Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made him think about last night 's events . |
| 2 | Spencer failed to retain his card this year after his debut season on the Volvo European Tour which saw him finish in 178th position in the Order of Merit with winnings of just £7,700 . |
| 3 | A settled domestic life with two year-old Daniel and the lovely former actress Suzanne Danielle provided the supremely talented Scot with a secure and solid base from which to plan his survival from decline which saw him slump to 51st in the 1988 Order of Merit . |
| 4 | " Send Mai to my hut in two minutes , " she heard him say at last in a curt voice . |
| 5 | SEVE BALLESTEROS yesterday extended the hand of sympathy to Scotland 's leading golfer , Colin Montgomerie , who has been fined £1,000 for comments he made about last week 's Moroccan Open . |
| 6 | In Wasmes he lived at first with a baker called Jean-Baptiste Denis and his wife Esther . |
| 7 | Has he explained about last night ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Adam , ’ he whispered at last , ‘ Adam — boy — remember yourself ! |
| 9 | ‘ It 's true , ’ he whispered at last , carefully . |
| 10 | ‘ Ilbrec ! ’ he whispered at last . |
| 11 | He succeeded as fourth baronet in 1731 . |
| 12 | Then the Annamite woman began to sob and he relented at last and raised himself from her ; still moaning quietly to herself she scrambled from the cot onto the dirt floor , gathered her scraps of clothing together and fled past the American woman into the rain . |
| 13 | The eastern Saxons are almost certain to have remained at this time within the orbit of Oswiu and it may also be the case that Aethelwald , the brother of Aethelhere ( HE 111 , 22 ) ( see Appendix , Fig. 5 ) , received Oswiu 's support as the new king of the eastern Angles ; it is certainly not at all impossible that he ruled at first in a dependent relationship . |
| 14 | He ruled at first in a subordinate position to his brother , Aethelberht ( CS 159 : S 27 ) , but whether or not the Aethelberht , king of Kent , who died in 762 ( ASC A , s.a. 760 ) , is to be identified with Aethelberht , son of Wihtred , has been disputed . |
| 15 | He smelled of last year 's sweat . |
| 16 | ‘ But I think of you as a creative writer , ’ he hazarded at last , amazed at his own effrontery . |
| 17 | ‘ Thoo knows what 's tekken place , Aah reckons , ’ he announced at last . |
| 18 | ‘ Was he taking it to the person it belongs to ? ’ he asked at last , and it was as though all the time he had been trying to frame the question in a special way . |
| 19 | ‘ Should he be so red ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 20 | " You took that money ? " he asked at last . |
| 21 | ‘ What ? ’ he asked at last , in a faint voice . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you mean that ? ’ he asked at last , his voice astonishingly gentle in contrast to that violent physical sensation . |
| 23 | " Are you going on Surete General business ? " he asked at last in a low voice after glancing around again to see if they could be overheard . |
| 24 | " Why are n't you interested in this good news ? " he asked at last in an exasperated voice . |
| 25 | ‘ What does this mean ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 26 | ‘ Where is your horse ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 27 | ‘ Do other men make you react like this ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 28 | ‘ Ready to go ? ’ he asked at last , but she hesitated and ducked her head , and he stepped towards her . |
| 29 | ‘ What does ‘ exploit ’ mean ? ’ he asked at last . |
| 30 | ‘ Are you going to ask me in ? ’ he asked at last . |