Example sentences of "he [verb] many [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a position which helped him survive many subsequent close calls , particularly during the wave of anti-foreign sentiment engendered under the later years of President Sukarno 's regime . |
| 2 | He produced many large monuments ( some in partnership with Christopher Horsenaile ) , as at Strensham , Hereford and Worcester , and Knebworth , Hertfordshire , which were similar to those of his father , as well as innumerable mural memorials . |
| 3 | He produced many excellent pictures before his death on the voyage ; and later expeditions benefited from professional and amateur draughtsmen . |
| 4 | He fought many successful campaigns , both in terms of warfare and diplomacy , and most of all he upheld the medieval system of fervent religious belief combined with regal authority . |
| 5 | Jim Kerr , formerly Chief Dealer at Bank of Scotland , Glasgow spent a number of years dealing in London during which time he built many inter-bank relationships in the UK , continental Europe and North America . |
| 6 | He found many rare species of bird , plant and insect upon his rambles , and understanding man 's destructive nature , he told very few folk the location of his finds . |
| 7 | In his search for gold he found many new islands including Cuba and Hispaniola . |
| 8 | The idea was not of course original to Wordsworth , but his expression of it is unusually convincing ; and he is ahead of his time in his recognition of the ‘ subconscious mind ’ — this phrase had not yet come into the language , and Wordsworth 's ‘ workings of the spirit ’ — he has many other phrases — are not always seen to refer to this . |
| 9 | Although his character does incorporate these descriptions , he has many different sides to him , something which is not fully appreciated by those who try and oppose him . |
| 10 | Best known for his boxing knowledge , he reported many top-class fights for The Scotsman . |
| 11 | He refers to the lithographed drawings as ‘ engravings ’ , and he used many short lines like an engraver scratching on copper ; pioneers are often conservative , and it was left to Edward Lear in his superb volume on parrots ( 1832 ) to exploit lithography , using bold flowing lines with his crayon on the stone . |
| 12 | He trained many distinguished jockeys , including John Watts [ q.v. ] and W. T. ( ‘ Jack ’ ) Robinson . |
| 13 | Teller was obsessed by the Super and although he contributed many valuable ideas to the fission project he declined to devote his time to the solid work required to see things through to practical conclusion . |
| 14 | He says many foreign visitors are frustrated by laws barring their children from pubs and he wants landlords in England and Wales to be able to admit youngsters under 14 with their parents . |
| 15 | Japanese The first of Ashton 's ballets in oriental style was Madame Chrysanthème , in which he utilised many traditional japanese gestures made more fascinating by emphasis of his dainty ballerina 's footwork . |
| 16 | He composed many Welsh hymns , some of which are still in use today , and also translated English hymns into Welsh . |
| 17 | Learning by induction , the student experiences a mental process in which he observes many particular instances and then makes a general rule ( a generalisation ) incorporating the truth of the fact observed . |
| 18 | At the same time , he sees many urban social movements as defensive , insular and failing to challenge the deeper structures of society and state power . |
| 19 | He recorded a visit of several days to Thorndon , Lord Petre 's estate , where he collected many rare specimens and must have been delighted by the tapestry of exotic climbers woven through trellises at the back of the stoves ( see p. 55 ) . |
| 20 | He began work in the Daily Express library at ten shillings a week where , by his own testimony , he spent many miserable years filing cuttings in the wrong envelopes and losing reference books . |
| 21 | During the first ten years he developed many new lines , and the earliest existing price-list ( 1842 ) offers sixteen varieties of drinking chocolate and eleven cocoas . |
| 22 | He calls himself a ‘ stopper , ’ with his greatest ability being able to pounce on anything earthbound that should cross his territory , but he also has a fine pair of catching hands , and he took many full-blooded cuts and slashes through the expansive point area during the World Cup . |
| 23 | In the Far East , on the route to Nakhodka ( Vladivostok is forbidden to visitors ) , he saw many old-fashioned wooden stations still in use , painted green or blue , each with huge iron stoves in its waiting-room . |
| 24 | Huy could not guess by what means Reni had saved himself and his family from the debacle that followed Akhenaten 's fall ; but he knew many good men whose ruin had been the price the scribe had paid to be sitting here now , and the thought tempered his sympathy . |
| 25 | He incorporated many Hungarian features in his production of Raymonda ( last Act ) . |
| 26 | He attended many Royal assizes and many quarter sessions and with Sir John Leveson and Lord Cobham he attended musters , which were called to train all able bodied men , and for which he purchased his own suit of armour . |
| 27 | He organised many other fund raising events during the last few months including a sponsored marathon scuba dive and raised a grand total of £2,000 towards his own travel and subsistence . |
| 28 | Like most strong men in an extreme of daze and hurt , he spoke many unnecessary words . |
| 29 | He had a few enemies amongst the more militant dockers but he had many loyal friends too , and many had told Carrie that they would follow him without question . |
| 30 | Oliver was disappointed at the disappearance of the picture , since he liked the woman 's face , but he had many other things to think about now . |