Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His face was wrinkled and he badly needed a shave . |
| 2 | When he least needed the attention of a photographer one was sure to be on call and when he most needed a month of solitude away from screaming headlines , something from his past was inevitably dug up . |
| 3 | ‘ Has n't he already got a clock radio ? |
| 4 | Has he ever cooked a pie that comes out the oven cold ? |
| 5 | He did not always have a voice , but he always had a point of view . |
| 6 | Robyn has been told that he once had a beard , and he is forever fingering his chin as if he missed it . |
| 7 | First , he began , and said that Qaddafi did indeed have faults : that was inescapable , all men have faults ; but it was wrong to believe that everything Sadat said about him because Sadat too had faults , and he also had a purpose in saying what he said . |
| 8 | With Cunt — Wilko would have tried to keep him had he simply had a huff every so often . |
| 9 | When he least needed a vote of no confidence , Leighton was sensationally dropped from Manchester United 's 1990 Cup Final replay team and punished for a slump in form during a suspect season in front of a United defence that bordered on the arthritic . |
| 10 | But as he entered the showroom , had he too experienced a flash of memory , a stab of nostalgia ? |
| 11 | Why was he never given a chance earlier in the season ? |
| 12 | The only trouble was that although he never missed a trick , he was dreadfully slow . |
| 13 | ‘ We talked about football but all he wanted to talk about was sex , ’ she said , before adding , ‘ I hear he 's not been scoring many goals recently and that 's why he left Arsenal , but all I can tell you is he certainly scored a hat-trick with me that night . ’ |