Example sentences of "the [noun] he [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the time they pulled down the steep road to the caravan on the loughside he had a headache and a mouth like death . |
| 2 | Returning to the text he circled a structure |
| 3 | As the Frenchman doubled past behind the prisoners he shouted a greeting . |
| 4 | As he turned the door handle to enter the building he saw a storm-trooper come out of one of the side rooms . |
| 5 | Around the corner of the building he saw a figure on a bike speeding away . |
| 6 | Within the convent he faced a group of unruly , ill-disciplined monks ; his tenants at Sandwich were ousted from their houses , and at one point the citizens of Canterbury rose in revolt and threatened to blockade the monks . |
| 7 | Secondly , at the end of the story he engineers a fall of quails that drives the people mad with greed , and turns quickly to plague in their mouths . |
| 8 | And he did the course and after he 'd finished the course he found a house up Road and er sent for the family . |
| 9 | About 1820 , possibly due to the persuasion and influence of William Gilkison , Galt became the London agent for people in Upper Canada who were trying to obtain compensation from the British Government for losses they had sustained in the 1812/13 war with the U.S.A. He submitted a plan to the Government which led to the creation of the Canada Company , and , as its first Secretary , he was sent to Canada to acquire land . |
| 10 | In the carriage he found a comrade , who had been suspected of being a stool-pigeon . |
| 11 | On the morning of the auction he received a letter informing him that after a ‘ first examination ’ the self-portrait was considered ‘ to be of major interest to the national heritage ’ and as such would go before a commission for its fate to be decided . |
| 12 | As he got into the car he heard a shout and saw Cissie running down the track towards him , disregarding the mud which splashed up over her legs as she ran . |
| 13 | That 's John , me boy , he 's a docker down the erm down the dock he got a weeks holiday this week , so I took me other boy and me daughter out last week and erm we 'd left her with dogs so I said we 'd take them out one day perhaps when he get his holiday . |
| 14 | In the cell he shouted a bit to bring them back , but only got shouted at in his turn by two drunken fellow inmates . |
| 15 | Catching sight of his reflection in the window he felt a surge of self-pity and suddenly realized that he missed Ellen very badly , and that it was only at moments like this , when he surprised himself , that he could admit how much he needed her . |
| 16 | Special Branch Detective Inspector Roger Watson , 46 , who was based at Heathrow airport , saw a doctor and had hypnotherapy in a bid to cure the anxiety he kept a secret . |
| 17 | In the dream he became a participant , as a prisoner of a revolutionary tribunal whose judges included Marat and Robespierre . |
| 18 | He preferred painting on a closely woven canvas , and sometimes when he had finished the work he placed a sheet of paper carefully over the fresh paint to merge the colours . |
| 19 | Whenever we pass in the corridor he aims a kick at me or tries to take my bag or … well , I 'm sure you can imagine the situation . |
| 20 | In the tradition of the Queen he has a confidence in the knowledge of duty fulfilled . |
| 21 | Because the man continues his role outside the home he provides a window on the adult world which may be sorely needed by his partner when she fears she is slowly sinking beneath piles of dirty nappies and baby talk . |
| 22 | In respect of the law he became a radical . |
| 23 | He ruled that Mr Egelstedt could stay in Britain , but because of the law he became a visitor and could not be called an au pair . |
| 24 | As the mountain loomed over Rincewind like the biggest fly-swatter in the universe he saw a cave mouth . |
| 25 | Late in the session he missed a curve and slid off the circuit in his McLaren-Ford . |
| 26 | At the closure of the session he suggested a number of measures to be undertaken to " promulgate and propagate the essence of the new laws " , including the nationwide education of party cadres and the people through study classes , and increased media coverage . |
| 27 | When they got to the bar he ordered a sandwich and took a bowl of tortilla chips to the table . |
| 28 | THE father of one of two men killed in a minibus crash told how he knew his son was involved the moment he heard a radio report . |
| 29 | Over the years he visited a number of Buddhist centres around the country and he was about 25 when he made the decision to teach the faith through the then newly-acquired Pocklington centre , a grand Georgian house about 15 miles south of York . |
| 30 | On reaching the room he found a chair lying in one corner . |