Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The door was held open for him , and he threaded his way through all the backstage equipment . |
| 2 | He made her laugh at those dinner parties and other gatherings where they had been together . |
| 3 | None the less , it was in London that he made his will on 8 April 1416 , characteristically dedicated to his kin , staff , and domestic servants . |
| 4 | Hammond was clearly in very poor health when he made his will in 1657 , dying the next year , not long before the protector , his old colleague and then commander . |
| 5 | Goodwin 's successor at two removes , was still his ‘ deare Pastor ’ when he made his will in 1682 ; it also named John Owen [ q.v . ] . |
| 6 | England have been waiting for Chris Lewis to establish himself as a genuine allrounder since he made his debut in 1990 . |
| 7 | But Jones decided to turn down his old Wimbledon club , where he made his name as one of the Crazy Gang . |
| 8 | He made his début in 1905 versus the touring Australians , and then played first in the county championship in 1906 . |
| 9 | He lowered his tone in merry complicity . |
| 10 | Given the Government 's stress on education selectivity and exclusivity in the national curriculum and in the league tests , did the Secretary of State insist on a special emphasis on educational special needs when he commissioned his report into primary education last week ? |
| 11 | He succeeded his father on 16 August 1549 , taking up thereby his first office , that of alnager of Surrey and Sussex . |
| 12 | He enveloped her mouth in one last , languid taking , then rolled on to the pillow beside her . |
| 13 | He divided his career into two phases , Autrefois ( Before ) and Aujourd'hui ( Today ) ; the dividing line was Villequier . |
| 14 | He divided his force into three , one division under Fraser to sack the village and set it on fire ; one under the Border chiefs to round up all the cattle and stock they could find in the vicinity — they were the experts at this ; and his own grouping to encircle the castle and at least present Dacre and Balliol with a challenge . |
| 15 | When Clovis died he divided his kingdom into four . |
| 16 | He threads his way through narrow alleys where the sun never penetrates . |
| 17 | As the Nazi threat increased , he planned his departure with great care . |
| 18 | He went and he sold his footage to all three networks , NBC , ABC , CBS for $10,000 each . |
| 19 | He sold his commission in 1856 and bought 18 Clarges Street . |
| 20 | No , what he was saying was see he sold his house for two hundred and thirty thousand I think he said . |
| 21 | The total cost of the expedition had come to roughly £2,00 — half of which Gould was to recoup less than seven years later when he sold his collection of Australian birds for £1,000 . |
| 22 | He met his wife of 61 years on board a train on his way to work in 1921 . |
| 23 | By all accounts , William senior was not easy to get on with the turnover of partners in the early years of the practice was rapid , until he met his match in one Major Faulks in 1905 who not only outlived him , but stayed with the firm as a consultant until 1965 when he finally retired — at the age of 90 . |
| 24 | He met his collaborator of forty years ' standing Dr Annegrit Schmitt ( now his wife ) when she presented her thesis to the Graphische Sammlung in 1952 . |
| 25 | He grazed her temple with warm lips , then raised his head so he could study her . |
| 26 | Adrian Gozzard , ex-Plessey , spoke for many executives responsible for recruitment in Britain 's largest companies when he argued his preference for broad-based search firms , rather than those specialising by functional discipline . |
| 27 | Like the prodigal son , he wasted his substance in riotous living . |
| 28 | He resigned his office but was retained on the council when he announced his reversion to Roman Catholicism . |
| 29 | In September , 1988 , just two months after he announced his engagement to 36-year-old Tracey Roper , he suffered a minor heart attack . |
| 30 | Lance Buckmaster 's international colossus before he became your Minister for External Security . |