Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] he [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was using the cordless phone she and David had bought him last Christmas . |
| 2 | Ludens saw , on top of a closed suitcase in a corner , the curious light-brown cap which Marcus had been wearing when Ludens had seen him first , through the window of Red Cottage . |
| 3 | Colin 's conservativism and steady timing had won him second place . |
| 4 | A white , middle-class widow sets out for the hinterland in search of her maid 's son ; but the police have found him first . |
| 5 | He said Mr Hawthorne had attacked him first , striking him with the crowbar on the hand . |
| 6 | Nora had seen him first and was already running far dear life , not caring about her bag or the bicycle . |
| 7 | Lorton had met him first in Beirut where he ran a short-lived but lucrative business selling the same medical supplies to more than one purchaser . |
| 8 | His defence was that of self-defence ; he alleged that the victim had attacked him first . |
| 9 | And er the story 's been told many many times that Lloyd George advised them , I 've forgotten the name of the old man , but his wife was buried in the churchyard , and his family wanted to bury him next to her , but they wanted the nonconformist |