Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 As he needed a fairly high percentage of oxygen he soon had a head box too — a clear perspex box placed over his head to concentrate the oxygen .
2 After a moment he unobtrusively laid a hand on her knee and said :
3 When he heard about Marie 's accident he just made a joke .
4 As there was little justification for the lengths to which these itinerant justices went , when a vigorous protest was made to the king he promptly issued a writ ordering them to refrain from hearing testamentary , matrimonial and moral causes ; these matters were confirmed to fall exclusively within the competence of the church courts .
5 According to legend he once ate a plate of raw Troll meat which is regenerating within him all the time .
6 Brinson had by this stage , therefore , acquired a reputation of not being committed to any one institution , and enquiries pointed to him as a neutral Chairman of the new panel , which he was asked to chair , and by virtue of his chairmanship he also became a member of the Creative and Performing Arts Panel , and then Board .
7 Mr Fraser was , as usual , dark-suited , but as a concession to the occasion he also sported a rose in his lapel .
8 On one occasion he ostentatiously refused a challenge from an infuriated opponent in a lawsuit , preferring to endure public humiliation rather than call out his tormentor ( though he did complain to the Commons of the breach of privilege ) , and earned the public thanks of the Society for setting such a ‘ noble and Christian ’ example .
9 It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone .
10 It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone .
11 Despite everything he had drunk already that night he badly wanted a brandy — and a large one at that .
12 No we did n't have a row he just went a sleep me Aar , me and Aaron had enough , we went for a walk down the lake
13 Of course he never made a name for himself , like Gifford Tate , though Tate himself reckoned uncle was the better painter .
14 In his autobiography he dismissed Gerry Daly as a player ‘ who lacked grey matter ’ and during his days as manager of Derby County he once told a player ‘ You 're very deceptive son — you 're even slower than you look . ’
15 At one time he also had a nanny , who came from the German-speaking part of Switzerland .
16 First time he ever rode a motor bike , like a two wheel , was when he was six years old .
17 The affliction was a subject for after-dinner conversation whenever he felt like talking about it , which was almost every time he ever had a conversation .
18 In his rapid rise to stardom he still retained a measure of the paternalism of the good C.O. He knew how much apparently little things mattered to the fighting soldier .
19 In fact he recently noticed a book in the library called He Hit Me First .
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