Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't tell her it broke his heart every time the Argentines hurt a horse or he saw a terrified stray dog racing by the side of the road . |
| 2 | Then Bernard made two critical decisions ; for the first time he organized some advertising and he hired a new shop manageress . |
| 3 | His hair was braided with flowers and he smoked a large joint . |
| 4 | He 's got a really big nose and he smokes a horrible smelly pipe . ’ |
| 5 | Well Camels was the lower no the bot the one of the bottom of the station was Bert and he married a Stronsay woman . |
| 6 | He had entered into negotiations with the commissioners of His Majesty 's Victualling Office for the erection of an engine to drive a corn mill , and manufacture of the parts was well advanced , when for some reason they turned to John Smeaton [ q.v. ] for an opinion , and he recommended a pumping engine and water-wheel . |
| 7 | During the war he moved children to his home in Surrey , where a wing was converted into a nursery , and he engaged a cook and nurse and a maid to look after them . |
| 8 | From his vantage point he sees in one part of the field the enemy trying to retreat with their artillery and he sends a message to his brigade of light Cavalry . |
| 9 | And he employs a zig-zag training sprint which involves a series of passes before the player finishes off by flinging himself at a rugby tackle bag ! |
| 10 | This is painted just before the war , and it 's interesting to compare it with a painting by the court painter , William Dobson who worked in Oxford during the war , his studio was just around the corner in the High Street , because that 's Rupert very much at the end when things were going badly wrong for him , erm and it 's unfinished , perhaps because Dobson was beginning to run out of paint , and the experts at allow , and I think just that face tells the whole story about tension and unhappiness , Dobson 's an interesting painter , one of the first English painters who sort of get to the top in this way , and he painted a lot of the cavaliers at Charles ' court , erm this is Sir John Byron who clattered down the main street at St Aldate 's , before the king even arrived before the Battle of Edgehill , the one that caused trouble for John Smith , erm and he was very much a swash-buckling character , but he did n't spend a lot of time in Oxford later , but he was there enough to have his portrait painted . |
| 11 | There are n states of nature and he receives a return of if he takes action i and the state is j . |
| 12 | The winner is the one who jumps and crawls for the longest time , and he receives a blue ribbon to wear round his waist . |
| 13 | April 8-10 Baker visits Israel at the start of his second Middle East tour ; discussions are centred on the concept of a " regional conference " , and he receives a tentative Israeli agreement to attend a " limited " conference [ see p. 38167 ] . |
| 14 | The air was balmy , his spirits high , and he carried a large bunch of grass and greenery from the hedges as a present for Daisy , the milker , and Dulcie , the younger goat . |
| 15 | Sheffield was his territory and he carried a ‘ piece ’ under his immaculate Barney Goodman mohair . |
| 16 | And he carried a gun . |
| 17 | He was wearing close-fitting jeans , and a loose crimson silk shirt , open at the neck , and he carried a guitar . |
| 18 | He kept the shoulders stiff and he rolled a little , like a sailor back from a long voyage . |
| 19 | The embassage had a trumpeter , and he blew a resounding flourish . |
| 20 | He finally managed to light up as they reached the main road , and he blew a sidelong stream of blue smoke behind the Brigadier 's head . |
| 21 | And he charges a lot . ’ |
| 22 | I explained the situation to him and he arranged a single loan to pay off the store cards . |
| 23 | Her birthday was on 21st December and he arranged a family dinner party to celebrate it . |
| 24 | Kasuya 's fears proved to be well founded , and he dropped a bombshell at the 1989 meeting of the IWC 's Scientific Committee , when he revealed to the Small Cetaceans Subcommittee the staggering increase in the number of Dall 's porpoise killed in the harpoon fishery based on Iwate Prefecture . |
| 25 | Another warning jab of the gun through the seatback made him start , and he dropped a couple of coins at his feet . |
| 26 | At last , Guido said it , as they stood together on the edge of the dance-floor and he dropped a kiss into her hair . |
| 27 | It then stood easily and he chose a larger box and stuck his model on the top . |
| 28 | He took the car and the warm evening seemed to have brought out hordes of motorists who were just strolling , and he chose a zigzag route to throw off any fan club . |
| 29 | The old man 's name was Brenner and he chose a Dunkel and a Korn — a very dark beer plus a chaser of the local heart-stopper that tasted somewhere between very young whisky and vodka . |
| 30 | I had been invited there by George Every , and he chose a time when Eliot would be coming up too . |