Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv prt] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 4 July 1933 he made out an application to the Passport Office . |
| 2 | He ruled out an alliance with either the FLN or the FIS for the second round . |
| 3 | He tried out an elimination diet , and got a reasonably good response . |
| 4 | He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’ |
| 5 | He paced out an arc of twelve paces , looked for the killer 's place . |
| 6 | He came back an hour later , looking as smug as a cat who 'd stolen the cream . |
| 7 | DAVID Sinclair made himself the ideal employee when he filled in an application form for a sales job , a court heard yesterday . |
| 8 | PETER WINTERBOTTOM , the club captain , is so intent on Harlequins retaining the Pilkington Cup that yesterday he turned down an invitation to play three centenary matches for a world team against the All Blacks in New Zealand later this month . |
| 9 | He turned down an offer last week but I 'm going to make him a little better offer next week . ’ |
| 10 | With the rocket 's armaments he rigged up an explosive which killed both the crew and the people of Dido . |
| 11 | He switched on an answerphone . |
| 12 | From his pocket , he pulls out an exercise book and turns to a page with a map of the world on it . |
| 13 | He took up an idea from a previous inventor , an Englishman named Charles Babbage , namely the punched card , but designed an electro-mechanical device called a tabulator to ‘ read ’ the information contained on the card . |
| 14 | He took up an appointment lecturing at Napier Technical College in 1979 : there he became Chair of the Civil Engineering Department . |
| 15 | Eisner shocked Disney when he took up an option in his contract to buy 5.4 million blue chip shares at bargain basement prices . |
| 16 | He must have decided to do so because he took on an apprentice the day after he was freed . |
| 17 | He took out an endowment policy ten years ago to mature when he reached the age of sixty . ’ |
| 18 | He took out an envelope . |
| 19 | From his locked cupboard he took out an envelope , which he had received soon after his friend 's death . |
| 20 | He sent off an application and was puzzled to receive two replies . |
| 21 | While practising at the Chancery bar , he kept up an interest in Liverpool through Dr James Currie [ q.v. ] , whose circle included many local liberals like William Roscoe [ q.v. ] , as well as rising Whig politicians such as ( Sir ) Samuel Romilly [ q.v. ] and James Scarlett ( later first Baron Abinger , q.v . ) . |
| 22 | Police say he only survived because he did n't hit anything as he rolled down an embankment . |
| 23 | He put out an arm and dropped it as soon as it touched her , as if its contact stung him . |
| 24 | Jacob was not waiting there , but he put in an appearance only a few minutes later , beaming cheerfully . |
| 25 | ‘ YOU 'VE got to get rid of the males , ’ David Gardner said with such fierce determination that he conjured up an image of concentration camps for male hops in remote parts of Kent . |
| 26 | He was also a man of means and in 1839 , as a young architect , he bought up an estate in Cheltenham known as the Park and set about making fourteen acres of formal gardens and building six of speculative housing . |
| 27 | Now he puts up an egg box . |
| 28 | Tell you one thing , though , if he puts in an appearance at the office , it 'll be the biggest mistake of his life … an' his last one ! ’ |
| 29 | Yes , yes , just disappeared , yeah , right , right , well I 'll ask Alistair , oh well uhum , I would n't hold out a lot of hope , huh , somehow , his uhum , he puts in an appearance at the summer fair for half an hour and looks round , says I think I 'll go now , , I 'll leave you to it you know , keep the children , , that 's it , is n't it , his taken our Clare in to buy a tennis racket . |
| 30 | As always , he gave off an impression of coiled masculine energy and , as it always did whenever she saw him , Ashley 's heartbeat quickened . |