Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He produced in 1975 the results of a large survey , hailed as the ‘ Italian Kinsey report ’ , in which he found that 50 per cent of Italian women and 25 per cent of men engaged in sex ‘ only to please ’ their partners ; that 46 per cent of women and 19 per cent of men faked orgasm ; and that 49 per cent of women and a surprising 32 per cent of men reported that they were virgins at marriage . |
| 2 | He fought to staunch the blood and stitch the wound , with the dog slipping towards unconsciousness . |
| 3 | In 1206 he helped to victual the fleet in preparation for John 's campaign in Gascony . |
| 4 | For the most part , however , he concentrated on other issues-the defects of the Government 's ‘ safeguarding ’ policy , the need for a body to co-ordinate the economic activities of the state , the responsibility for the general strike and , above all , the danger of a drift to war . |
| 5 | In part this was due to his commitment to the nationalist cause , though he played at best a minor role in the creation of Connolly 's Irish Citizen Army . |
| 6 | And he played with all the knobs . |
| 7 | It was in the course of his translation work that he received in 1790 the stimulus which led him to his radical rethink of medical treatment . |
| 8 | She was in the staff lounge making herself a drink when he came in half an hour later . |
| 9 | Well it 's it , it 's very much like , you know , a lot of things I 've come across in everyday language where , where people , I do n't know , er friends and relatives have found out that somebody 's been gay , oh well I never thought it of him , he seemed like such a nice person as well |
| 10 | When Peckinpah left Cornwall , he seemed in such a bad way that the possibility of replacing him was discussed . |
| 11 | He forgot about all the strange people in the theatre , and he just played for his friends . |
| 12 | He patented in 1870 a wheeled ‘ apparatus for affording protection from bullets and other missiles ’ , but did not succeed in selling it to any of Europe 's warring armies . |
| 13 | But Fox sealed Bradford 's victory with two more goals , a drop goal and a cheeky try when he ducked beneath half the Widnes pack . |
| 14 | Then , influenced by his aunt Naomi Treen ( née Cubitt ) , a teacher at an elementary school practising Pestalozzian methods , he obtained in 1851 the post of master at Holy Trinity National School , Lambeth , where the progressive vicar , the Revd James Gillman , allowed him to pioneer revolutionary teaching methods in natural history and to set up a school museum . |
| 15 | He admired in particular the durability of the man , and his capacity to absorb succinctly presented detail , and his ability for work . |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure ! ’ he replied in such a way it made Maggie giggle again . |
| 17 | He glanced at all the bits of paper hanging higgledy-piggledy on the furniture and walls . |
| 18 | Also there had been a note of incredulity in Vigo 's voice as if he marvelled at such an old goose begetting a swan . |
| 19 | ‘ Back in the '70s , he worked with all the topster Ops — Matt Houston , Cannon , Banacek , Mannix , Lance White . |
| 20 | When he started in 1971 the car fleet had only 11 cars , 20 years on there are 150 vehicles . |
| 21 | Maggie 's baby was a puny infant , but he thrived against all the odds and was baptized Patrick after his father . |
| 22 | The hospital say they 're urgently reveiwing security , and a city MP who 's campaigned for a year to get the offender moved to a high security hospital says he warned of such an escape . |
| 23 | He fantasized about all the ones he could have had if only he 'd been sure that a gnarled form in holey sweaters would n't join them at 1 a.m . |
| 24 | ‘ He evolved in such a way that really came to life for me , ’ she says . |
| 25 | As he threw it into the sea , watching the water swallow up his past month 's work , he thought of all the walking he was soon to do . |
| 26 | When her father was being stern with her , and she hid her face from the camera in the pillow on the morning before her wedding , he thought of all the arguments that he would have used to persuade her to get up and face the situation . |
| 27 | But Neil 's world lay in ruins about him , as he thought of all the lies which McAllister had told him , and listening to Havvie began to wonder where the truth lay . |
| 28 | Asik became angry as he thought of all the people in his village who could have been saved by the fruit in the lorry which had just passed him , throwing up bucketfuls of dust into his face . |
| 29 | The Prime Minister , Marian Calfa , paid an official visit to South Africa on May 4-6 , during which he stressed in particular the advantage to both countries of closer economic co-operation . |
| 30 | He went to all the openings , parties and dinners that he wanted to and frequently did not see Constance for several days . |