Example sentences of "[adj] he [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Stan Cardwell MBE , co-founder of the North-East ramblers ' association , said : ‘ His style was one of cooperation , not confrontation , and through this he made many friends , not least among the farming community , where he was regarded highly for his expertise on rights of way matters . |
| 2 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 3 | After this he spent long periods in Madeira until his death in 1907 . |
| 4 | He served Rome well but because of this he received hostile opposition from some Jews , especially the Pharisees . |
| 5 | For a period after this he stopped inviting Bobby for meals at Lyons and took Eric Verrico instead . |
| 6 | For this he paid ten pence a year at Michaelmas and performed a number of other duties on the lord 's land and paid tithes to the church . |
| 7 | During 1876 he built new premises on the outskirts of Aberdeen , to cope with the increased demand . |
| 8 | During 1971 and 1972 he surveyed four oil refineries — two each in France and Britain — interviewing a total of over 800 workers . |
| 9 | In charge of works after the collapse of the central tower in 1237–9 he remained chief master at least until Christmas 1257 , described as ‘ cementarius magister operis ’ and ‘ magister fabrice ’ . |
| 10 | I did n't say anything , though the way he had said it made it clear he expected some comment . |
| 11 | Between 1378 and 1407 he enjoyed thirty-five benefices ( although never more than twelve at once ) . |
| 12 | In public he expressed great contempt for the system , but he made use of it to an immoderate degree , particularly by bestowing honours — undue honours — on the least worthy of his personal friends and particularly if the suggestion was made by anyone close to him . |
| 13 | In public he paid handsome tribute to Modigliani , but the truth of their private relations is more tangled . |
| 14 | During 1939–44 he spent several years teaching in North America , at Hartford Seminary and at Fisk University , and he received an honorary DD from Wesley College , Winnipeg . |
| 15 | On his death in 1985 he left two gold watches to his sons . |
| 16 | According to a report on Radio Afghanistan on Dec. 30 he received 916 votes and there were 59 votes against . |
| 17 | Shevardnadze in a strong speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 25 characterized Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait as " an act of terrorism against the nascent new world order " , and , apparently going further than Gorbachev had suggested at Helsinki [ see above ] , stated that the Soviet Union was prepared to support the use of force against Iraq , in a UN framework , if the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait continued ; on Sept. 30 he confirmed Soviet willingness to join a UN force if necessary . |
| 18 | In 1903 he sold four sets of kites to the Admiralty ; in 1905 the army ordered kites , and engaged Cody to instruct the Royal Engineers in their operation . |
| 19 | In another he found old shoes piled high on rusty tables and there was one room he thought very odd but it made him smile . |
| 20 | Even a courtier admitted that although he was tactful and judicious he possessed less character , less resolution and less intelligence than his father . |
| 21 | On 30 April 1991 he sought legal advice from Marshalls concerning an order that he attend before the court in Manchester for examination by the liquidator of the company . |
| 22 | He did n't boil it , for fear the bleach might evaporate ; after the mixture was warm he added twenty bottles of Yugoslav Riesling , two bottles of Guinness and a pound and a half of oranges cut into segments . |
| 23 | In 1828 he began five years as an apprentice apothecary with the Apothecaries ' Company of London . |
| 24 | In 1660 he defended free grace in two public disputations at Allhallows against John Goodwin [ q.v. ] , the champion of free will . |
| 25 | As part of a restructuring of the armed forces announced on Feb. 10 he appointed new commanders to rebel garrisons . |
| 26 | As dean of Winchester he was an active servant of James I. Between 1616 and 1621 he made repeated visits to Scotland on royal business , accompanying the king in 1617 , and attending the general assembly in Perth ( 1618 ) in support of the king 's ‘ Five Articles ’ of ceremonial reform . |
| 27 | In 1927 and 1929 he designed stylish bodies for the Hillman 12 hp and then Straight Eight chassis ; as technical adviser to the Aircraft Investment Corporation , which he joined in 1929 , he shared in the design of the Segrave Meteor , an advanced four-seater , twin-engined monoplane . |
| 28 | In the close season of 1924 he signed outside-right John Williams from Rotherham at a ‘ dirt cheap ’ price of under £2,000 . |
| 29 | Between 1895 and 1898 he published regular articles in the Studio . |
| 30 | In October 1522 he conveyed two freehold houses and 1 ½ virgates to a certain Thomas Hyll , but subsequently seems to have taken up residence at Hagley , for in October 1526 he was presented for operating a brothel in which his own daughter was the star attraction : prostitution , it has been suggested , was a concomitant of deferred marriage , widespread among the peasantry of the West Midlands . |