Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arnold was of Tom Arnold 's circus , and his post as the vice-chairman of the party in charge of candidates made him a target of all those who were eager to stand for Parliament . |
| 2 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |
| 3 | The charge was reasonable enough — a few pence per bird — and with a community in which many families kept hens or whose menfolk were able to buy them direct from the country farmer Rev. Levitt 's qualification as a slaughterer of fowls brought him a regular , if modest , bonus on his salary . |
| 4 | The Arkansas Governor , Bill ‘ Slick Willie ’ Clinton , has outpandered California 's ex-Governor Jerry ‘ Moonbeam ’ Brown by a whisker , has spoken a bit more sense with a bit less pizzazz and conviction , and looks set to scoop a big enough bundle of votes to guarantee him the nomination — unless he falls victim to further scandal or Democratic Party fixers impose a ‘ brokered convention ’ to find a last-ditch candidate . |
| 5 | On a larger scale one might observe that his lifelong preoccupation with words gave him a kind of sensitivity to them , even if it was an unorthodox one ; and further that it is strange that a myth should so make its way if enshrined and embodied in words as inappropriate as critics have made out . |
| 6 | Reality was his byword and Drew 's rugged features and dexterity with horses made him a natural choice . |
| 7 | His initial promise in sports gained him the tag of ‘ the runner ’ which he despised : ‘ So , I thought : I 'll try to be academic and good at sports as well . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He has , you must agree , a remarkably clear idea of policy , if the topography of God 's Kingdom at times eludes him a trifle . |
| 9 | But Wilson had been immeasurably kind to him , found a place for a very square peg in his government and , in 1967 , when he no longer had room in his government for Wigg , created him a peer and was at pains to find him a suitable job as chairman of the Horserace Betting Levy Board . |
| 10 | Alcock was cheered up by a letter from his CO at Mudros telling him the ‘ Your baby has just been given a new suit of clothes and is learning to walk . |