Example sentences of "he [verb] [v-ing] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Look at the mess he made making a cup of tea . |
| 2 | On 26 June he records shooting a wattle-cheeked honeyeater ‘ on the ranges near the Upper Torrens ’ ; he ‘ killed a Bittern on the 1st July near the Murray , above Gleeson 's Station ’ ; collected red throats ‘ about forty miles north of Lake Alexandrina ’ ; spotted a white-eyebrowed pomatorhinus ‘ near the bend of the river Murray ’ ( perhaps it was this remark that led some to guess that it was the great west bend to which Gould referred ) ; and shot a pink robin in ‘ a deep ravine under Mount Lofty ’ ( this was the last time an example of this species , Petroica rodinogaster was seen in South Australia , although one or two reliable observers said they had seen specimens in the area many years previously ) . |
| 3 | He admitted receiving a total of DM500,000 since he became a double agent in 1982 . |
| 4 | Although he insisted that he had done nothing remiss — he admitted receiving a 5,000,000 yen loan from an associate of the firm in 1989 but claimed to have repaid the money — he agreed to resign from the party ( but not from the Upper House ) for having caused embarrassment to the SDPJ . |
| 5 | Terence Dowse , 25 , of Hamilton Drive , Marske-by-Sea , Cleveland , was given a nine month suspended prison sentence by Teesside Crown Court after he admitted stealing a car and handling stolen goods . |
| 6 | He admitted confronting a woman on Wimbledon Common while completely naked apart from sunglasses . |
| 7 | RAF man fined : Graham Morris , 18 , of the RAF Regiment , RAF Catterick , near Richmond , was fined a total of £280 and ordered to pay £20 costs by Richmond magistrates yesterday after he admitted driving a car without insurance and with a defective light . |
| 8 | Paul George Wilson , 25 , was fined £50 by Durham magistrates after he admitted carrying a knife with a blade over 3in long . |
| 9 | A YOUTH was sentenced to four years ' detention yesterday after he admitted raping a girl at a birthday party . |
| 10 | He admitted remaining a staunch supporter of the Meat and Livestock Commission which had done excellent work over the years . |
| 11 | Burglar sentenced : Jamie Raper , 20 , of Wharfe Way , Darlington , was yesterday sentenced at Teesside Crown Court to 12 months in a young offenders ' institution after he admitted burgling a house in Carmel Road North , Darlington . |
| 12 | STEWART McCutcheon , 23 , of Oxford Terrace , Bishop Auckland , was put on probation for two years yesterday after he admitted assaulting a 21-month-old baby in his care , causing actual bodily harm . |
| 13 | He tried raising a hand . |
| 14 | Will he consider having a debate on the situation there ? |
| 15 | He needs teaching a lesson ! |
| 16 | Soapy was really unhappy now , but he stopped making a noise . |
| 17 | You know , if he starts creating a scene then you say that retched thing has gone off again in my bag . |
| 18 | After the furore over the schoolgirl rape victim , he risks having a controversial but respectable viewpoint mistaken for insensitivity . |
| 19 | ’ Oh yeah , that 's a funny picture , ’ he says cracking a smile . |
| 20 | Martin Dyer may soon have a lot more time to play with his daughter … he says following a maintenance order from the Child Support Agency he may not be able to afford to work . |
| 21 | At times he advised reverting to a lower potency if the higher potency aggravated ; at other times he advised giving a few doses of a partially similar remedy if any aggravation should occur ; he also suggested administering the remedy in liquid form , giving a few succussions before repeating ( the plus system ) . |
| 22 | He postponed implementing a scheme until more groups , including industry and business , were consulted . |
| 23 | He dreaded hearing a shot . |
| 24 | He returned holding a book , ran his finger down a page , and shrugged . |
| 25 | It tells the fascinating story of his summer of 1991 , which he spent flying a Stearman ( nicknamed Cannibal Queen ) around the USA , touching down in all 48 states of the continental United States . |
| 26 | Soon he began manufacturing a range of agricultural and dairy equipment , much of which was exported . |
| 27 | He did n't begin playing , though , until he began pursuing a bachelors and masters degree in civil engineering at the Universities of Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick in Canada . |
| 28 | He began seeing a Hollywood writer , Florrie Christmas , whom he took to Jamaica , where he drank himself into a stupor daily . |
| 29 | Five years ago he began seeing a psychotherapist , but stopped after two and a half years of treatment . |
| 30 | He began playing a sad , haunting melody while singing of love and death in a rich Spanish tenor . |