Example sentences of "he [vb past] the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cody was largely responsible for the engine installation of the airship which flew in 1907 , and he designed and constructed the machine on which he made the first powered aeroplane flight in Great Britain on 16 October 1908 . |
| 2 | A pronouncement which proved to be news to his own personnel department when he made the first anguished inquiries . |
| 3 | When he made The Dirty Dozen in 1967 , he failed to turn up to film the final scene , when he and Charles Bronson drive a huge weapons carrier across a bridge . |
| 4 | For the Crown he made the two tilt-yard towers at Greenwich from 1516 and on 12 September 1519 received the office of king 's master mason jointly with Vertue , who had held the position since 1510 . |
| 5 | As it was , he made the decisive next move . |
| 6 | London-born Mike MacFarlane established himself as the top black British athlete by winning the 200 metres European title , though his form thereafter lapsed and , although he made the 1980 Olympic sprint team , he failed to make the finals . |
| 7 | Once again , though , he made the usual pithy Formula 1 comments coupled with amusing anecdotes from the IOM historic jolly , making for a well-balanced , interesting page . |
| 8 | And then er the the the lace trade he he worked on , when women wore high collars , boned high collars and he made the little narrow edging lace about like that and it was goffered so it made a frill round the face . |
| 9 | She followed Master Nan , waiting as he unlocked the great double doors again and pushed them open . |
| 10 | Suddenly he realised the single glaring inconsistency in any line of argument which was designed to point to revenge or the settlement of a grudge as a motive for the attempt . |
| 11 | He laid the naked red scrap briefly in Effie 's arms , and said abruptly to McAllister , ‘ Let Rose do that while you take the baby from me and find something to wrap it in . |
| 12 | He laid the thin little thing down close to the blazing fire , and he moved to the table and poured milk and wine into a cup , and sliced bread and meat . |
| 13 | He checked the two sliding doors into the wheelhouse . |
| 14 | Ten seconds later he passed the two hundred fifty metre mark . |
| 15 | Well it 's , look he passed the hundred and fifty metre mark , ten seconds later he passed the two hundred and fifty metre mark , how far did he run in ten seconds and you 've put down a hundred metres |
| 16 | He produced the second highest attendance in 150 years . |
| 17 | He came to the Palace from Birmingham City in the summer of 1909 and played so well for us that , by the spring of 1912 , he had earned two Welsh International caps , when he partnered the legendary Welsh wingers , Billy Meredith and Ted Vizard . |
| 18 | But you just do your job ’ Severin Carrell recalls his visit to The Royal Scots in Ulster during which he met the young Scottish soldier who on Wednesday became the province 's 3,045th victim |
| 19 | President Roh Tae Woo made a three-day official visit to Japan on May 24-26 , during which he met the Japanese Prime Minister , Toshiki Kaifu , and Emperor Akihito . |
| 20 | Möllemann , the first German minister to visit since June 1989 , requested information on 903 political prisoners when he met the Chinese Prime Minister , Li Peng , and said that trade and economic relations would be dependent on improvements in human rights . |
| 21 | A.J. Wilson , the President of the National Deaf Club , and the first deaf person to drive a car back in 1896 , got another ‘ first ’ that was most unwelcome when he became the first deaf driver to fall foul of the road traffic laws and be fined for speeding . |
| 22 | In 1854 he became the first official photographer to the British Museum , and received several commissions to photograph for Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . |
| 23 | So in 1901 he decided to emigrate with his wife and two children to Australia , where he became the first full-time missioner of the Adult Deaf Society of Victoria , which celebrated its centenary in 1984 . |
| 24 | There was widespread regret when Butler resigned , in 1935 , to join the Agricultural Research Council , of which he became the first paid secretary . |
| 25 | He became the first Australian leg-spinner since Bill O'Reilly against South Africa in 1936-37 to claim five wickets in an innings at the MCG . |
| 26 | He became the first Portuguese emigrant to be allowed a licence to open a liquor store there . |
| 27 | In 1888 he bought Kirkstall Abbey near Leeds for £10,000 and presented it as a civic monument , and he gave £5,000 to Leeds Infirmary , as well as other sums for charitable purposes — deeds for which , in 1889 , he became the first honorary freeman of Leeds . |
| 28 | After retiring from sport , he became the Jamaican High Commissioner in London . |
| 29 | He became the best available villain for those who wished to fasten upon an individual to blame for Britain 's plight . |
| 30 | There was plenty of praise and some prizes for Ben when he became the All British Champ . |