Example sentences of "[vb past] he [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He now faces Alan McManus , the Scot who defeated him in the Asian Open semi-finals last year . |
| 2 | AN OFF-DUTY police inspector saw the alleged killer of Marie Wilks but dismissed him as a good Samaritan , the M50 murder trial was told yesterday . |
| 3 | Those who dismissed him as a third-rate actor failed to recognize his ability as a political campaigner . |
| 4 | Her betrothed leapt back to his feet , his hand going to the knife at his belt , but Cranston just dismissed him with a contemptuous flicker of his eyes . |
| 5 | The man held up a hand to silence Barak then turned to the guard beside him and dismissed him with a curt nod of the head . |
| 6 | Santerre was about to protest but Mandeville dismissed him with a curt move of his gloved hand . |
| 7 | Grant 's responsibilities at John Dickinson provided him with a wide knowledge of the paper manufacturing processes used throughout the world and the way in which they were being improved . |
| 8 | Apart from helping with his wardrobe , LASMO also covered the costs of his tuition , accommodation and books , and provided him with a living allowance . |
| 9 | His main theme was the increasing power of Rome in the Mediterranean and this , as Momigliano points out , Provided him with a new historical perspective : ‘ Just because Fortune made almost all the affairs of the world incline in one direction , it is the historian 's task to put before his readers a compendious view of the ways in which Fortune accomplished her purposes . ’ |
| 10 | The acceptance of the idea provided him with a curious salve for his guilt . |
| 11 | This is a role which provided him with a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 12 | Consequently , rather than viewing the totalitarian structure of the PCF as a source of oppression , it is more productive to view it as the chosen institution within which Nizan found not only political asylum but also emotional and moral equilibrium , a refuge in short which provided him with a necessary disciplined working environment . |
| 13 | This was particularly the case where the occupational community provided him with a rural counter-culture that enabled class antagonisms to be sustained , albeit in a hidden form . |
| 14 | Birmingham born , Graham Tiso left school to work for Cadbury 's , the confectioners , who provided him with a sound overall business training . |
| 15 | To flesh out the story , the DIA provided him with a German mailing address , Postfach 1151 , Geilhausen 6460 , from which all correspondence , including anything from the DIA , would be readdressed to Coleman 's maildrop in Barrington , Illinois . |
| 16 | A second group of provincial delegates arrived in St Petersburg just after his appointment and provided him with a sympathetic audience for his opinions . |
| 17 | This not only kept the suit in good condition and therefore prolonged its life but also provided him with a smart outfit always ready at short notice , as now . |
| 18 | His detailed and systematic accumulation of electoral information provided him with an unsurpassed knowledge of constituencies and candidates and greatly contributed to the efficient Conservative organization which triumphed in 1841 . |
| 19 | The plebiscitary acclamation which could always be mobilized by Hitler provided him with an unassailable base of popularity , and as such offered the regime legitimation both within Germany and in the eyes of foreign powers , allowing the scope for further mobilization and a gathering momentum of Nazi policy . |
| 20 | The rebuilding of the town of Warwick after the fire presumably provided him with an initial opportunity , and he was later responsible for a further group of churches and other public buildings ; but the predominant element in his practice was the building of country houses for the midlands gentry . |
| 21 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 22 | Another band encircled him from the left , two massive arms had him from behind , his feet were lifted from the ground . |
| 23 | She never invited him to the jolly ones . |
| 24 | He was equally sinister two years later when the Foreign Secretary Carrington visited him with a strange request for help in promoting the neutralisation of Afghanistan . |
| 25 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 26 | The players have now scored 70 goals between them for Rangers in all competitions this season , though McCoist was jocularly chided by his manager as he attempted to reply to the unanswerable question , posed him by a foreign journalist , of how many goals he expected to score tonight . |
| 27 | Mr Seiters said Mr Honecker 's speech was an ‘ oppressive contrast ’ to the challenge posed him by the recent exodus and the upsurge of demands in East Germany for reform . |
| 28 | Its pleasing shape — like an almond-stone sliced open — the cliffs of wall to the south , the serenity of the lake , the promise of richness in the meadows beyond the lake , moved him with a mysterious sense of homecoming based on an unmistakable sensation of security . |
| 29 | Dignam used to joke about how his priestly teacher , a devotee of the classical drama , invariably cast him in the leading roles of Shakespeare 's heroines , Portia , Juliet , and Ophelia among them . |
| 30 | Drawing refreshed him as a long walk refreshed him , and it was part of the art of forgetting slights , frustrations , old wounds , so necessary if he was to survive and stay serene . |