Example sentences of "of [noun] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a fee of whisky he will help mortals caught in Fairyland to escape , or show them antidotes to spells and curses . |
| 2 | No matter how I tried to explain , he could n't see how the odd fifty pound note or bottle of whisky he spread around contributed to that image . |
| 3 | Fowler and Gower held him up for a while with 91 for the third wicket , but by the close of play he had two more — including a caught and bowled — and on Monday morning , cutting down his run-up , he polished off the tail to finish with 7 for 53 . |
| 4 | It looked like some sort of play he was writing , so far as Bob could see . |
| 5 | Bearing in mind that after the stinginess of Armadale he had gone to the house of this ‘ hearty welcome ’ , and had been pleased with ‘ a numerous and cheerful company ’ — why did Boswell prove less forthcoming than one might have expected about the Mackinnons ? |
| 6 | One source said the general was closely scrutinising the list of telephone calls of support he received from senior officials during the coup to see who called , and whether it was before the rebellion was known to have failed . |
| 7 | Yesterday saw Hopkinson in sad , frustrated mood , attacking the ‘ complacency ’ among many field sportsmen and bewailing the lack of support he has received over the past seven years . |
| 8 | Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce . |
| 9 | Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce . |
| 10 | Mr Krenz , who is certain to become the next target of popular calls for revenge following the corruption revelations , left office warning that ‘ anti-democratic forces ’ could now roll back the process of change he had tried to introduce . |
| 11 | Perhaps the outstanding legacy of Napoleon 's invasion lay with the bevy of experts he had brought with him who created the " Institute d'Egypte " producing numerous volumes that were to launch Egyptology in the Western academic world and , in time , to remind educated Egyptians of former glories . |
| 12 | But that 's what that 's one of reasons he wanted you to go up cos he 's got this letter . |
| 13 | ‘ To start with he 's gob-smacked but after a couple of glasses of champagne he … well that would be giving the story away , ’ said producer Kerry Davies . |
| 14 | We had been advised that if we laid on a couple of bottles of champagne he might stay and chat for a while after the show . |
| 15 | They discussed business for a while , over the bottle of champagne he ordered . |
| 16 | And all this was reflected in a book of genius he was going to translate and embellish for his own ends . |
| 17 | Dozing on the plane he felt the smoothness of the assassin 's face in his fingertips , the tumble of hair he 'd taken to be Jude 's over the back of his hands . |
| 18 | Her fingers seized the scissors from his slackened grasp , and she snipped at the strand of hair he held . |
| 19 | In fact , he had no need of anything more than a lock of hair he showed me . ’ |
| 20 | She filled him with a kind of exultation he had never experienced before and he found himself shaking his head . |
| 21 | just like that crazy after what , forty odd years of smoking he stopped it just like that , and then when the doctor said when he 'd been , after he 'd got the results back , you know , all the , all the ones they do at the hospital then |
| 22 | To add insult to injury , he had even turned down paying pupils in order to give free lessons to Aloysia ; and with supreme lack of tact he even described how he had begun an aria for the tenor Raaff , only to turn it into one for Aloysia instead . |
| 23 | He suspects that a black mark went firmly down against his name for turning down the job and when he was later asked to become personnel manager for that division of ICI he was left in no doubt that it was an offer he should not refuse . |
| 24 | While serving as deputy chairman of ICI he became ill and was advised to take life a little more quietly . |
| 25 | In a strong khaki handkerchief he kept his money , the handful of coins he had managed to save or pilfer and hide away in spite of Sweetheart 's threats that she would always find him out if he tried to lie or keep wicked secrets from her . |
| 26 | South of Guildford he got stuck behind a road-train of three steam traction engines hauling a low bogey . |
| 27 | Now Mr Mukhametshin has a pile of projects he thinks Anis could take on . |
| 28 | I whimpered and pathetically tried to move the little finger of my left hand , currently being squeezed bloodless by the lattice work of fingers he had somehow contrived along the handle . |
| 29 | He smiles slightly at the vague feeling of hope he now feels . |
| 30 | It is also important to leave the reader in no doubt as to what kind of story he is reading . |