Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
| 2 | On the Monday he phoned bosses back in England to tell them he would not be coming back , and that he planned to build a new life with their money . |
| 3 | After dinner he planned to make a proper start on sorting out the contents of the house . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Charles , who had a taste for mechanical devices , commissioned Gionallo Torriano of Cremona to repair it , but owing to corrosion he found that this was impossible and he agreed to make a similar instrument . |
| 6 | Terry Long was always a welcome visitor to Selhurst Park , but it was an enormous pleasure to everyone connected with Crystal Palace when he agreed to make a public return here in October 1984 to give recognition to Jim Cannon , who is the one man to have played more games for us than Terry himself did . |
| 7 | He invented the morning press conference for the purpose of calling an afternoon press conference to say he expected to make a shattering announcement later in the day . ’ |
| 8 | But he recovered to plant a glorious chip over Kelly from 20 yards . |
| 9 | The bungled pit stop dropped Hill from second on Prost 's tail to fourth and , although he recovered to grab a brilliant third place behind the Frenchman , it was difficult for him to hide his disappointment . |
| 10 | Dr Jones , of Coggeshall , was found guilty by the General Medical Council last month , which heard that he failed to detect a serious case of appendicitis , prescribing instead indigestion and ulcer tablets . |
| 11 | Clearly unnerved by the physical presence of Mark Hateley , he failed to clutch a looping cross by Robertson . |
| 12 | But he failed to achieve a clean sweep of the end-of-season awards . |
| 13 | Although he insisted that he had done nothing remiss — he admitted receiving a 5,000,000 yen loan from an associate of the firm in 1989 but claimed to have repaid the money — he agreed to resign from the party ( but not from the Upper House ) for having caused embarrassment to the SDPJ . |
| 14 | He admitted remaining a staunch supporter of the Meat and Livestock Commission which had done excellent work over the years . |
| 15 | STEWART McCutcheon , 23 , of Oxford Terrace , Bishop Auckland , was put on probation for two years yesterday after he admitted assaulting a 21-month-old baby in his care , causing actual bodily harm . |
| 16 | Encouraged by the new legislation , he sought to become a big player on the local production scene . |
| 17 | Now began a new phase of his life in which he tried to live a grand , filmstar-type life in a huge house on three acres of land . |
| 18 | John , 43 , whose weight has dropped to 8st 12lb , said that he tried to live a normal life for as long as possible . |
| 19 | ‘ He tried to visit a different European country on each of his spring trips . ’ |
| 20 | … He tried to sing a great deal , but it was difficult to hear what . |
| 21 | And , since you asked , she once went for a policeman with her stilettoes as he tried to bundle a black man into a car outside a dance hall on the bottom of the Tottenham Court Road ( derogatory remarks in that department were still more likely to earn a black eye than a black look in The Bar ) . |
| 22 | When he tried to construct a few sentences in his mind — excusing himself — excusing Rose — they did n't sound lucid . |
| 23 | Not least of this chairman 's social misdemeanours was that he tried to introduce a special charge for members who missed the meeting , but who came to the pub afterwards : ‘ Imagine it : jackboots in the YCs ! ’ |
| 24 | Now he tried to smile a discreet and ironic little smile . |
| 25 | Scott Reading was the focal point of a close finish as he tried to protect a five shot lead over the closing three ends after fantastic work by Paul Maynard 's rink . |
| 26 | Oh no no , if he , if he tried to pull a fast one we 've already had one like that th that came in and bought a set unfortunately his father paid by cheque , oh no , well he paid by two cheques which , they had a card on them I know very well they ca n't stop them very well and he went out and er , and er the T V was only in the car and he went round a corner quick and he went brrrm like that you know |
| 27 | He tried to start a new conversation . |
| 28 | He tried to maintain a friendly , businesslike relationship with her , keeping his love for her out of sight , until the right moment came to propose again . |
| 29 | PC Peter Betts was on a training run when he crashed into a hedge as he tried to avoid a head-on collision with a lorry . |
| 30 | His propaganda was often at its most effective in personal abuse , and at its weakest when he tried to expound a political theory . |