Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eight hours after admission he suddenly deteriorated , with severe respiratory distress and increasing left chest signs . |
| 2 | However , even when the dinner was over , their ‘ guests ’ showed no sign of leaving , at which point the Emperor began to pull on the ends of his moustache — one of the few signs of irritation he ever allowed himself . |
| 3 | In some cases of urgency he can introduce regulations with a shelf life of up to 12 months without consultation ( s11(5) ) . |
| 4 | Colours also may get distorted as the eye lens gets yellower with age ; in some pictures of Mulready he believed he could demonstrate this defect . |
| 5 | Sir Thomas , however , or rather his stomach , clearly did not agree , for halfway through the entremets , with a few words of apology he absented himself from-the table . |
| 6 | At forty-five years of age he was at the height of his powers , determined to drive out the Almoravids and bring about a united Spain . |
| 7 | Jeff went to the psychiatrist and they start babbling on saying about the forty milligrams of valium he 's taking . |
| 8 | Athelstan promptly refused , for the few mouthfuls of ale he had already drunk bit at his stomach . |
| 9 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |
| 10 | Out of 105 items of prey he examined , only 7 were pieces of lamb compared with 3 entire fox bodies and 25 rabbits . |
| 11 | After a few moments of silence he pressed the button of an integral cassette-player beneath the dashboard and she was delighted to hear the opening bars of Mendelssohn 's Third Symphony . |
| 12 | Today , Alexei is pale , tires easily and has frequent colds and infections but , despite the continual doses of radiation he receives in the food he eats , the water he drinks , he is still in reasonable health . |
| 13 | Among the Dark Elves of Naggaroth he is known as the Reaper , to the Goblins of Red-Axe Pass he is Orcbane , and to the north the Norse know him as Mankiller . |
| 14 | In the early days of aviation he made designs for aeroplanes and , later in life , he took up golf and planned houses for himself and his friends in Berkshire . |
| 15 | Upon his release after 26 years in jail he will discover that he is more free than either his wife , Albertina , or his journalist son , Zwelakhe , who are both ‘ restricted ’ by the authorities under the long-standing state of emergency . |
| 16 | In such moments of confession he frequently strikes a prophetic note about his future life as a writer . |
| 17 | Years in which Creggan had matured , his wings bigger now and darker ; years to grow tired of the teachings of old Minch and bitter that the early hopes of freedom he had had were gone . |
| 18 | Mr Wang , 23 , looking relaxed but pale , told reporters that despite his three-and-a-half years in prison he still believed in the principles of democracy . |
| 19 | just like that crazy after what , forty odd years of smoking he stopped it just like that , and then when the doctor said when he 'd been , after he 'd got the results back , you know , all the , all the ones they do at the hospital then |
| 20 | He reached the hollow of her throat , passion alarmingly evident in his half-closed eyes and in the little groans of pleasure he was giving . |
| 21 | Because of these methods of production he is also able to make special tools to order , one such recent order was for hooked turning tools . |
| 22 | After barely three months in power he was murdered by the disaffected Praetorian Guards , who ‘ regretted the licence of the former reign ’ . |
| 23 | After three months in hospital he returns to the car park , seeks out the girl and gives her another ticket with time left on it . |
| 24 | Over the eight square feet of hole he had nailed a blanket . |
| 25 | The soup came and with it the three bottles of beer he had ordered . |
| 26 | He was First Commissioner in the Derby Governments of 1852 , 1858–9 and 1866–8 , and in his later years in Parliament he held various other government posts . |
| 27 | Then , during his three years in exile he came for the first time into close contact with the main exponents of the Gregorian ideal , and we must ask how far and in what circumstances he adopted the phraseology of the Gregorian reformers ; then , whether he adopted the theoretical structure which their favourite phrase libertas ecclesiae expressed , or adopted the phrase for use only in exceptional circumstances and for special reasons . |
| 28 | At length Zen lazily drew out of his pocket the three items of mail he had collected from the Questura . |
| 29 | See if my husband wants a hand with these bits of wood he 's plonking up against the wall ! |
| 30 | And you had best be grateful to me , for if you had left it to the little men of law he could buy better and shiftier than you , and you would never have got your money at all . ’ |