Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she became engrossed in some new work he made her preoccupation an excuse for drawing away from her . |
| 2 | He made his debut a week or two after joining us and soon settled down at left-half , making the berth his own , but he was not seen at his best until Palace manager Tom Bromilow signed Les Lievesley from Torquay . |
| 3 | When Jesus began his public ministry he made his manifesto the prophecy of Isaiah 61:1–2 which he selected and read in the synagogue at Nazareth ( Luke 4:18 , 19 ) : |
| 4 | We fought like cat and dog the whole time we were together — or at least most of the time , ’ she added , remembering , ‘ he made my life an absolute misery ! ’ |
| 5 | But , Erika , ’ he lowered his voice a little . |
| 6 | He lowered his head a fraction . |
| 7 | He knew the local man to be in his mid-forties , and he adjudged his companion a little over 30 . |
| 8 | He turns his head a little further and it comes to me that these are the people who are making the programme about Summerchild . |
| 9 | He asked what support the authority had from GPs in promoting healthier living . |
| 10 | Apparently he led his wife an awful dance . |
| 11 | Philip Burton was also in it ( no doubt he got his ward the part ) and so was Dylan Thomas . |
| 12 | he thinks his shooting the oil can , and he keeps diving behind these oil cans and takes cover and that , he said oh no not an oil can and fucking little bullets , bullet |
| 13 | He produces his lunch a chunky meat and salad sandwich from a paper bag and talks about the rehearsal process . |
| 14 | I 've seen him like this before , before you were born , when he cracked his ankle the week before the final trial . |
| 15 | Because the client or tenant is in a state of long-term indebtedness , he owes his patron a ‘ debt of gratitude ’ and should be ready to help the latter on a diffuse , non-contractual basis . |
| 16 | He has her report the matter to the police . |
| 17 | She gazed into his face raptly as he described his clinic the day before at St Mary 's and passed on good wishes from Sister Concepta . |
| 18 | He was an open supporter of the Covenant and when he visited his friend the blacksmith , he was on his way to join a band of Covenanters about to confront a party of Dragoons . |
| 19 | He was lying on his hard , as it were armour-plated , back and when he lifted his head a little he could see his domelike brown belly divided into stiff arched segments on top of which the bed quilt could hardly keep in position and was about to slide off completely . |
| 20 | He lifted his hat an inch or two and directed a toothy smile first at her and then at Eleanor 's retreating figure , as if ready to return the wave and the greeting that he evidently expected of her . |
| 21 | He studied his son a moment , the smile never leaving his face , then nodded . |
| 22 | There he composed his wife a letter ( later found among Laura 's belongings by PC Myers ) . |
| 23 | He turned his head a little and she saw the blue glass flowering from his skull , its silken stamens drooping elegantly as he moved . |
| 24 | That evening he showed his wife the little bronze relief . |
| 25 | He poured his friend a fresh drink and pressed the glass into his shaking hand . |
| 26 | He buys his girl a man-made fibre wig , |
| 27 | Now that he had started , he threw his sister a challenging look and rushed on . |
| 28 | From the moment he opened his mouth the pub was in uproar . |
| 29 | The smoke from the incinerator made Harry blink and cough , but Morpurgo , who was stooped over the very top of it , seemed unaffected and still he paid his visitor no heed . |
| 30 | He shook his head a fraction and his gaze slid to the door and back — but even searching the hyacinth radiance around his head she could not guess what he really meant to do . |