Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This copper said 'e used ter be on the Tunnel beat an' 'e 'd seen a bloke who looked like me knockin' around wiv 'em . |
| 2 | 'E 's got a good look on — it must be a bit o' good land . ’ |
| 3 | Mind you — - " she jerked her head in the direction of the Russell , which had recently returned from Plymouth and lay at anchor in the Pool , " 'E 's got a lot to answer for . |
| 4 | Last night heartbroken Sandy , who lived with Brian at Didsbury , Manchester , said : ‘ Everyone who knew him has lost a part of themselves through this tragedy . |
| 5 | God 's love for and claim on man are worked out through a judgement and condemnation which disclose a profound alienation and estrangement between man and God , a contradiction in which man has attempted to break away from the tie with God , so that God 's claim on him has become a consuming fire . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , ’ continued Gloria between swallows of coffee , ‘ the lady what polishes the cars for him has got a sister what does cleaning at Stowbridge Tech . ’ |
| 7 | Perhaps as a result of his unpopularity , speculation about him has taken a new turn . |
| 8 | Suddenly I had this vision of him having taken an overdose and phoning to say goodbye . |
| 9 | And I said ‘ yes ’ , and I reminded him that it was against the law for him to have possessed a wild animal in the first place , and he shrugged . |
| 10 | It would have been very unusual for him to have known a fact like that about his son 's life and movements . |
| 11 | She had seen Billy enter the dining rooms in front of her as she returned from the park with Rachel , and the sight of him had sent a little shiver through her body . |
| 12 | And although Thornton seemed the obvious choice to the outside world , relationships with him had reached a new low in October 1985 . |
| 13 | She tried to move away , disturbed by the realisation that her feelings towards him had undergone a subtle change even though she could n't quite define it . |
| 14 | Gubbins was educated at Battersea Polytechnic , but was taken away at sixteen when the headmaster told his mother that educating him had proved a hopeless task . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | To the BBC SSO , whom he holds in great affection — he first came to Scotland in 1988 for their Festival of New Chinese Music — he has gifted a new work , Death and the Fire : a dialogue with Paul Klee , to be premiered on 27 March . |
| 17 | During his time away , he has visited a potash mine , two dairy farms and attended a rodeo , as well as becoming an expert on 4H country fairs . |
| 18 | He has caused a storm with his claim that their bowlers ‘ scuffed up the ball ’ during the final Test at The Oval two years ago . |
| 19 | As Ashton and MacMillan in many of their ballets , he has created a style appropriate to one particular ballet . |
| 20 | Although he is a newcomer to sailing and the America 's Cup , he has created a huge syndicate of 200 people and spent a staggering £1.4 million per month on his camapign for the past year-and-a-half . |
| 21 | In the first , he dug scallop-shaped beds housing 250 herbaceous plants to give a cottagey look and , in the second , he has created a mini-woodland with a bark path and a miniature pond surrounded by peat blocks for a natural effect . |
| 22 | He has created a gap downwind into which he can accelerate to start at speed , whilst those around him will still be sheeting in . |
| 23 | Shrewd , quietly spoken and a model of impeccable sportsmanship for young and not — so-young alike , he has created a chemistry which has made Haslemere 4th XI one of the most popular sides with its opponents and the happiest with itself . |
| 24 | At Jay Gorney from 10 to 31 October , he has created a room full of furniture-sculpture complete with wallpaper and frieze-like shelving . |
| 25 | Why does a barrow boy selling bunched radishes and salad greens in the market at Chinon know by instinct so to arrange his produce that he has created a little spectacle as fresh and gay as a Dufy painting , and you are at once convinced that unless you taste some of his radishes you will be missing an experience which seems of more urgency than a visit to the Chateau of Chinon ? |
| 26 | The artist has achieved more than that though ; he has created a real group . |
| 27 | Since then he has created a garden few of us would aspire to after a lifetime of gardening . |
| 28 | It was more like a personal appearance by a pop star … just a glimpse of Desert Orchid was enough to draw the crowds and set the cameras clicking.But after all , this was the horse with his own fanclub.And he has created a few records.Between 1983 and 1991 Dezi won 34 steeplechases , picking up half a million pounds in prize money into the bargain.Now he 's retired … and enjoying the fame : |
| 29 | A groundswell of media opinion is pushing for Gavin Hastings as captain and his off-the-field credentials — particularly the manner in which he has created a happy spirit in the Scottish camp — give him a head start over England 's Will Carling . |
| 30 | For one he has created an office , for another a library and for a third a single piece of furniture . |