Example sentences of "he [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He unclipped a plastic water-bottle from his belt and held it out with a smile that was almost a grin .
2 After his wife 's death he married a Miss Drayton who had gone to Jamaica as a single woman missionary teacher .
3 There was a surprising amount of turn and lift so early in the year and when Gooch had reached 75 , he gloved a catch to Paul Johnson at short gully .
4 The land here was dotted about with gorse bushes and he half-expected a dog to come bounding out from among them .
5 She brought hot water and watched as he unwrapped a sachet and dropped it into the cup .
6 Leeds could have gone 2–0 up before H-T except for some sharp goalkeeping from their young keeper when he reflexed a sidefoot effort from Deane , from a cross by Wallace .
7 He uncrossed a pair of knives .
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