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 . |