Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smudginess of the pastels had helped him cover up early errors . |
| 2 | She went past him gathering up unsevered clusters of candles which had been hung like fruit above a tank . |
| 3 | He inspired the Prince , worked alongside him , coached him in the ways of business , schooled him in the art of responsible land management , encouraged him to try out new ideas , and helped turn the Duchy from a non-profit making concern into one that five years later had made net profits of £1.46 million . |
| 4 | This will enable him to set up excluded property settlements . |
| 5 | I says to him , with him breaking down other night his dinner went to dog . |
| 6 | Tell him to send up black coffee and aspirins . |
| 7 | He has three seamstresses on tour with him to run up new outfits . |
| 8 | Her departure Saturday night , and with her her wages , had him find out harsh reality much sooner than he had supposed . |
| 9 | Maybe he 'd tell Jack about him anyway , then Mr Hyde would go and see the boy 's Dad and tell him to keep off private land . |
| 10 | Time and again we find him casting out unclean spirits from afflicted people : it is one of the well-known characteristics of Mark 's Gospel which on the whole contains little teaching , but a great deal of action by Jesus . |
| 11 | He lived off little kids , ’ the prisoner said contemptuously . |
| 12 | William Lambarde loved Halling and during his time here he built up good relations . |
| 13 | He built up popular support for a war which , in its opening phase , had given rise to a political crisis similar to those that had broken over his father and grandfather . |
| 14 | For the next five years , until his death in 1953 , he ground out anodyne pieces . |
| 15 | But he played down new taxes on foreign companies operating in the US , which raised alarm bells in Europe during the election campaign . |
| 16 | He squeaked out brief remarks then walked round shaking hands and wearing badges reading : ‘ Sorry I ca n't talk ’ and ‘ You did a good job . ’ |
| 17 | He conjures up compelling atmospheres and situations , but they leave us suspended , like his central image , because the controlling idea feels incomplete . |
| 18 | He dodged around massive trees . |
| 19 | He cut a dashing figure at the many conferences he addressed , raising his hand from time to time to stroke his dark curly locks as he poured out pure reason in soft well-modulated tones with a sincerity that was almost painful . |
| 20 | Right next to him , Mr Doran was grinning maniacally as he handed out squishy tomatoes for the parishioners to throw at their young vicar , trapped in the ‘ stocks ’ . |
| 21 | He opened up various prostitute rings , and later extended his business interests to car thefts , burglary , the drugs market , and practised every ‘ con-trick ’ he could dream up . |
| 22 | The youth was approached by another man as he walked along High Row and then beaten to the ground . |
| 23 | The House passed this by 416–0 , and the Senate by 88–2 , and Johnson constantly used it later when he stepped up American involvement in Vietnam . |
| 24 | After studying his agency 's current advertising he worked out alternative campaigns , demonstrating how he would handle them . |
| 25 | Oh Cagney oh that 's how he started off public enemy |
| 26 | But millions of Germans will not forget the voice of Winfried Wolk , a leader of the hitherto tame East German Christian Democrat party , almost breaking as he warned over Western television on Wednesday night that East Germany 's ferment could end like that in China . |
| 27 | He had forgotten all about Gina , as he usually did when he chatted up pretty girls . |
| 28 | He rang up ex-DPR dealers and said : " Come over to Stox . |
| 29 | He took over total control of the finances and the cheque book . |
| 30 | In the thirties he took up abstract painting then in 1942 he was commissioned as a war artist , painting the bombed Coventry Cathedral . |