Example sentences of "he [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never used the cane before , only the threat of it , but all three children were well aware that Kim 's flagrant disobedience earlier that evening had caused him acute public embarrassment . |
| 2 | But to his unfortunate son and daughter ( William Armstrong and Margo Gunn ) he seems to ‘ make Shylock look like Dr. Barnardo ’ as he keeps them in penury with each request for money causing him acute physical pain . |
| 3 | The small voluntary TRANSAID team has been strengthened this year by the addition of Eric Schumacher , formerly a senior manager with I.C.I. Eric brings with him extensive general management and transport experience , which is already proving to be valuable . |
| 4 | One MP even tried to put him right last night . |
| 5 | He rose from the ridiculous chair and made his way carefully down the crowded row , responding politely to those who greeted him by name , noting with carefully repressed surprise that two of the women who gave him private little smiles were seated next to each other , friends who had no idea they had something more than friendship in common . |
| 6 | ‘ Foreigner , like , ’ said Archie , forthcoming on account of the fact that Sergeant Joe still looked ready to do him grievous bodily harm . |
| 7 | On Thursday a jury found the youth guilty of wounding Mr Lay , 19 , of Anderson Walk , Bury , with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm . |
| 8 | Another similar escapade with a sixteen-year-old girl in Atlanta , in 1988 , brought him painful public humiliation |
| 9 | that he injected Royan with a substance he knew would harm him , in the presence of the press , and failed to given him adequate medical attention . |
| 10 | She wrote back to him careful little letters to which no one could object , fearing to display too much emotion in case it called attention to the boy 's over-regard for her but she managed all the same to make her affection felt , telling him : — Pilade looks for you everywhere and will not believe I have not hidden you in a box . |
| 11 | thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm . |
| 12 | ‘ thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ thereby occasioning him actual bodily harm ’ . |
| 14 | Unemployed farmer Francis McKeever , of Clay Road , denied assaulting Paul McNally causing him actual bodily harm on August 9 last year . |
| 15 | Kelly , 24 , of Coledale Road , Berwick Hills , Middlesbrough , was fined £250 after admitting assaulting PC Brown , occasioning him actual bodily harm , outside Middlesbrough Town Hall . |
| 16 | Val put before him grilled marinated lamb , ratatouille and hot Greek bread . |
| 17 | Towards the end of his playing career when he was with Hibs and contemplating a move to the Orlando Lions , a short lived soccer team in Florida , Rough 's business interests not only brought him appalling bad luck but imposed a series of financial set-backs that were to affect him in the years to come . |
| 18 | Pre-empting an expected attack , Yeltsin praised the decision of the Fifth Congress [ see p. 38537 ] to grant him extra presidential powers , and warned of chaos if they were removed . |
| 19 | The fall from grace of Heritage Secretary Mr Mellor earned him joint second place with the BBC 's ratings disaster Eldorado . |
| 20 | More than that , he wanted to act on the impulse to touch her and experience the thrill of holding a girl whose very presence caused him exceptional physical excitement . |
| 21 | He had extensive estates in Ayrshire , Renfrewshire and the Lothians , which yielded him large annual revenues , and elegant houses in various parts of Britain . |
| 22 | Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , has submitted a sworn affidavit that Knighton showed him confidential financial details of the club when he offered to sell the Edwards 's shares on for a £6m profit . |
| 23 | They did n't make him redundant this time , they just sank the ships he was on . |
| 24 | The impact of the trenches and of mass unemployment in 1930s Stockton gave him decent enough values . |
| 25 | A little tickle , but he knew it would keep him awake all night . |
| 26 | Whereas rows kept him awake all night , like lobster . |
| 27 | Although Harry 's conscience kept him awake that night until the early hours , the temptation of a day alone with Madeleine dulled his feeling of guilt about borrowing Dunbar 's car to further his own pursuit of the girl they both loved . |
| 28 | Mr Afshar was not an intellectual and his position did not afford him great administrative power . |
| 29 | Oh you have to , oh you ca n't leave him alone one second . |
| 30 | The tower , knowing the Citation was on a priority flight , gave him immediate taxiing clearance to the runway . |