Example sentences of "in [num] [adj] [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 83 first-class matches he scored 3,845 runs . |
| 2 | Yet in one telling passage he speaks of his loneliness and of a crushing depression . |
| 3 | In one bitter-sweet passage he said : ‘ I wish the Prime Minister well and hope his changes will produce whatever advantage for him and the Government that he intended . ’ |
| 4 | Over the next few days he was never out of the press and in one emotional moment he confided to a journalist that he felt betrayed by Scotland . |
| 5 | Simon McBurney brings a fidgety , sweaty intensity to the role of the troubled king , and in one superb scene he is discovered standing on top of a wardrobe , gazing miserably down on the happy innocents beneath him as his heart is gnawed by destructive jealousy . |
| 6 | His performance was pitiful , five goals flew past him from a bewildering array of angles , and in one pathetic ritual he ended up wrapped round the goal-post , in a knot of utter hopelessness . |
| 7 | But the attack , when it came , came from an entirely unexpected quarter , leaving her completely without defence , as in one easy move he thrust his long fingers into her mane of hair and pulled her to him , his mouth silencing the startled cry on her lips . |
| 8 | She tried to twist free , but in one deft movement he hooked his arm beneath her knees and , completely oblivious to her struggles , threw her on to the bed . |
| 9 | Her face grimly determined , she lunged , and in one swift movement he tossed his shield aside , grabbed the pitchfork , and pulled . |
| 10 | In one bony hand he clutched an oak club driven through with rusty nails . |
| 11 | In two other places he considered that screens were needed . |