Example sentences of "he [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He could never entirely regret it , because it reminded him of working with Willie , and the passing resolves he made as a grown-up to lose some of it always contained a tang of unease about betraying his professional qualifications in the eyes of a man who would have belted him for such a thing . |
2 | It moves from sketches he made as an eight-year-old , via his figurative and later surrealist paintings , to the simple forms and primary colours of his later work . |
3 | That is the implication of a very suggestive comment that he made at the time to Edgar Faure : " At certain periods there are some problems that have no solution . " |
4 | He made for a line of scrub between two gates and waited until the street outside was fairly clear , then climbed the railings and dropped down . |
5 | As soon as we had cleared customs he made for a bank of telephones , and when he rejoined me he was smiling . |
6 | A snow-covered hedge loomed up ahead of him and he made for the shelter of it . |
7 | Then , ignoring her indignant gasp , he made for the chest of drawers with the clear intention of searching that also . |
8 | He made for the Druid 's Well , a mile or so to the east of the town . |
9 | He made for the surgery , saying , lying in his teeth , ‘ I have some work to do , McAllister . |
10 | With powerful leg strokes he made for the assault boat from which new flares were being fired . |
11 | As he made for the road , the crickets hopped from him , all around , as if he 'd launched them . |
12 | Everyone hastened to stand aside as he made for the door . |
13 | As he made for the door he heard the phone ringing in the hall and when he entered he saw Joe turn from the telephone table towards him , saying , ‘ It 's for you , Martin . |
14 | As he made for the door she said , ‘ You wo n't forget to take that bottle in for her , will you ? |
15 | He made for the door , sweeping out of the office with Rebecca in tow , stopping only to add as an afterthought , ‘ Ignore Rourke 's bad temper . |
16 | Penry smiled faintly as he made for the door . |
17 | His tongue hung from his mouth as he made for the south — and dust pothered up from his feet . |
18 | He pulled on a pair of folding sunglasses ( the sort you pay an extra load for to have ‘ Porsche ’ stamped across your field of vision ) as he made for the driver 's door , but even with them and the soft brown leather blouson jacket , which made him look a bit like an off-duty copper ( they get them cheap down Brick Lane ) , I still recognized him . |
19 | His whole body jerked in denial as he made for the drawing-room . |
20 | He made for the side exit , away from the man . |
21 | So he made for the Jackley road from which nearly all the traffic had now disappeared . |
22 | Then he made for the stairs , taking them two at a time . |
23 | He screamed and almost lost his footing as he made for the stairs . |
24 | Then he was striding away from her , his boots echoing on the wooden boards as he made for the stairs . |
25 | Straight and fast flew Bower-bird as he made for the mountain top . |
26 | He made for the travelling bookshop , where he found Jeffrey Archer sitting at a portable desk to one side of the bookstall . |
27 | And a young man , certain of his own strength and skill , running with balanced ease round all opposition as he made for the line . |
28 | Their scent came up to him as he made for the stage door , thrusting his note carefully among the rain-wet blooms . |
29 | At 18 , Couples hooked his drive out of bounds , one of the few mistakes he made on a day that turned cold and windy by the time the five-hour 25-minute round had ended . |
30 | Smuts 's own notes for the great speech he made on the occasion of the dinner in the Royal Gallery ( see above ) of which over 1 , 000 , 000 copies were sold in the English language alone . |