Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the general election that autumn he stood , this time as official Conservative candidate , for West Toxteth . |
| 2 | If he had put a second £100 into the FT-SE index each time he bought from the state , the resulting shares would now be worth only a little over a third more than he paid . |
| 3 | Edwin must have been struck by the contrast each time he climbed the stairs . |
| 4 | Out on the ridge that night he decided there was nothing for it . |
| 5 | When Jed walked into Creed 's apartment that night he was , in Turner 's language , ‘ live ’ . |
| 6 | When JTR returned to the Boathouse that night he ‘ had walked thirty-five miles , and had given a place in the sketchbook to eight subjects . ’ |
| 7 | Gold tips flashed from his mouth each time he smiled , and his black hair curled in springy coils around his ears and neck . |
| 8 | The orthodox Jew touches his fingers to his lips , then to the mezuzah each time he enters or leaves his home . |
| 9 | He wanted to find a woman of Alison 's age , but one who 'd be content , like the journalist old bags he knew , with one drink and a few quiet complaints about his wife and related problems . |
| 10 | In the North-East divisional finals he had two bouts on the same night , but earned unanimous points victories over Grainger Park 's Alan Graham and Newbiggin 's Ivan Walker . |
| 11 | WHEN Nick Faldo signs his autograph these days he uses the ‘ l ’ as a flagstick , on which he draws a flag bearing the number 11 . |
| 12 | A doctor who liked a life of action , as an Air Force major general he spent the Korean War years as a surgeon and during the Vietnam War flew into combat zones to help the wounded . |
| 13 | On the other hand , the Court was at pains to say that in a world of partial harmonisation the employee was free to agree with the transferee any changes he might have agreed with the transferor ( point 16 ) |
| 14 | He glanced to his right and saw the handsome , leonine profile of the silver haired killer he had spent the past five years hunting down . |
| 15 | He also wanted to emphasize in the appraisal two issues he had already brought to the attention of staff : assessment of pupils — with which there had already been some changes — and language across the curriculum , which he felt required a more positive policy . |
| 16 | But he 's got the interview next week he thinks . |
| 17 | Ask him if he hired a car last time he was in Florence ! ’ |
| 18 | After paying for her younger sister 's lavish wedding last autumn he had begun saving for the world cruise he had promised her mother for their thirtieth wedding anniversary . |
| 19 | We were in a shabby little hole in Paddington , and when we came back from the pub that night he went walking up and down that hotel room , sticking his chest out and saying , ‘ I 'm the sex queen of Bloomsbury . |
| 20 | On Exercise that morning he had tossed his offering the few inches from his pocket to a waiting bucket . |
| 21 | When he left his home this morning he had not expected to be carrying Lestrade of the Yard and Sherlock Holmes , and was by no means certain he was ready for this responsibility . |
| 22 | After receiving a twelve-month suspended sentence he was dismissed . |
| 23 | On his way drunkenly from the pub to the wood one night he fell down a railway embankment on to the line . |
| 24 | Maurin can visit the museum any time he likes . ’ |
| 25 | All he has to do is talk to the Whips , and we will have a debate on sport any time he likes . |
| 26 | ‘ Ah ! ’ explained Jim , ‘ I wondered about that one , I shot it at dusk Sunday night as it was coming out of the ’ Grove ’ , that 's a small wood young lady' he explained . |
| 27 | As he quickly washed off Friday night 's mud , he made a mental note not to take it out on the machine next time he got drunk . |
| 28 | He loves nothing more than slaving over a hot work bench to extract the last 0.5bhp needed to win his rider a world title , but as Yamaha 's GP technical co-ordinator last year he did n't get that chance . |
| 29 | After breaking the ice last month he was desperately unlucky in an amateur riders ' race having to be switched in the final furlong after getting off on the rails . |
| 30 | oh the old boy next door he 's alright , and the woman next door she 's alright you 'd never think much of them |