Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [adv] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | For these , they owed service in the host with one knight ; they paid 300 s.bordelaises in relief at change of lord and they owed the king-duke a meal with ten attendant knights whenever he came to Gascony , at the castle of Redort . |
| 2 | Eight hours ago he had never heard of any of them , now he was thinking of them by their first names : Francis , Edwin , Beryl , Anna , Cathy … |
| 3 | Fifty minutes later he had 53 from 35 balls , and thirty-one minutes after that , from another 21 balls , he had 103 ; the fastest century in terms of balls received in the history of Test cricket , 56 balls to Jack Gregory 's 67 against South Africa in 1921–2 , although Gregory took only 70 minutes while Richards took 81 minutes . |
| 4 | Möllemann , the first German minister to visit since June 1989 , requested information on 903 political prisoners when he met the Chinese Prime Minister , Li Peng , and said that trade and economic relations would be dependent on improvements in human rights . |
| 5 | He had taken only a few hasty steps when he heard the tread of feet on the wooden steps above his head . |
| 6 | My son Mark was eight months when he started and Rachel was 2½ . |
| 7 | Eight months earlier he made an abortive attempt for the title , then held by the Frenchman Franck Nicotra , only to be stopped for the first time in his professional career . |
| 8 | He had originally charged only 10% back in 1946 , at a time when he was principally concerned with much lower-level searches , and had frequently experienced total losses when he had been unable to complete an assignment satisfactorily . |
| 9 | He moved out into the countryside , and eleven months later he was back in England . |
| 10 | Two years and two back operations later he has been forced to call it a day . |
| 11 | We never had one of the proper forms so he 's coming back later with forms with us you see . |
| 12 | The man who had the responsibility of marking Chris Waddle managed to get forward throughout the game , the first time after 12 minutes when he stole into the box to rattle the Wednesday woodwork . |
| 13 | But 12 minutes later he got on the end of a superb cross from Paul Dalton . |
| 14 | He managed to escape from the car and struggle to nearby houses where he was given first aid . |
| 15 | When some minutes later he drew away , he said softly , ‘ And I 'd say those amends could start now , with you asking me in . |
| 16 | Murray , who will be closing his own commercial operations when he takes up his new appointment at the beginning of July , faces the daunting challenge of restoring the Fruitmarket 's critical fortunes . |
| 17 | When he returned 30 minutes later he saw their truck in a ditch , and both women gone . |
| 18 | Their football was a credit to Hand , and Cecere ensured that it would at least be rewarded by an extra 30 minutes when he collected Maskell 's pass and tucked the ball behind Steve Sutton . |
| 19 | Then having to kill forty minutes when he could have been in bed and now this : the delay in visiting the dry cleaner 's meant a vital piece of evidence might have been destroyed . |
| 20 | As he passed again on the other side of the road on his way back forty minutes later he was caught up in the very worst time of day for traffic . |
| 21 | Forty minutes later he was still empty-handed and beginning to panic . |
| 22 | When Mr Szuluk and his brother emerged 2 hours later he still had n't got his clothing grant . |
| 23 | A few minutes later he breathlessly approached the car from the opposite direction , fell into his seat , and said : ‘ Well , that 's all right . |
| 24 | A few minutes later he was uncorking a fine claret in Masha 's room , saying he had something to celebrate : he 'd been invited to breakfast at Downing Street to help brief Maggie for her trip to Poland . |
| 25 | A few minutes later he went to a room on the first floor to take a blood test . |
| 26 | A few minutes later he appeared and said he must go to her . |
| 27 | A few minutes later he met Maidstone . |
| 28 | Corbett smiled ; a few minutes later he wished he had n't , for he too was sick and was still trembling when they safely reached the abbey gates . |
| 29 | Ruth thanked him for his information and a few minutes later he raised his hat and walked away . |
| 30 | A few minutes later he 's explaining that he recently left his agent at the powerful Creative Artists Agency so that , unlike almost everyone else in Hollywood , he would n't have to hand over ten per cent of everything he earned . |