Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [adv prt] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In need of money , he agreed to take on work as an artist 's model when Ricky Stride said he knew of an artist who would employ him , for Minton had seen photographs of Bowler and had remarked what a good model he would make . |
| 2 | He tried to grope up back of my thing ! |
| 3 | They believe me , Connelly thought as he tried to suck in breath , tasting the rancid atmosphere as thickly as if it were smoke . |
| 4 | If the debtor resided in one district and carried on business in another , the petition must be presented in the latter ( r 6.9(3) ) and if he has carried on business in more than one district , the petition must be presented in the court for the district which was his principal place of business ( r 6.9(4) ) . |
| 5 | He has brightened up practice for his pros and armies of spectators , from Augusta to Wentworth , with his baseball trick . |
| 6 | Rumour has it that he has taken up residence in the port of Leith , near enough to Edinburgh but , should matters go wrong , the best place for his departure by land or sea . |
| 7 | Happily for everyone he has put down anchor |
| 8 | He has set up Klesch & Co to trade loans in troubled companies such as Heron and to advise on corporate restructurings . |
| 9 | He promised to step up competition against the company 's Japanese rivals . |
| 10 | On bail bandits people who offended while on bail he promised to bring in legislation to increase the penalties and set up bail hostels . |
| 11 | Until now , he 'd given up hope that such a burgeoning time would ever come again . |
| 12 | He 'd given up woodwork , having driven a splinter through his thumbnail . |
| 13 | Of course , he 'd given up medicine to pursue comedy , but he was absolutely at his best when caring for others . |
| 14 | He 'd soaked up atmosphere , as he had intended — my God he had . |
| 15 | He 'd picked up dysentery at a game fair in Hampshire ! ’ |
| 16 | His hobby is walking and he plans to take up bike riding . |
| 17 | Captain Margaret is the owner of the privateer The Broken Heart with which he intends to open up trade in the Spanish Main with the Indians whom he hopes to rescue from the harsh exploitation of Spanish settlers . |
| 18 | In.1922 he threatened to give up literature . |
| 19 | He began to suck in air through his mouth , producing a gasping sound . |
| 20 | As his eyes slowly became accustomed to the half-light , he began to make out row upon row of brown tents stretching as far as the eye could see . |
| 21 | Glumly , he began to pull out okra and edenwort . |
| 22 | He aims to mop up corruption , overhaul the politicised and ineffectual judiciary , and bypass political pussyfooting in fighting terrorism and drugs traffic . |
| 23 | On the death of his father in 1853 he decided to take up medicine , and became a student at the London Hospital ( MRCS and LSA , 1856 ) , where he won many prizes . |
| 24 | And , of course , if he did stir up trouble he could always be put inside again . |
| 25 | Yeah he tries to make up crap jokes . |
| 26 | The most notorious of these powerful informal alliances is the military industrial complex , but this is only one of many such groupings that a president must accommodate as he seeks to bring about policy change . |
| 27 | Within a month he had given up frustration and made his Christmas presents instead . |
| 28 | When he began writing again , he had given up realism for allegory about the conflict between , among other things , science and religion . |
| 29 | It was said that he had turned down promotion to sergeant , in return for being allowed to play cricket for his county . |
| 30 | He had meted out vengeance to his chief enemy , Grant , so any further attack upon mere pawns would be unnecessary , therefore illogical . |