Example sentences of "[adj] in [adj] [noun] he " in BNC.

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1 Though Scott was not particularly interested in early editions he nevertheless owned several .
2 She was becoming less interested in any tittle-tattle he might purvey that might help her with the case than in himself .
3 Had the man who wrote the foreword been at No. 10 in those days he would doubtless have seen to it that this cricketer who displayed such honourable patriotism and high personal standards was given some decoration or other .
4 He knows that she is right ; all manner of things will be well in this city he is entering .
5 To many in those days he would have reminded them of Jesus .
6 In 1952 in northern Greece he began making his own systematic digs , which a quarter of a century later would lead him to the royal treasures .
7 He may have agreed that if the goods were in existence he would acquire the ownership of them and if they were not in existence he would get nothing but that in either event he would pay the price .
8 He should be told that the specimen of breath which he has given containing the lower proportion of alcohol exceeds the statutory limit but does not exceed 50 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath ; that in these circumstances he is entitled to claim to have this specimen replaced by a specimen of blood or urine if he wishes ; but that , if he does so , it will be for the constable to decide whether the replacement specimen is to be of blood or urine and that if the constable requires a specimen of blood it will be taken by a doctor unless the doctor considers that there are medical reasons for not taking blood , when urine may be given instead .
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