Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will have two effects : either the rider gets angry or he suffers an immediate confidence failure . |
| 2 | Then somebody got a leading anti-NATO speaker drugged and he blew an important speech . ’ |
| 3 | Gál was a consummate craftsman , and he wrote an enormous amount of music , not least for mandolin ; indeed , a quick look at the catalogue compiled by his daughter Eva to celebrate his 95th birthday reveals no fewer than fifteen works involving that instrument . |
| 4 | F.W. De Klerk was also there and he was annoyed and he had an animated talk with Tshwete in the corner of the room ’ . |
| 5 | It came in India in 1974–5 when he began with 93 and 107 ; this proved to be something of a false dawn and he had an unhappy time in Australia in 1975–6 , but he worked on his technique and finally established himself in England in 1976 with 592 runs at 65 , including a century in each innings on a poor Old Trafford pitch . |
| 6 | His father died suddenly when he was only 12 years of age and he had an early baptism of public life , being prominent in Scottish affairs while still in his teens . |
| 7 | The party leader , Kurt Schumacher , was a strong-minded social reformer and anti-communist , but his energies had been sapped by years in concentration camps under the Nazis , he refused to co-operate with ‘ bourgeois ’ political parties or the Catholic Church , and he had an abrasive , intolerant personal manner . |
| 8 | His mother was an unnamed cousin of Siward , Earl of Northumberland [ q.v. ] , and he had an elder brother , Malcolm III [ q.v . ] . |
| 9 | His mother remarried , and he had an elder sister and a half-brother . |
| 10 | He never missed an opportunity to criticise the new ruck/maul laws and he had an absolute right to do so — because it is he who has found ways to minimise their dreadful effect , because he was never one of those coaches who sought refuge under the old laws , and because he is the finest coach in the world by results , demeanour and inspiration . |
| 11 | From early life he had been deeply interested in evangelical Christianity ( he published , anonymously , a religious tract at the age of fourteen ) , and he had an abiding belief in personal social service . |
| 12 | No one can know what he would have written because he was a direct witness and he had an exceptional personality — a deep artistic sensibility and great erudition . |
| 13 | One day , in 1958 , it was Nicholson 's turn — and he had an acting job at last , and not just any part , but the lead in a new film . |
| 14 | Either side of him sat a large , so lid man : one caught Marcus 's eye and he began an earnest inspection of the floor . |
| 15 | Fenton was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1899 , serving on its council in 1913–16 , and he became an honorary fellow of Christ 's College in 1911 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | He got some excellent work from the children and he made an important point with regard to the level of conceptual development which is possible with this age-group . |
| 18 | His eyes turned up so that only the whites were left and he made an ugly sound deep in his throat , then he went forward , full-face on to the ground . |
| 19 | He knew the Doctor would return and he made an amusing and , more importantly , an informed companion on his explorations . |
| 20 | For a terrible moment , something flared in his heart and he felt an insidious tug at his mind : how would it be to enter that Realm , and talk with the Dark Lords and learn their secrets … ? |
| 21 | On the whole he had a poor opinion of human nature , and he felt an angry contempt for politicians . |
| 22 | The Beecher 's Brook on the Seven Mile Straight near Templepatrick was called after the famous Grand National jump , but the spelling ability of a previous owner was n't as good as his racing knowledge and he added an extra ‘ e ’ to Becher 's Brook . |
| 23 | He was one of the first to see that the tomato was ceasing to be a luxury and was becoming an established part of the British diet , and he developed an important trade in carrying tomatoes from the Mediterranean . |
| 24 | Einstein was almost singlehandedly responsible for general relativity , and he played an important part in the development of quantum mechanics . |
| 25 | A decade later Baird had the sea-going vessel Albatross especially equipped for survey work , and he played an important role in the creation of the Woods Hole laboratory later in the decade , although this was established independently of the government . |
| 26 | From 1644 he was a governor of St Bartholomew 's Hospital , his landlord at the time of his death , and he played an active part in rebuilding its property . |
| 27 | But Roy had thrown away his script , and he spent an anxious plane journey trying to remember his lines . |
| 28 | He was able to get away for a two week holiday in Switzerland at the end of August , where he relaxed and swam in Lake Geneva : it was the one European country which he found not to have changed out of all recognition , and he took an annual holiday there . |
| 29 | And he took an old newspaper from the heap . |
| 30 | From early youth Cayley was a keen proponent of parliamentary reform , and he took an active part in local Whig politics . |