Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cameron maintained he acted in self-defence . |
| 2 | DR COX : Believed he acted in patient 's best interest |
| 3 | In a rape case , by contrast , a defendant who says he believed in consent when the girl had demonstrated her lack of it may very well not be believed . |
| 4 | The Basquiat estate is after twenty or so paintings , which Baghoomian says he sold for cash immediately after Basquiat 's death . |
| 5 | International : Murder link puts ANC on trial Winnie 's co-accused says he lied over alibi |
| 6 | RISC watcher Andrew Allison remembered FRISC as a merchant chip attempt and says he laughed at Micron months ago when it announced the subsidiary because it did n't have the resources or market presence to pull off a new proprietary architecture . |
| 7 | His nature , which it might be argued he turned into Nature , always desired love and recognition , in a way that most of us do , but it seemed increasingly the environment in which he lived , and more especially the people which he met , denied him that . |
| 8 | At first the police treated his death as suspicious , but a post mortem has now revealed he died from hypothermia . |
| 9 | It seemed he lived at home with his widowed mother and , following a fight with her , he had picked up an axe and killed her . |
| 10 | ANOTHER former employee of Mrs Winnie Mandela has said he lied in court to save her from implication in the murder of Stompie Moeketsi . |
| 11 | When peace came he moved into television production . |
| 12 | A BRITON being held in a Thai prison on possible drug smuggling charges has been found with heroin which police suspect he bought in prison . |
| 13 | A post-mortem examination showed he died from head injuries and stab wounds . |
| 14 | The music teacher was carrying a mallet , claimed he acted in self defence . |
| 15 | An inquest into the death of 40 year old Alan Dimmer was told he died from shock and severe burns after collapsing in a vat of chemicals . |
| 16 | As fast as he undid them I did them up again , so that when he got to my waist and sighed he recoiled with indignation and astonishment to find that his labour had been in vain . |
| 17 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 18 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 19 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 20 | A post mortem has been carried out and it 's understood he died from head injuries . |
| 21 | When Penry returned he smiled in approval to find her propped tidily against the pillows , covers drawn up to her chin . |
| 22 | i just have to say this : George Best is easily one of — the — very best players to ever come out of the british isles — yeah i know he played for Scum — but he — was — a bloody excellent player . |
| 23 | Now leaning forward from out of the flowery deckchair : ‘ You know he died in debt . |
| 24 | And I know he worked in insurance , but there must be hundreds of insurance offices , and dozens of schools . ’ |
| 25 | Wing , 20 , a clerk , of Toppesfield Road , Wickford , had denied the allegation during the two day trial , saying he acted in self-defence . |
| 26 | One failing he had in common with most labourers on the soil , much inaccuracy in bird nomenclature . |
| 27 | The man used to say to him sometimes , when he saw him sat in front of the screen : |
| 28 | ‘ I gather he died between midnight and one , Friday night . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought he died in Chapter 8 ? ’ it might remark ; or ‘ You said the opposite in line 154 , ’ ‘ Is ‘ boxing ’ the day , the sport , or the packaging ? ’ and for real puzzles , ‘ Do you really mean that ? ’ or even ‘ Who he ? ’ or ‘ Shome mishtake shurely ? ’ |
| 30 | I do n't think he came by car . |