Example sentences of "he [vb past] miss [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Any idea who it could be ? ’ he asked Miss Williams casually . |
| 2 | Eliot 's own letter contained , besides some telling points , an amusing conclusion in which he invited Miss West , in order to ‘ talk these matters over quietly ’ to ‘ come up and see me some time ’ . |
| 3 | He told Miss Smart the girls she drilled so magnificently ought to be included in the Royal Tournament at Earl 's Court , he , for one , being heartily sick of sailors dismantling and reassembling guns . |
| 4 | He studied Miss van Williamsburgh 's unpretentious gown and simply done reddish hair . |
| 5 | He heard Miss Thorne open the outer door of the hall . |
| 6 | Against this background and his assessment of the shallowness of Miss T. 's acceptance of the beliefs of the Jehovah 's Witnesses , he construed Miss T. 's refusal of treatment by blood transfusion as not extending to the question of whether or not she should receive transfusions in the extreme situation which had arisen . |
| 7 | As Barrett proved when he targeted Miss Prinsep , the electoral roll is another favourite reference . |
| 8 | Although Barrett described himself as an ‘ antiques dealer ’ , the way he handled Miss Prinsep had more in common with the foot-in-the-door techniques employed by what the Sussex police wearily refer to as the ‘ knocker boys ’ . |
| 9 | He asked the old man if he knew Miss Lavant , if he 'd seen her at the fete , in clothes with buttercups on them . |
| 10 | He remembered waking up in the middle of the night , and then he remembered Miss Tomm walking into the dormitory and saying that the headmaster wanted to see him and Cartwright saying : " Eee , what 's Fleming done ? " |
| 11 | He gave Miss Jarman a sideways look which Jess saw with a little skip of interest , thinking — he 's got her measure ; she wo n't fool him . |
| 12 | he said Miss Polly put her straight to bed , he knocked on the door with a rat a tat tat you do it like that |
| 13 | He said Miss Dalzell is now being temporarily housed by Darlington council at the Arts Centre . |
| 14 | A little over a year ago he married Miss Doris Pike , daughter of Mr and Mrs M. Pike , of 6 , The Crescent , Halfway . |