Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To his straw-coloured hair and blue eyes he added an obvious desire to please , at least to be agreeable , attributes which were rare amongst the Glynns . |
| 2 | ‘ By the indefatigable exertions of honest industry he acquired an ample fortune which his large but discriminating generosity rendered serviceable to the encouragement of virtue , by diffusion of knowledge and the relief of the afflicted … . ’ |
| 3 | under him , yet in practice he appointed an excessive number of them ; he compelled them to pay for their appointments , and in some cases to make annual payments to him afterwards . |
| 4 | In his first scene he established an unshakeable authority , which , Charles knew , was bound to strengthen the total collapse of the character in the second act . |
| 5 | No wonder he got an electric jolt . |
| 6 | While in that capacity he devised an ingenious method of casting railway chairs , and also designed the wrought-iron roof of the New Street Station in Birmingham , which with a span of 211 feet was the largest iron roof at the time of its completion . |
| 7 | One day , however , walking by the seashore he met an elderly Christian who told him about the Hebrew prophets , undermined his naïve confidence in the moral guidance of philosophers , and converted him to Christianity . |
| 8 | In place of orthodox intercourse he became an addicted masturbator indulging in ‘ a suicide committed daily ’ . |
| 9 | Although Taylor was carrying out his research at the beginning of the century and despite the fact that his conclusions did not meet with the universal approval of either the workers or the management he left an important legacy which later theorists built upon : |
| 10 | About his waist he wore an elegant ta lien , or girdle pouch , the border a thick band of russet , the twin heart-shaped pockets made of a soft peach cloth , the details of trees , butterflies and flowers picked out in emerald green and blue and gold . |
| 11 | I know perfectly well that when he was chairman of the Greater London council he wanted an elected police authority , and I think that he wanted to be chairman of it |
| 12 | Beneath a heap of old rags and newspapers and raincoats he found an empty petrol can . |
| 13 | During the second world war he played an active role in the opposition to the German occupation , eventually joining the Resistance , and creating the magazine Confluence , which was rapidly banned , and became an early edition of French samizdat . |
| 14 | After serving with the Imperial Yeomanry in the Boer war he became an aeronautical engineer , using his observation of sea-birds in flight to design a revolutionary type of monoplane with swept-back wings . |
| 15 | Despite his high sporting profile he remains an unassuming , almost diffident character , a stark contrast with some of his more vociferous colleagues . |
| 16 | As a dedicated PE teacher he played an outstanding part in developing Hawick as a wonderful rugby club and , more than that , his contribution to the image of the game is unsurpassed . |
| 17 | In retirement he resumed an earlier active interest as trustee of the Institute of Economic Affairs , of which he was the largest single ( albeit anonymous ) benefactor . |
| 18 | Because he was frail it was thought unwise to allow him to mix with other children or to spend time out of doors , and in consequence he became an avid reader . |
| 19 | Outside a big store on Regent Street he saw an elderly woman hurriedly changing old clothes in a doorway . |
| 20 | In the House of Commons he became an embarrassing joke , and in Downing Street a guarantee of indecision . |
| 21 | At his shop he sold an electric fire which infringed safety regulations ( under the Consumer Protection Act 1961 ) . |
| 22 | For years he had an inner voice which was always putting him down . |
| 23 | Because HAI was in its infancy , in every job he filled during the first few years he had an American opposite number , sometimes with 30 years ' experience of the industry . |
| 24 | In his latter years he created an elaborate water garden at the cottage ornée he had built for himself on the outskirts of Plymouth , and was wont to drive round the streets of the town in a gig disguised as a Roman war chariot , looking , in Wightwick 's words ‘ ( as far as his true English face and costume allowed ) like Ictinus of the Parthenon , ‘ out for a lark ’ . ’ |
| 25 | In the 50th minute he produced an instinctive finish from six yards after Walters had driven in a fierce low cross . |
| 26 | Forbes was thus a contemporary of Darwin and Huxley ; but because he died at the height of his powers just five years before the Origin of Species was published , and because despite his time in Paris he remained an outdoor natural historian having little temptation towards laboratory-based physiology , his work was incomplete and soon seemed obsolete . |
| 27 | He turned off the main light switch and put on the bedside lamp , and against the lamp he propped an old brown photograph . |
| 28 | Lorre put his arm around the bush , soothing it as if it were a favourite niece in whose person he took an unhealthy interest . |
| 29 | On one occasion he played an active role in destroying a German column which yielded twenty-five trucks and three tanks to the partisans . |
| 30 | On one occasion he suffered an uncontrollable ‘ outburst ’ during his sleep and reckoned it cost him a masterpiece the next morning . |