Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spring he dons his curious plumage : long ear tufts , and dramatic barred , streaked , blobbed or plain ruff-collar . |
| 2 | Although Keane continues to develop into the most potent midfield player in English football he found himself short of powerful reinforcements yesterday . |
| 3 | Leaving the Chelsea Arts Club he unlocks his fluorescent green mountain bike , which has a child 's seat on the crossbar . |
| 4 | This courage was to later re-emerge when , as an adviser , he fought to bring about educational change and improved resources , or , when against opposition he backed his own judgement at an appointment interview , or the courage to back a teacher in difficulty from whom others had withdrawn support . |
| 5 | As her arms went around his neck he held her close . |
| 6 | For Euripides , understanding generated all enjoyment and creation , but at the heart of tragedy he saw something inexplicable and altogether " incommensurable " with the workings of reason . |
| 7 | In spite of our obtrusive entry he made us welcome , inviting us in and lighting a fire . |
| 8 | Just before half-time he slid his easiest opportunity wide , then turned his back in favour of Mike Marsh after Hutchison was fouled for a penalty six minutes from time that clinched a fourth-round tie with Crystal Palace . |
| 9 | Near nightfall he saw his younger sister Katya come out of the kitchens into the yard , saw her empty some slops for the few chickens who scuttled about . |
| 10 | But in practice he found himself able to control the Residents only by appointing men he deemed to be sufficiently compliant , an expedient to which he resorted when Temple retired prematurely from the service in 1917 . |
| 11 | He was born in Capel Curig in 1906 , and in that village he spent his whole life . |
| 12 | As Creator He began it all ; as all-powerful He sustains it all ; as judge of the world He will complete it all and bring it to its consummation . |
| 13 | With a long sigh he drew her close , his lips seeking hers . |
| 14 | He falls asleep with his head on her grave mound , to be taken away in spirit to a strange land where all his grief suddenly fades — and where to his utter delight he sees his lost child facing him , on the other side of a river . |
| 15 | In return he gave them other ground at the rear of the church and also on the right-hand side of the new road and bordering Killicomaine Road . |
| 16 | At the end of the last war he found himself some French creature and went to live with her , and so far as we know , he 's still in France . ’ |
| 17 | Carson skipped back nimbly enough when the glass cloudburst fountained out past him , and for a moment he felt something soft push against his foot . |
| 18 | After a moment he raised his dark head to look quizzically into the wide golden eyes fixed on him . |
| 19 | Sharpe tried to draw his own sword , but the moment he took his right hand off the reins he almost fell and the mare immediately tried to check . |
| 20 | Flowers looked a figure of total confidence from the moment he made his first save from Brazilian skipper Rai . |
| 21 | For a moment he stroked her fair hair back away from her face , his eyes roaming over her , and Jenna could hear her own heart beating like a hammer . |
| 22 | How far Warnie emulated at this stage of life his father 's fondness for a little drop of whiskey , and at what point he began his calamintous descent into alcoholism is not easy to determine . |
| 23 | At one point he describes his two colleagues as cheerfully admitting that they could not write very well . |
| 24 | The jokes and the conversations end abruptly with ‘ But this is worshipful society ’ and at that point he shows his real toughness and ambition . |
| 25 | But the attack , when it came , came from an entirely unexpected quarter , leaving her completely without defence , as in one easy move he thrust his long fingers into her mane of hair and pulled her to him , his mouth silencing the startled cry on her lips . |
| 26 | Having a mind untrammelled by convention he offered the names ignose or godnose , but the editor of the Biochemical Journal would not accept either of them , so because the vitamin had the same empirical formula as glycuronic acid he called it hexuronic acid , leaving its structural chemistry to be determined later . |
| 27 | In the process he proved himself one of the sport 's great survivors . |
| 28 | In the process he proved himself one of the sport 's great survivors . |
| 29 | With a funny crooked smile he undid his own buttons , then gently pressed her face against his bared chest , his palms warm and hard against her head . |
| 30 | About his time with the Angels , about the day he met his old lady , about tattoos . |