Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1838 it was said of him that he ‘ ranks so deservedly high in his profession ’ , and he gradually began to obtain an increasing number of English commissions , so that by 1844 he moved back to London leaving his partner David Bryce in charge of his Edinburgh office . |
| 2 | Considering that he started his adult life as a wine and spirits salesman , he had certainly learnt the art of showmanship : whatever the fluctuating state of the theatre , he always managed to pay an enormous wage bill for his large casts . |
| 3 | Antoine Eyeless still smiled at what he saw ; he hardly bothered to mumble an absent reply . |
| 4 | He also appeared to have an intense hatred of black people for no reason . |
| 5 | We liked the stuff he was doing and he really started to develop an image for us as well . |
| 6 | He even managed to get an extension of the unpopular excise to cover first wine , then alchohol generally . |
| 7 | He then proposed to gather an army to use against Aquitaine , to secure his alliance with Scotland , establish an alliance with Castile , foment rebellion within Aquitaine , recover what had been lost to the English and then attack and destroy England . |
| 8 | Having started his working life in business ( with the Dunlop Rubber Company ) , he saw himself as an impresario rather than a producer-director , and he consistently sought to develop an environment which stimulated the creativity of others . |
| 9 | He said that he too had lost an election ; he had felt very bad when the people of new York rejected him , and he could empathize with what the Shah now felt . |