Example sentences of "he [verb] several [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Roh appointed a former Education Minister , Chung Won Shik , as Prime Minister on May 23 , and , on May 26 , he made several other changes among the senior members of the Cabinet . |
| 2 | He made several internal calls then announced , somewhat relieved , that he had tracked down the porter who had overseen the off-loading of the freight train the previous day . |
| 3 | In a period when ballooning was an activity only for itinerant showmen , any interest in flying invited ridicule , but he made several unsuccessful attempts to form a society to encourage aeronautical developments . |
| 4 | In 1889 he was one of the delegates to the International Congregational Council in Boston , and he made several further trips to North America , including one in 1907 to give the Lyman Beecher lectures at Yale University . |
| 5 | He listed several possible links between the various components of aggregate expenditure on the one hand , and the levels of prices and money wages on the other . |
| 6 | He says several other tour operators have suffered the same fate . |
| 7 | Over the next 12 years or so , he fulfilled several senior production management appointments within the Group — as works manager at Mason 's Ironstone , general manager of the Jasper department and later of the decorating department at Barlaston , production director at Coalport and later at the Eagle factory — before being appointed to his present role as Barlaston production director three years ago . |
| 8 | Gore 's decision meant that he joined several senior Democrat who had announced that they were unwilling to run for the 1992 nomination . |
| 9 | He defied several debilitating orthodoxies of the centre . |
| 10 | Conservationist Dexter Cate of Hawaii was jailed for 100 days in 1980 when he released several hundred dolphins from the bay into which they had been driven before slaughter . |
| 11 | He expended large sums in the construction of this city , and in the foundations he ordered several decapitated criminals to be placed as a sign of sacrifice . ’ |
| 12 | He arranged several important introductions to , among others , the composers G. B. Sammartini and Piccinni ( respectively leading lights in the instrumental and operatic fields ) . |
| 13 | He was first put in charge of the tunnels and other works between Bristol and Bath , as well as being responsible for the manufacture of coke at the company 's Bristol works , where he initiated several important improvements . |
| 14 | His 1915 paper illustrates his cautious approach to research , as he lists several possible explanations for the phenomenon , rather than risk premature judgement . |
| 15 | He lists several common characteristics : |
| 16 | In the end it was a bitter-sweet victory , as although he broke several British records at intermediate distances , and set a new British all-comers record , he missed breaking the British 6-day record of 623 miles , set by George Littlewood at Madison Square Garden in 1888 ! |
| 17 | Erm it 's hard just off hand but h he mentions several several things . |
| 18 | He took several deep breaths and tried to rise , again without success . |
| 19 | He took several deep breaths , preparing his mind and body for the disorientating shocks of passing through the sound-gate and going supersonic . |
| 20 | So he took several thousand dollars from his own pocket , collected contributions from peers , and made up his own bonus pool for everyone down to the clerks who had contributed . |
| 21 | During his time as Head Gardener he planted several M. soulangeana and after the Second World War he also planted M. kobus , M. mollicomata , M. sinensis , M. stellata and M. acuminata . |
| 22 | In both ballets he incorporated several conventional gestures in the ports de bras but also demanded greater emotional involvement from the dancers . |
| 23 | This was Roy Gibson , a smoothie from the old school of diplomacy , whose chief attribute was that he spoke several European languages . |
| 24 | He introduced several new locomotive types on this Irish cross-country railway . |
| 25 | He introduced several unique design features , including a reduction in the size of stem frames and changes in the rigging of sailing ships . |
| 26 | Well , let's face it , I mean , he had several other ladies , did n't he . |
| 27 | Ipswich Town signed Bulgarian striker Bontcho Guentchev from Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon and it was first believed that he had several full caps . |
| 28 | He had several illegitimate children , his son by Penelope Forbes being the distinguished classical scholar , also called Hugh Andrew Johnstone Munro [ q.v . ] . |
| 29 | He manages several local bands and runs a private record label called ‘ How Many Buses ’ . |
| 30 | He held several distinguished posts here and took British citizenship in 1939 . |