Example sentences of "he [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 'E needs a good romp in the fields , ’ and he looked at Willie , and I reckon you do an' all , he thought . |
| 2 | 'E sounds a right dopey git if yer ask me . |
| 3 | In front rode Mr Rochester on his black horse , and with him rode a beautiful lady , her black curls streaming in the wind . |
| 4 | Grumpily Dai Huang chose Li Lu , to help him construct a newer , bigger kiln . |
| 5 | The land he rode was marshy , forcing him to weave an intricate course past the more treacherous patches . |
| 6 | They questioned whether air traffic controllers should have over-ruled Captain Fuchs and insisted on him using a remote runway . |
| 7 | ‘ Shall I tell him to wait a few minutes , Inspector ? |
| 8 | His hair , which he had cut himself in one of the gales of thrift that blew up in him every few weeks , kept getting into his eyes and caused him to see a charming rainbow when he stood under a street lamp to look up at Sam 's room — something he had done too often . |
| 9 | An appointment was made for him to see an orthopaedic consultant who had a monthly clinic in Bala . |
| 10 | Walsh added : ‘ I expect James 's ankle to be right but I 'll probably start him from the bench and let him make an explosive entrance . |
| 11 | Summoned to Lord Beaverbrook 's presence on her departure for the US she listened to him develop a one-sided Scottish conversation which included the listing of many ancestors and their places of burial . |
| 12 | It also allowed him to include a wide range of ‘ non-sacred ’ ideas and images which colour our lives from the cradle to the grave , not least those of loving and sexuality . |
| 13 | It is in the music of his latter years that one can find him reliving an older manner that evokes the comfortable world which Humperdinck , wisely , never left . |
| 14 | He was the landlord of the Dowlais ironworks , in the 1840s the largest ironworks in the world , and his paltry returns from the Dowlais lease caused him to drive a hard bargain with those seeking the coal of his estate . |
| 15 | One huge hand was already placed in the small of her back , pinning her helplessly to the desk : then she felt him wind a thick hank of her blonde hair around his other fist , and jerk her head back . |
| 16 | As a young man he had a prophetic revelation that led him to preach a new faith in place of the prevailing polytheism . |
| 17 | We have asked him to lodge a formal vote of confidence in the government when the Congress resumes today , ’ one source said . |
| 18 | That he was a good and strong swimmer I assumed , because his American youth had familiarized him with the sea and coastal sailing ; but , owing to his agoraphobia , I can not exactly imagine him enjoying a high dive . |
| 19 | According to the patient , she had made patently clear her refusal to allow him to perform a vaginal or rectal examination because of a history of child sexual abuse by her doctor father . |
| 20 | He gave private shows for relatives before his teacher at Middleton-in-Teesdale primary school asked him to perform a weekly trick before the class . |
| 21 | After several rejections the war artists ' committee grudgingly asked him to paint an underground bomb store near Burton-on-Trent in 1942 . |
| 22 | Phillips straight to Hill and that 's a long ball aimed at Ormanroyd Cooper across to cover and you just saw him grimace a little bit again there as he charged in on Ormanroyd . |
| 23 | Bratby was intrigued by Minton and soon after he got to know him painted a huge picture on paper , entitled ‘ Homage to John Minton ’ . |
| 24 | Whatever I thought did n't prevent him maintaining a huge Spanish style mansion in several acres of ground . |
| 25 | ‘ And did any ask of you , towards the end of the evening , to help him hoist a long bundle on to the wagon with the wood ? ’ asked Cadfael , directly but without much expectation , and shook to the simple answer . |
| 26 | The first hint that Hills might be interested in a group pensions plan came when the company 's Board asked him to arrange a formal briefing . |
| 27 | One such affront , to the Archduke of Austria , later cost him his freedom and caused him to suffer a long imprisonment from which he was only freed at huge expense — much of which was raised by his neglected kingdom of England . |
| 28 | Now his landlord , the Allied Brewery group , has invited him to accept a 10-year lease at a starting price of £36,000 a year . |
| 29 | On 24 June she wrote her final thank you to the architect , asking him to accept a signed photograph of herself ‘ in remembrance of the trouble you have taken concerning my beautiful Dolls ' House ’ . |
| 30 | Mr Paul might be making a great deal of money and becoming famous , and she 'd heard they had asked him to accept an honorary doctorate , whatever good that might do . |