Example sentences of "he [verb] [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 .
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