Example sentences of "he [vb past] [num] " in BNC.
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1 | Dad 'eard 'er an' 'e told 'er that while 'e 'ad two 'ands she was not to borrow money off 'er . |
2 | 'E lost two bruvvers in the war too . ’ |
3 | Around him swooped two hoopoes . |
4 | The car three ahead of him moved three yards . |
5 | The injuring of the finger occurred in November 1898 and is worthy of mention because the man received a 5 guinea gratuity from the Company , whilst the doctor and the solicitor who represented him received 2 guineas and 1 guinea respectively.7 ; |
6 | After him came two men in yellow raincoats with their hands behind their backs , and then two other men in white with guns . |
7 | ‘ I 'd like to see him hit one of those bloody kites . |
8 | for example , when the Select Committee conducted an inquiry into Economic and Monetary Union and political Union , Dr Kari-Otto pöhl , giving evidence as president of the Bundesbank , found that the ad hoc Committee questioning him contained three former Governors of the Bank of England . |
9 | Ahead of him marched twenty other pages following six saddled mules and six saddled horses , each led by four men . |
10 | Put a bucket of food on the ramp at a distance from the horse sufficient to make him put one foot on the ramp . |
11 | ‘ The mate who was with him said one minute he was talking to Tony at the side of the road and the next he was flat on his back . |
12 | On the top of the rockface before him stood two practical looking young women in their early twenties . |
13 | Behind him stood two Han servants who , after a moment 's hesitation , entered the room and began to dry Berdichev with soft towels . |
14 | The man was dressed in a combat jacket and jeans , and behind him stood two more men , their hair cropped short , dressed in a similar fashion but holding two flags , a Union Jack and a red flag with a cross on it . |
15 | There before him stood one of the tallest , thinnest men he had ever seen outside a circus . |
16 | With him sat two of his colleagues ; leathery , beery-voiced , — total weight about 750 lbs . |
17 | In front of him sat two folders . |
18 | The second wicket , like the first , produced 109 runs and he made 85 of them off 77 balls . |
19 | He made 70 1st Division appearances for us — during that time our defence was usually under considerable pressure , most of the matches were tense affairs , and the strain on the captain was that much greater . |
20 | He made fourteen suggestions related to the recruitment and deployment of teachers . |
21 | THE appointment of Tom Graveney as match referee for next year 's Test and one-day series between West Indies and Pakistan could be blocked because of a comment he made five years ago . |
22 | In the middle of November the Eliots travelled to America , where he made five public appearances in order to pay for their forthcoming holiday in Barbados after Christmas — as long as he could " hobble up a stage " , he could still pay for such trips . |
23 | Two years later he made 83 for Victoria against the West Indians , and in the following season , 1931–32 , his unbeaten 111 against NSW at Melbourne , which saw his side to an amazing victory when their target was 434 , persuaded the Test selectors to make him 12th man for the final Test . |
24 | Then he made 38 runs in good time as Northern cashed in against the champions ' depleted bowling resources . |
25 | Another Shield century followed , and in his first State match next season he made 185 at Brisbane , putting on a record 301 for the fourth wicket with fellow left-hander Leo O'Brien . |
26 | Towards the top of the hill he made two bad jumping errors but these made little difference to his progress , and with Fifty Dollars More falling at the final open ditch only Combs Ditch looked to have any chance of getting in the way of a Dickinson clean sweep . |
27 | He made two crossings through Andersonstown to familiarise them with the work which they would have to do . |
28 | On 27 and 31 July he made two final appeals to Leopold , who had responded curtly to his son 's enthusiastic descriptions of his recent musical success ; and on 4 August the lovers were married at St Stephen 's Cathedral , with only Constanze 's mother , her younger sister , her guardian , and two other witnesses present . |
29 | Lord Berner 's Triumph of Neptune was another work he conducted quite frequently over a long period , and he made two recordings of the ballet suite . |
30 | He made two calls to contacts who sold to a private collector in New York . |