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 ?
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