Example sentences of "[vb past] he [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | We found he had a whole store of out of door knowledge which he was quite ready to impart . |
2 | Carl Howard says he took it up at school and won … went on to county level and won and just found he had a natural talent … he 's always enjoyed sprinting and athletics |
3 | So he was operated on , and the vets found he had a misplaced colon , put it right and stitched him up . |
4 | The scenario has left Lewis , who believed he had a cast iron agreement to fight Bowe or Holyfield after his stunning knockout of Razor Ruddock a fortnight ago , thinking he 's a victim of another Bruno panto script . |
5 | Trepper was interrogated by the Gestapo and we believed he became a double agent , a lot of misinformation was received in Moscow . ’ |
6 | I noticed he had a slight limp ; I recalled the attack on me the previous day and the wounds I had unwittingly inflicted , but decided to keep the matter to myself . |
7 | Theodora noticed he had a slight Norfolk accent and no trace of nervousness or pomposity . |
8 | ‘ I noticed he had a few extra bits and pieces on . |
9 | Levi did n't look at the leaderboard from the 7th hole until he was on the fairway at the 13th , when he noticed he held a two-shot lead . |
10 | And he came he became a prominent Parliamentarian , perhaps in the thirties . |
11 | When she finished he gave a short laugh and bowed his head . |
12 | When at length she lifted her head and sniffed he produced a spotless hankie . |
13 | He was in coma , and as he breathed he made a terrible bubbling sound . |
14 | I soon discovered he had a natural feeling for poetry . |
15 | The jury heard he constructed a bogus defence claiming his wife was murdered by someone to whom she was supplying drugs . |
16 | Teesside Crown Court heard he suffered a black eye and cuts in the first attack . |
17 | I heard he saved a whole family during the Blitz . ’ |
18 | TONY FOSTER — NOW 42 — read chemistry at Oxford , decided he wanted a commercial career , joined ICI in the London sales office , then had two years as a Midlands sales rep selling chemicals for the Mond Division followed by three years as a product manager for sodium cyanide . |
19 | ‘ Like everything else Bernard does , he suddenly decided he needed a large Welsh farmhouse TODAY and so they bought Rhydoldog , ’ a friend recalls . |
20 | There followed more years of miscasting as a reporter , until the editor of the Sunday Express , John Rutherford Gordon [ q.v. ] , decided he needed a humorous column . |
21 | As my son had won one , this meant he suffered a great deal of embarrassment . |
22 | It sometimes meant he lived a hectic life , especially when the band were playing far from Leeds . |
23 | On the night he died he held a great banquet , a feast for his household , and invited Chief Justice Fortescue . |
24 | Williamson felt he had a special bond with Hitler , and even at times imagined aloud that he had spoken to him on that fateful Christmas day . |
25 | While his father , the great Constantine , had been content to confiscate temple treasuries and revenues , allowing the practices to continue , Constantius felt he had a pious obligation to destroy paganism , root and branch . |
26 | In June , Sacheverell started a lengthy progress through the midlands , on his way to take up a new living in Shropshire , and virtually everywhere he went he received a rapturous reception from the local inhabitants shouting " God Bless Doctor Sacheverell " . |
27 | I knew he had a private hope that some day he might make a book with them . |
28 | After 27 years at BTR 's electrical wholesaling subsidiary Newey & Eyre , 46-year-old Alan knew he had a worthwhile asset in his preserved pension and he wanted to be sure he got the best value . |
29 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
30 | oh I thought he said a hundred and something pounds did n't he ? |