Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Joe went downstairs to have a word with the Beavis family , to let them know he had a young woman upstairs and why . |
| 2 | With a sort of tragic turn of fate , she did not know he had a mad wife . |
| 3 | I expect he had a smooth stick for himself did he ? |
| 4 | When the man was interviewed he made a full admission . |
| 5 | So somehow it was reassuring to find he had a sore throat when I saw him last Thursday . |
| 6 | We found he had a whole store of out of door knowledge which he was quite ready to impart . |
| 7 | Carl Howard says he took it up at school and won … went on to county level and won and just found he had a natural talent … he 's always enjoyed sprinting and athletics |
| 8 | So he was operated on , and the vets found he had a misplaced colon , put it right and stitched him up . |
| 9 | You say he got a fat tummy as he ? |
| 10 | He did everything , Toby felt , but say he had a spiffing wheeze . |
| 11 | Eyewitnesses say he pointed a sawn off shotgun at one of the women and fired . |
| 12 | The scenario has left Lewis , who believed he had a cast iron agreement to fight Bowe or Holyfield after his stunning knockout of Razor Ruddock a fortnight ago , thinking he 's a victim of another Bruno panto script . |
| 13 | Trepper was interrogated by the Gestapo and we believed he became a double agent , a lot of misinformation was received in Moscow . ’ |
| 14 | He says he experienced a tremendous thrill when he heard the tinkle of money and saw a glittering stream of silver coins clattering down the chute . |
| 15 | Paul says he saw a little cat swallowing a big dog . |
| 16 | He says he had a split personality . |
| 17 | He says he had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation but it was better than no odds at all . |
| 18 | Carter says he had a hundred quid on him , Mike . |
| 19 | She says he had a hard life : |
| 20 | He says he heard a loud bang — his windscreen shattered , he spotted some children . |
| 21 | He took an interest in it from a scientific point of view and his etchings and aquatints show he had a clear understanding of different types of cloud formation and their associated weather . |
| 22 | Charles had said he wanted a practical farmer on the council who knew something about estate management , and John Higgs was the man found for the job . |
| 23 | Leo had never said he wanted a permanent arrangement , yet if he was going to marry someone else why get involved with her ? |
| 24 | I noticed he had a slight limp ; I recalled the attack on me the previous day and the wounds I had unwittingly inflicted , but decided to keep the matter to myself . |
| 25 | Theodora noticed he had a slight Norfolk accent and no trace of nervousness or pomposity . |
| 26 | ‘ I noticed he had a few extra bits and pieces on . |
| 27 | Levi did n't look at the leaderboard from the 7th hole until he was on the fairway at the 13th , when he noticed he held a two-shot lead . |
| 28 | And he came he became a prominent Parliamentarian , perhaps in the thirties . |
| 29 | He 's getting on , you know , and — gentlemen of your age will understand he had a bad war , Arctic convoys and all that . |
| 30 | The restaurateur handed over £500 after being told he needed a new gas pipe immediately . |