Example sentences of "he [vb past] [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ALAN Hickman from Derbyshire became worried about the advice he was receiving over his pension transfer when he realised that each expert he consulted recommended a different course of action . |
| 2 | He 'd seen a hundred funerals . |
| 3 | Loc stared hard at her for a moment then glanced out across the clearing again , remembering suddenly the expression he 'd seen a few minutes before on the Frenchman 's face . |
| 4 | Tonight , only a few minutes earlier , he 'd been following handwritten signs down a service passageway to the toilets when , for one brief half-second , he 'd seen a local councillor emerging through the doorway with the head of a pig on his shoulders . |
| 5 | Driving on , he told Paula that Harry Butler was on the way , that he 'd given a brief description of Evelyn so Butler would recognize her , plus her address . |
| 6 | He said he 'd hung a papier mâché tray in its place so she 'd not feel the absence of the picture . |
| 7 | He said he 'd played a few years before but was very out of practice |
| 8 | ‘ He 'd tied a black scarf , or a stocking , or something over his face , and I could only see his eyes between that and his hat brim . |
| 9 | Des Little the signing from Swansea has been rested because er Frank Clarke felt he 'd lost a little bit of confidence in Forest 's poor start to the season . |
| 10 | I think he 'd done a few Compact 's up to then , but he was marvellous . |
| 11 | He said he 'd done a wonderful job in very difficult circumstances . |
| 12 | Before he 'd gone a hundred yards Joseph saw a burly French colon cuff an Annamite coolie roughly about the head at the curbside after descending from his pousse-pousse . |
| 13 | He 'd conducted a skilled , sophisticated dinner-table conversation since they 'd begun eating , talking to her with accomplished ease about his business , about life on the island , about his brother Salvo 's wife and new baby . |
| 14 | Over the past few weeks , he 'd detected a fiendish intelligence in the machine whose sense of humour he empathised with . |
| 15 | ‘ Not exactly the Spaniard who blighted my life , but he looked like he 'd blighted a good few others . ’ |
| 16 | His Defence Counsel said he 'd suffered a great deal since his arrest and said the real punishment had already happened away from court . |
| 17 | Art had always tried to give back what he had gained in life , he felt grateful for what he felt he had to be given , some said he 'd achieved a great deal , but in his heart he felt fate had dealt him with him gently and you have to make the most of the lo of the card life deals you . |
| 18 | He 'd realized a long time ago that he 'd married a woman who cuddled complete strangers in the street and probably had a season ticket for West Ham in her handbag . |
| 19 | He 'd gained a great deal of self-confidence . |
| 20 | Her eyes swept across his face , and suddenly she had the almost overwhelming desire to tell him that it was n't important at all , that she was , inside , what he 'd called a real woman , one who wanted a home and children to fill it , and most of all a husband , a man who would take her in his arms and kiss her until nothing mattered except him , kiss her as Nicolo had , make her want him as she 'd wanted Nicolo … |
| 21 | The prosecution said it was a tragic case ; a brilliant academic who 'd killed his quiet , middle-aged parents , for whom he 'd developed a consuming and irrational hatred . |
| 22 | Cos one day we found him and he was choking to death practically and erm er Tam , Linda 's husband turned him upside down and smacked his back , he 'd eaten a one pound coin . |
| 23 | ‘ He only found out what he 'd missed a few years ago when some German came in asking questions . |
| 24 | The man later told police he thought he 'd struck a cardboard box . |
| 25 | He 'd noticed a slight waning in the receipts on Sex of One … though I think it was just the power crisis and the railways . |
| 26 | He 'd made a good start but now he was faltering , and the focus of attention was drifting slowly away from him . |
| 27 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
| 28 | Michael , when he was at s When he was at school , he won a scholarship to university , when he got to the university he said as if he 'd made a great discovery . |
| 29 | He 'd made a super little dart across the line of Forest defenders . |
| 30 | In fact , he 'd made a real scene about it yesterday . |