Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | He sat down on his bed while he threaded new laces into his boots , and then paused , one lace suspended in his hand , as he wondered suddenly why the wire service had not given the Advent any news about him . |
2 | He made fourteen suggestions related to the recruitment and deployment of teachers . |
3 | He made all sorts of innovations during his short stay — only about a year — before moving on to King 's College , Cambridge , and starting the now famous service of nine lessons and carols at Christmas . |
4 | He made all sorts of wild plans . |
5 | And then he made all sorts of tactless remarks about the state of the body . |
6 | He made major contributions to the geology of Dalradian rocks along the Highland border between Callander and Loch Lomond and in the Cowal district of Argyllshire . |
7 | He made countless pots of tea , set and washed up tray after tray , helped the night junior hand round tea to the stunned , grey-faced rows of waiting relatives . |
8 | He made uncertain movements , because everything in his head was vague and uncertain . |
9 | He made small movements with his body , feinting this way and that , gauging Tuan Ti Fo 's response to each , a low growling coming from his throat . |
10 | He made great efforts to include Dexter in the conversation , the sergeant noticed , embracing him in his replies . |
11 | He made great promises for future dates but failed to ring the numbers they gave him . |
12 | THE appointment of Tom Graveney as match referee for next year 's Test and one-day series between West Indies and Pakistan could be blocked because of a comment he made five years ago . |
13 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
14 | Wyatt 's subsequent work was primarily as a country-house architect and ‘ improver ’ , although he competed unsuccessfully for a number of major public commissions and in 1816 published a Prospectus of a Design for Various Improvements in the Metropolis , in which he made radical proposals for replanning the West End . |
15 | Officially Wordsworth continued to dwell on the virtues of landed proprietors , but he made occasional remarks which surprised his companions . |
16 | As well as noting occupations , he made occasional comments on specific instances of poverty . |
17 | He made tut-tutting sounds of disapproval through his teeth and fingered the fraying cuffs of his jacket . |
18 | I am satisfied that the deceased encouraged the plaintiff in the belief that all the property he possessed at the date of his death would pass to her , and I do not consider that the fact that he made certain gifts during his lifetime , and indicated a wish to make others , including the gift of a legacy to the plaintiff 's son is inconsistent with such a belief . |
19 | Furthermore , he made real attempts to come to terms with the Emperor , and it seemed likely that the papal imperial conflict would now be resolved . |
20 | In his will , made as a parishioner of St Olave Jewry , London , dated 7 January , and proved 28 February 1633 , he made monetary bequests to his four daughters and two sons , allowed the use of his professional papers to his apprentices , and gave a two-volume book of statutes to ‘ my noble friend Sir William Paddy [ q.v. ] … to be by him put and given to the library of St John 's College in Oxford ’ . |
21 | He made annual visits to Spain and Portugal in connection with his business and he normally lived several months a year in London . |
22 | Waller 's research interests started in the emerging field of electro-physiology , in which he made useful contributions to the study of fatigue in muscle and the nature of cardiac potentials . |
23 | He made close contacts with leaders of popular movements , and it was he who provided the major link between the co-operatives and trade unionism . |
24 | Then he made 38 runs in good time as Northern cashed in against the champions ' depleted bowling resources . |
25 | When the new manager arrived at Highbury he made administrative changes which deprived Arsenal 's fifty voluntary workers — mostly schoolteachers acting as stewards and programme sellers — of various perks . |
26 | Then , he let out a groan and sank into a chair , his hands over his face and his shoulders heaving as he made superhuman efforts to contain his shock and grief . |
27 | Robbie observed him through lowered lashes as he made hearty inroads on the food . |
28 | He made two journeys down the path to the wreckage of the car . |
29 | It is , however , certain that Molla Fenari was in Karaman at a date much later than Bayezid I 's reign , as will be shown ; and as there is no evidence to suggest a journey before 800/1397 or to support the possibility that he made two journeys to Karaman , it seems justifiable to treat the Taskopruzade story with some caution . |
30 | He made two calls to contacts who sold to a private collector in New York . |