Example sentences of "[adj] he [verb] [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1895 he became secretary to the British Association seismological committee for study of earth tremors and the following year he and the seismologist John Milne [ q.v. ] , newly returned from his pioneering work in Japan , became joint secretaries of its newly established subcommittee for seismological investigation , until Davison retired from this position in 1899 . |
| 2 | However , in 1933 he coached Britain to a Davis Cup triumph . |
| 3 | From 1583 he took part in the administration of Aldersgate ward in the City of London , where he lived ; from 1606 he was the ward 's senior common councilman . |
| 4 | Sampson ( broken bone in hand ) and Anderson ( back ) may cause bigger problems but Mr Van de Velde made it clear he expects improvements from a side who were unbeaten this year until after the semi-final . |
| 5 | Once Keith left it at the home of some guy he 'd had a one night stand with , and when he went back to get it he was so embarrassed he had sex with the guy again , which was a mistake for both of them . |
| 6 | In 1867 he became minister to the Borough New synagogue , south London , a post which he combined with a variety of Jewish and non-Jewish charitable and philanthropic endeavours , whilst busying himself also as a prison visitor . |
| 7 | But in September 1985 he joined forces with a man who was to play a large part in changing all that . |
| 8 | Then in 1879 he sought affiliation with the University of Durham ; but objections by the Royal Academy and Royal College of Music prevented his developing stronger links with either university . |
| 9 | President Andrés Rodríguez calmed speculation over a possible imminent " presidential coup " when on June 22 he swore allegiance to the new Constitution in a solemn ceremony before the Congress . |
| 10 | His parliamentary role continued to grow in importance : in early 1678 he chaired committees of the whole House on supply and on ways and means . |
| 11 | After the Restoration in 1660 he took part in a scheme for establishing a godly commonwealth in the Palatinate and maintained his connection with the Durham Baptists , while practising as an apothecary in London . |
| 12 | In 1924 he published work on the parachor , a function of surface tension which could give information about the structure of molecules . |
| 13 | About 1146 Adam became canon of the cathedral of Paris ; as such he took part in the Paris synod of 1147 , presided over by Pope Eugenius III , at which Gilbert of Poitiers had to defend himself against charges of heretical doctrines concerning the nature of God and the Trinity . |
| 14 | In the early 1840s he published pamphlets for the Anti-Corn Law League , and in 1846 he joined the staff of The Economist . |
| 15 | In 1582 and 1586 he served Leicester in the Netherlands and later in 1586 he was returned to Parliament for Callington , Cornwall . |
| 16 | In 1984 he became President of the British Bankers ' Association . |
| 17 | He was our college barber ; and at a time when most of us were penniless he cut hair for a shilling ( = 5p , to those who do not know what a shilling was ) . |
| 18 | Between 1944 and 1946 he contributed articles to the magazine , and when in 1946 Lehmann set up as a publisher , Vaughan initially accepted charge of design and production . |
| 19 | In 1812 he became master of the brig Williams of Blyth , newly built for him . |
| 20 | He was one of the most regular lenders to the government , and in 1662 he became head of a syndicate which contracted to farm the excise for London , Middlesex , and Surrey . |
| 21 | In 1662 he represented Massachusetts as an agent to King Charles II . |
| 22 | From 1859 he supplied maps to the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge , the National Society , Metropolitan Board of Works , Palestine Exploration Fund , and the School Board of London . |
| 23 | On 15 January 1862 he submitted proposals to the tsar which became " the basic blueprint " for his multifarious activities at the War Ministry . |
| 24 | Though defeated at Rye in 1831 he took part in the management of the 1832 general election . |
| 25 | When the Scots dropped out , Frost moved with the committee to Derby House in 1647–8 , and after the establishment of the Commonwealth in 1649 he became secretary to the newly created council of state . |
| 26 | In 1964 he became secretary-general of the National Liberation Front — the political arm of the Viet Cong — and thus officially the top communist leader in southern Vietnam , although more power was held by senior leaders from the north . |
| 27 | Rain wished he had someone to make sure he spent part of the proceeds on smartening up his flat . |
| 28 | For example : Sentence Graphics 1 John gets up Stick figure in bed then standing by bed 2 John gets dressed Clothes appear on stick figure 3 John eats breakfast food on breakfast table disappears 4 John gets the bus to Stick figure leaves house , school waits at bus stop , is collected by bus 5 He plays football in the Stick boys play football yard Example 4 : parts of speech . |
| 29 | In 1908 he became secretary of the historical section of the committee for imperial defence . |
| 30 | In 1952 he became head of the laboratory of experimental neuroendocrinology at the Maudsley Hospital , and in 1953 professor of physiology at the University of London . |