Example sentences of "he [verb] an [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made an O with his mouth . |
| 2 | He made an error of judgement , albeit one which is understandable , when he pumped additional liquidity into the system following the stock market crash of October 1987 . |
| 3 | He served as a member of the royal commission on Indian expenditure ( 1895–1900 ) but he made an error in appearing as a witness before the other commissioners . |
| 4 | It was , however , not these controversial surface colour applications upon which his reputation was based , but the almost painterly effect of the chisel with which he made an equivalent to human flesh and hair out of hard , cold marble . |
| 5 | He made an inventory of monuments and recorded the history of the places he visited . |
| 6 | Yet when Henry abolished the right of wreck throughout his dominions he made an exception of Brittany . |
| 7 | He made an arrow from a branch of mistletoe and gave this to the blind god , Hoder , saying he wished him to test it . |
| 8 | In 1964 Peter Murray wrote an introduction to a new edition , in which he made an observation about the passage on Bernini 's St Teresa , the sculptural group in Rome which is a key work of the Baroque : |
| 9 | He made an attempt to be kind , pointing out places of interest on the way back , but she sat stiff with protest in the small front seat . |
| 10 | He made an attempt on Crilly 's life with a pocket knife once ; but now they speak amicably to one another , they just do n't seem to remember . |
| 11 | Last month , he made an offer for more than 800 acres in the M4 corridor . |
| 12 | He made an offer to Austen , and authorized him to convey one to Birkenhead . |
| 13 | In the event he made an offer of £500 . |
| 14 | Seeing how closely Weis was watching him , he made an effort to be more warm , more friendly in his greeting there , but all the while he was wondering just how far he could trust the man . |
| 15 | Then he made an effort in another direction and tried to rehearse the future — not Monday but the future that lay farther ahead . |
| 16 | In two weeks he transmitted an answer to the Royal Society in a paper that is often cited as a prime example of the scientific method . |
| 17 | ‘ How plumptious I feel and tickled pink , ’ said Ken as he entertained an audience in the staff restaurant . |
| 18 | Why did he want an article on his hacienda ? |
| 19 | He laid an envelope on the desk . |
| 20 | He laid an information before Queen Mary accusing the Irish lord lieutenant , Henry , Viscount Sidney ( later Earl of Romney , q.v. ) , of corruption , but was unable to prove the charge . |
| 21 | Conroy was high on drink and drugs when he attacked an off-licence in south-east London in January . |
| 22 | It is a measure of the enthusiasm which he observed that , when Sadler duly provided a reading-list — tactfully headed with the ‘ King 's Book ’ , an episcopal compilation in which Henry VIII had had a hand — he felt it necessary to advise caution ; religious works circulating too freely had their own dangers , as Henry had recognized , when he passed an act in that year forbidding the reading of them by unfit groups , women , artificers and labourers . |
| 23 | Each time he passed an opening into a tunnel he had drilled , he loosed a couple of shots at its roof to collapse it . |
| 24 | Within a few months he produced an order from Littlewoods to produce the store 's quarterly catalogue , bringing in £478,000 of business . |
| 25 | In that year he produced an outpouring of anti-royalist cartoons , with twenty-six lampoons of royalty being etched in all ( Hill , 1965 : 44 ) . |
| 26 | Ten years later , with Professor R. Candlish Henderson , he produced an Introduction to the Law of Scotland ( 9th edn. , 1987 ) , a succinct and accurate statement of the law . |
| 27 | He winked an eye at his companion and said to Frankie : ‘ Been to the pictures , have we , son ? ’ |
| 28 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |
| 29 | He offers an interpretation of Greek drama , in come ways anticipating Hegel 's , which brings to the fore the question of tragic guilt . |
| 30 | This is virtually Nithard 's last word ; and he offers an explanation of Adalard 's power : " Caring little for the public good , he devoted himself to pleasing everyone . |