Example sentences of "[noun sg] he received [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On his return he received consular office from the eastern emperor ; he subsequently chose Paris as his capital ; his last years were spent eliminating rival Frankish leaders . |
2 | As punishment he received thirty days house arrest and a two-ducat fine ! |
3 | The result of the publicity was that the following morning he received eight cards at the Middlesbrough station . |
4 | When Brendan Mullin retired from the game he received many messages of appreciation from rugby enthusiasts . |
5 | In the course of his career he received many honours from medical , veterinary , and agricultural societies both at home and abroad , including an honorary fellowship of the Royal Society of Medicine . |
6 | As a married student he received extra money . |
7 | In the following year he received 1416 parcels of seed from correspondents and collectors employed by him . |
8 | A FORMER public school boy yesterday won £8,000 damages for a caning he received nine years ago . |
9 | The memoirs were written in a very anti-communist phase of his life , and we know that at the time he received indirect assurances from the head of the Communist Party , Maurice Thorez , that no insurrection was being planned . |