Example sentences of "he [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as I watched him pick his way along the lifeless paths , I understood how much of him expected the whole world to be mournful now that Montaine had abandoned it . |
| 2 | Although Harold Wilson did not equate with Bevan in personal terms — in colour or in rhetoric — he too can feel pleased that the condemnation that in many quarters was directed at him demonstrated the genuine respect for his qualities that his adversaries feared . |
| 3 | Morse thanked the man , and walked along to the ramp at the side of the flats , and down to a concreted area where five garages directly in front of him shielded the immediate view . |
| 4 | From inside the hut behind him came the sudden sound of gongs and drums being beaten and immediately a bare-breasted woman appeared in the doorway at the top of the stepped log , holding aloft a tall earthenware jar . |
| 5 | Queen Victoria suffered a severe blow in December , 1861 when her beloved Prince Albert died — it was very many years before she eventually accepted his death , Memorials to him included the elaborate memorial in Kensington Gardens , with the world 's continents represented around its base , and facing the magnificent Albert Hall which is still the home of various public occasions and wonderful concerts . |
| 6 | Then he moved , and the hard strength of him dissolved the very bones within her as she lay dazzled beneath the forest sky . |
| 7 | For some reason it was restful to watch him lay the crochet-bordered cloth cornerwise on the polished table just so ; arrange the tea-tray , and bring in delicate , perfectly symmetrical sandwiches , and the Victoria sponge which , under his wife 's direction , he had made so beautifully and had set upon a spotless lace doily precisely in the centre of the dish . |
| 8 | Mr Browning out of the kindness of his heart and because Mr Landor I believe was once his champion when no one thought anything of him brought the old gentleman to Siena and prevailed upon Mr Story his friend to take him in . |
| 9 | He made the simple introduction with formal precision . |
| 10 | Yet before he made the astonishing leap from Paupers ' Alley with Cambridge United to Millionaires ' Row with Manchester City Dublin , 23 , had to learn his lessons the hard way . |
| 11 | In presenting the report to the national church extension committee , he made the astonishing statement that there is no longer any dire poverty in Scotland . |
| 12 | Karajan 's response to Honegger 's Symphonie liturgique and its near contemporary , Strauss 's Metamorphosen , of which he made the first recording in 1947 , provides specifically musical evidence of Karajan 's priorities and allegiances that I have yet to see considered by those who have become so concerned to analyse and recycle often erroneous information about his alleged political sympathies before and during the Second World War . |
| 13 | He made the first recording of the human electrocardiogram in 1887 , an important advance which , in other hands , had widespread applications in medicine . |
| 14 | Now in his 40s , he made the first solo ascent of Point Young on the Grandes Jorasses in August . |
| 15 | In 1933 he made the first crossing of the uninhabited interior wilderness of Iceland with a wheeled vehicle — his bicycle . |
| 16 | Oh well it er General , he made the first road . |
| 17 | He made the first goal with a delightful , a dazzling run . |
| 18 | Born the son of a bank official , he was 23 when he made the five-week voyage to Britain aboard the Northern Star armed with an Auckland University degree to take up his scholarship place at Balliol College , Oxford , in the early 1960s . |
| 19 | I heard Duncan on the 606 show and he made the classic comment about Jimmy Armfield that ‘ the manager 's indecision is final ’ . |
| 20 | History has shown that he made the right choice . |
| 21 | And , as he enters the last week of a career which spans more than 30 years , he knows he made the right choice . |
| 22 | Anfield 's record-breaking striker is certain that neither Blackburn Rovers ' financial clout nor their present League position can ever console the Scot that he made the right decision on that dramatic day in February 1991 . |
| 23 | Obviously , I think he made the right decision . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ No , it is n't Matthew , although I pray he made the right decision . ’ |
| 25 | I remember a little boy , I 've got on a picture with me he was a very very poor child and he made the best gloves in the class and it was a real sort of accolade for him . |
| 26 | His new house , built of hammer dressed limestone , with Westmorland slates for the roof , abutted on to the remains of the original house which he made into a service wing , and on the south side he made the grand entrance . |
| 27 | In the Herdman case the taxpayer argued that s739 could not apply if the taxpayer was not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom when he made the relevant transfer . |
| 28 | He made the Eastern breakthrough via his Yugoslav publishers , who thought the non-violent message would be well received by Russians . |
| 29 | In turn he made the polite mistake of asking her what she believed socially and politically . |
| 30 | Thereupon he made the surprising comment that the agitation about his List was inspired by anti-Semitism . |