Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [adj] he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the poem of his that he most needed reassurance about was Homage to Sextus Propertius ( 1919 ) , and for that he had to wait a long time . |
| 2 | Reynolds went back and found an electric flashlight by the boiler , and with this he began to stab and search through the first of the three rooms . |
| 3 | Lunn was later promoted to General Assistant and in 1891 he started to take geological photographs in the field . |
| 4 | A chartered surveyor , he talked himself into the chairmanship of the Conservative backbench environment committee and in 1987 he tried to curb gazumping by a system of forfeits . |
| 5 | But here , too , there were soon difficulties and in 1943 he resigned to become scientific adviser to the United States 8th Army Air Force in Great Britain . |
| 6 | Neither the Bodleian nor the British Museum , however , would offer him a place , and in 1889 he began to read for the bar . |
| 7 | Diem proved a harsh dictator , using American aid to remove opposition , all of which depicted as Communist , and in 1956 he refused to hold the elections stipulated at Geneva . |
| 8 | King George V had been very grieved at the outbreak of the Great War , which he would have liked to avoid , but Britain 's commitment to Belgium made that impossible , and in 1917 he decided to change the royal ‘ House ’ name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor . |
| 9 | The member of parliament for the district of burghs which included Inverkeithing , Colonel Haldane , was no friend of the Cunningham family , and in 1752 he began to try to overturn that interest in the council of Inverkeithing . |
| 10 | She said , ‘ Good-bye , Mister Johnny , ’ and smiled at him , and at first he tried to smile back , twitching the good side of his mouth . |
| 11 | He is ready , he says , to consider Syria 's ‘ vital interests ’ in Lebanon , and by that he appears to mean that its army could stay in the Beka'a Valley , provided it is clearly intended for defence against Israeli attack and not for interference in Lebanon 's internal affairs . |
| 12 | In the event Edward was to have no qualms about dismantling the power of the second earl in the 1470s , but in 1469 he wanted to keep his options open and , in particular , to keep the support of the surviving members of the Herbert connection . |
| 13 | In the event Edward was to have no qualms about dismantling the power of the second earl in the 1470s , but in 1469 he wanted to keep his options open and , in particular , to keep the support of the surviving members of the Herbert connection . |
| 14 | Ungo went briefly into exile , but in 1979 he returned to take a seat on a civilian-military junta , resigning after three months [ see pp. 30045-46 ; 30322 ] . |
| 15 | Firbank had no close emotional attachments , save with his mother ; but in 1919 he seems to have become infatuated with the Hon. Evan Morgan , who rebuffed him by refusing the dedication of his only play , The Princess Zoubaroff , days before its publication in 1920 . |
| 16 | In fact he returned to Amsterdam , but in 1681 he agreed to serve as leader of the English Sephardi community which had been so generous to him years before . |
| 17 | In 1210 Philip tried to marry the daughter of the landgrave of Thuringia , but by 1213 he decided to take back Ingeborg again because of his plan of conquering England . |