Example sentences of "he [verb] [det] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made all sorts of innovations during his short stay — only about a year — before moving on to King 's College , Cambridge , and starting the now famous service of nine lessons and carols at Christmas . |
| 2 | He made all sorts of wild plans . |
| 3 | And then he made all sorts of tactless remarks about the state of the body . |
| 4 | He made that sign of two fingers laid across two fingers . |
| 5 | I 've gone clean off him — ever since he made that pact with Stalin and the ghastly Russians . ’ |
| 6 | It can only be surmised that the Marquis was feeling pretty flush after a good win when he made that entry into his accounts , or the caddie was a highly favoured young man indeed , for four shillings at that time would have been over the top on the percentages that a caddie can expect from his round nowadays . |
| 7 | In 1950 Hoffnung began a career as a broadcaster , during the course of which he made many appearances on the radio as both raconteur and panel member . |
| 8 | He made many journeys on a bicycle , including a honeymoon trip the length of the north island of New Zealand . |
| 9 | He made many observations of atmospheric electricity , and tried to relate them to the weather . |
| 10 | Although I have fundamental disagreements with the Minister on many issues , I acknowledge that he made many concessions to the logical arguments of hon. Members from the three Opposition parties involved . |
| 11 | He made little attempt at conversation and showed no surprise that he should be asked to drive to Boulogne in the middle of the afternoon to pick up a well-dressed but grubby Englishman . |
| 12 | He made this reconnaissance with Captain Roger Courtney , of the SBS , who had been in the Mediterranean for some months after training around Arran in Scotland . |
| 13 | Dr Joe Hendron said the parties should return to the talks table without delay — and he made this point to Stormont Minister Sir John Wheeler yesterday . |
| 14 | Indeed when Richard marched against Angoulême he made this move after taking counsel with the barons of Poitou . |
| 15 | E W Swanton writes : Alec Bedser has recorded how , before W S Surridge started his first season as captain , he made this entry in his diary : ‘ Surrey will be champions for the next five years . ’ |
| 16 | As secretary to Captain ‘ Jack ’ Macnamara , a Conservative MP and member of the Anglo-German Fellowship , from 1935 to 1936 , he made several visits to Germany . |
| 17 | He made several instruments for James I and Charles I , and clearly occupied a position equivalent to the later instrument-makers to the king . |
| 18 | Cameron first worked for Catherine at the palace of Tsarskoe Selo , to which he made several additions over a period of fifteen years , notably the Agate Pavilion and the Cameron Gallery , an elegant building based on the neo-classical style developed in England by Robert Adam , about which Cameron had probably learned from Clérisseau . |
| 19 | In 1963 he made few changes to Adenauer 's cabinet and emphasised the element of continuity in government , though his personal style was very different to that of ‘ the old man ’ . |
| 20 | Otherwise he made few changes in personnel . |
| 21 | Thus , the trainer is our example was watching for relaxation before he made any demands on the horse , and also communicating his calm confidence . |
| 22 | He made these three-liners into sardonic comments which undercut the banalities of the newspaper in which they appeared . |
| 23 | He waited until he had collected a large number of observations of the fact that he was fed at 9 a.m. , and he made these observations under a wide variety of circumstances , on Wednesdays and Thursdays , on warm days and cold days , on rainy days and dry days . |
| 24 | He made some kind of deal with Erica Brausen a sort of transfer fee : it was like being a football player . |
| 25 | He thought he made some kind of strangled gasp ; he knew his eyes would have expressed his emotions . |
| 26 | Something was wrong she knew though she could not have said what it was and she was not in the least surprised when he made some excuse about being a bit busy next week and unable to see her . |
| 27 | He made some measure of pass at me . |
| 28 | he made some changes in his cabinet to assure a favourable vote , and he talked to the Shah . |
| 29 | When Lou 's dead , the law will work it out he made some deal with Rico and the Battler to unload the girl . |
| 30 | Kirov realized that he was going to be pestered by the man until he made some sort of complimentary comment . |