance in the 1620s and huge purchases of East India Company pepper in 1623 and 1628 . |
| 7 | As soon as he had completed a few successful assignments , word was passed around and more business came his way . |
| 8 | To Fokine , Les Sylphides was mimed dance because he had incorporated a few conventional gestures into his choreography . |
| 9 | There was melancholy in all his remembrances , hardly a gleam of satisfaction , even though he had ridden a few unexpected winners in his time . |
| 10 | Yeah , he 's got a few big jobs . |