Example sentences of "[adj] he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few minutes of this he grew breathless with anger and rage and flurried his wings so much that he was hardly able to lift them any more he was so tired . |
| 2 | This he grew long and combed up , due north . |
| 3 | When he was angry like this he went berserk , she knew . |
| 4 | He believed his son disliked him and this he thought outrageous . |
| 5 | Mr Stan Cardwell MBE , co-founder of the North-East ramblers ' association , said : ‘ His style was one of cooperation , not confrontation , and through this he made many friends , not least among the farming community , where he was regarded highly for his expertise on rights of way matters . |
| 6 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 7 | After this he spent long periods in Madeira until his death in 1907 . |
| 8 | Over time his sermons moved away from emotional appeals to more reasoned ones ; in this he had much in common with the British ‘ gentleman evangelist ’ of his day , like Brownlow North [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | When Freud learnt this he felt sure that Minton , by nature methodical and not narcissistic or vain , had commissioned this portrait with his death in mind . |
| 10 | He served Rome well but because of this he received hostile opposition from some Jews , especially the Pharisees . |
| 11 | By this he gives clear evidence of his innate greatness of soul . |
| 12 | For a period after this he stopped inviting Bobby for meals at Lyons and took Eric Verrico instead . |
| 13 | For this he paid ten pence a year at Michaelmas and performed a number of other duties on the lord 's land and paid tithes to the church . |
| 14 | Walker 's study of students at the University of Warwick is concerned with all mature students , however within this he distinguishes two groups , one in which the students did meet the university 's General Entrance Requirements ( GER ) and the second in which they did not ( Walker 1975 ) . |
| 15 | During 1876 he built new premises on the outskirts of Aberdeen , to cope with the increased demand . |
| 16 | During 1971 and 1972 he surveyed four oil refineries — two each in France and Britain — interviewing a total of over 800 workers . |
| 17 | In charge of works after the collapse of the central tower in 1237–9 he remained chief master at least until Christmas 1257 , described as ‘ cementarius magister operis ’ and ‘ magister fabrice ’ . |
| 18 | I did n't say anything , though the way he had said it made it clear he expected some comment . |
| 19 | Between 1378 and 1407 he enjoyed thirty-five benefices ( although never more than twelve at once ) . |
| 20 | He was ruthless , impatient , and , though in public he seemed self-effacing , he was only too aware of his power and the impact he had on people . |
| 21 | In public he expressed great contempt for the system , but he made use of it to an immoderate degree , particularly by bestowing honours — undue honours — on the least worthy of his personal friends and particularly if the suggestion was made by anyone close to him . |
| 22 | In public he paid handsome tribute to Modigliani , but the truth of their private relations is more tangled . |
| 23 | During 1939–44 he spent several years teaching in North America , at Hartford Seminary and at Fisk University , and he received an honorary DD from Wesley College , Winnipeg . |
| 24 | In 1801 he became famous in the eyes of the general public by locating the exact position of the newly discovered ( and subsequently lost ! ) planet Ceres , this from very little information and where the best astronomers had failed . |
| 25 | On his death in 1985 he left two gold watches to his sons . |
| 26 | According to a report on Radio Afghanistan on Dec. 30 he received 916 votes and there were 59 votes against . |
| 27 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 28 | When Avitus died in c. 690 he appointed Bonitus as his successor , and Pippin II , the maior and effective ruler of Austrasia and its dependencies in Aquitaine , agreed . |
| 29 | In this poem , as in 85 , the Poet claims that his Muse is ‘ tongue-tied ’ ; in 76 , 102 , 103 and 105 he gives conflicting reasons , all ingenious , why he writes such repetitive or uninspired poetry . |
| 30 | When news of this war reached Henry Ii in the autumn of 1184. he summoned all three to England . |