Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [adj] [noun sg] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course if he made the wrong decision he could pay for it by loss of his command , as we have seen , or even with his life , as happened to Timagoras , the ambassador who accepted humiliating terms at a peace conference in 367 ( Xen . |
| 2 | He asked the first policeman he saw the way to London University and was pointed in the direction of the Strand . |
| 3 | The interviewer hesitated , and when he asked the next question he sounded faintly embarrassed . |
| 4 | They were standing side by side now , and came forward together to the car , and although Jim Gordon had not got his hand on Steve 's shoulder , Rose got the distinct impression he might have had . |
| 5 | And Steve got the free speed he was after . |
| 6 | As he knows , he got the biggest majority he has ever had in his constituency against me . |
| 7 | Tweed checked the small notebook he rested on his knee . |
| 8 | Algy used up his measure of luck , I was then given a super navigator with only the sharpest of pencils and the instinct of a homing pigeon who took me through my tour ; he perished the first time he New without me after I was hijacked to Bennett 's staff . |
| 9 | He fondled the long dagger he 'd pushed through his wallet , drawing comfort from its metal coiled handle . |
| 10 | Thirdly , the night Falconer died , Dacourt tasted the same wine he drank . ’ |
| 11 | He walked along the Harrow Road until he found the small turning he wanted . |
| 12 | Blanche found the dishevelled air he always seemed to carry about with him endearing . |
| 13 | One participant claimed that when he used his West Belfast address in job applications he had no replies , but when he used an outside address he did receive replies . |
| 14 | It attached itself to him , and Edouard , looking down , recognised the young girl he had seen with Grégoire , pulling him back into the cottage . |
| 15 | He had overcome the rivalry of his son and felt that he fully deserved the expensive lifestyle he enjoyed with Mary . |
| 16 | When Charlie woke the next morning he jumped out of bed immediately and was washed and dressed before anyone else had stirred . |
| 17 | : Jenkins muttered ‘ I ca n't play and rugby , I am still banned ’ , but told the Western Mail he was ‘ not moving from Pontypridd and that is final ’ . |
| 18 | The replies yielded little political intelligence , though Iain Macleod , Minister of Health , told the Prime Minister he was dissatisfied with the organization of the social departments . |
| 19 | The outspoken John Carlisle , MP for Luton North , and one of the Government 's fiercest critics from the Right , bluntly told the Prime Minister he should dispense with the services of Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley and Citizen 's Charter Minister William Waldegrave . |
| 20 | Michael told the Old Bailey he had tried to defend his brother Lee , 13 , before his father turned on him . |
| 21 | He told the terrified girl he had a knife , then made her walk down a river footpath , across a bridge and into an alley . |
| 22 | As he gulped the warm champagne he swore he would never wear it again . |
| 23 | His finest moment came the first time he opened the hall door to a visitor and , standing a little aside , intoned , " Follow me , sir , " before proceeding with due dignity to announce the guest at the door of the morning room . |
| 24 | This series , set in a Boston bar , had become the most popular television comedy of recent years ; and no character was more loved than the mop-headed Norm , whose seat at the corner of the bar seemed the only home he knew . |
| 25 | He recalled the first time he had seen the impressive building as a schoolboy on a day 's outing to see the sights of London . |
| 26 | We learnt the next day he had had to hand in his uniform and get off the job as fast as he could . |
| 27 | All her life she had played it safe , done what others expected of her , hidden her emotions behind the stiff upper lip the Colonel was so fond of , played the straight bat he always wanted her to . |
| 28 | There he played the only game he knew , dominoes . |
| 29 | The Court was of the opinion that section 133 did not apply to the activation of the suspended sentence , as it was clear that when a sentencer activated a suspended sentence he did not ‘ impose ’ the sentence for the purpose of section 133 . |
| 30 | Quinn pushed open the street-door , which opened outwards , closed it behind him , dropped a wooden wedge he had carved in the privacy of the toilet under the sill and gave it a hard kick . |