Example sentences of "he [verb] [adj] [noun] " 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 easy copy and journalists loved his accessibility . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Kamara had no great love for Scottish strikers ; in April 1988 he made legal history as the first English League player to be fined in court for an on-pitch assault . |
| 6 | He made uncertain movements , because everything in his head was vague and uncertain . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He made great play of all the tasks in the Casa Guidi he had been left to do — furniture to repair , decorations to see to — but to Wilson 's experienced eye they would not have occupied an energetic person more than a month at the most . |
| 9 | Upon his Roman nose , a tiny pair of gold-rimmed spectacles might have seemed insignificant — but he made great play with them . |
| 10 | He made great play of the Opposition never , as he put it , having supported the consumer . |
| 11 | He made great efforts to include Dexter in the conversation , the sergeant noticed , embracing him in his replies . |
| 12 | In Edward III 's wars in Scotland in the 1330s he made great use of hobelars and mounted archers who were paid more and required more expensive equipment than foot soldiers . |
| 13 | In classifying them he followed Aristotle in considering as many characters as possible ; but he made great use of the ‘ principle of correlation ’ , the way in which all the parts of an animal work together . |
| 14 | He made great promises for future dates but failed to ring the numbers they gave him . |
| 15 | He was given an ancient , unreliable car and in this he made long journeys and addressed crowded meetings . |
| 16 | While they ate he made polite conversation , avoiding with care any of the deeper , more important issues that needed to be talked about and resolved . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | He combined a cold approach with references to emotive issues like the Boer War , he spoke in a matter-of-fact way , he made clever use of sarcasm at the expense of opponents , and he recognized the value of a decisive attitude that would be firmly grasped by a party audience . |
| 19 | Officially Wordsworth continued to dwell on the virtues of landed proprietors , but he made occasional remarks which surprised his companions . |
| 20 | As well as noting occupations , he made occasional comments on specific instances of poverty . |
| 21 | He made tut-tutting sounds of disapproval through his teeth and fingered the fraying cuffs of his jacket . |
| 22 | He made good progress until February 1992 when he was readmitted with a febrile illness and a tender mass in the right side of his neck , which was thought to be infective , but had not resolved despite treatment with flucloxacillin . |
| 23 | He made good use of every piece of newspaper that he could pick up and every convenient hedgerow ! |
| 24 | He made good use of the opportunity , bringing his horse round the outside of two leaders on the final bends to hit the front before the last . |
| 25 | He appealed to most New Zealand judges simply because he made good use of the blindside , mixed up his passes and kicks and generally gave the impression that he could play the percentages very much in the New Zealand fashion . |
| 26 | Had he been more self-assertive he might have risen higher in politics , but in his chosen field he made good use of his wealth and talents . |
| 27 | Miller won 41 per cent of the total vote , a proportion which reflected the skill with which he conducted a campaign in which he made good use of the experience gained during his 16 years as lieutenant-governor . |
| 28 | He made good speed down to the river , and then there was a path to aid him as far as the mill . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |