Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began his political career at St Andrew 's University , where he ran a campaign to elect Tory Nicholas Fairbairn as rector . |
| 2 | Eventually he managed to sit in a chair unaided and began to attend the hospital school , where he operated a computer with a mouth-held drumstick . |
| 3 | Instead ‘ Akkawi was taken back to interrogation where he suffered a heart attack . |
| 4 | Winston Churchill , relieved of his responsibilities , travelled to the United States of America , in March 1945 , where he made a speech in which he made a statement that was to prove profoundly true . |
| 5 | Geoff Griffin pictured on a recent trip to Lord 's , where he took a Test hat-trick and was no-balled for throwing |
| 6 | As a student at Columbia University , New York — where he took a degree and a doctorate — and subsequently as a teacher of biochemistry at Boston University , he continued to write in his spare time . |
| 7 | A graduate of Birmingham University , where he took a BSc in coal-mining , he joined Manchester Collieries Ltd , in 1944 . |
| 8 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he took a pass degree and gained a BA in 1883 . |
| 9 | He retreated to a side booth where he summoned a waiter , ordered a beer , and watched as the two men went out into the garden at the rear . |
| 10 | Born in Galway , studied at Mungret College , Limerick , where he developed a taste for rugby football , and All Hallows College , Dublin , where he was ordained to the priesthood on June 24th , 1944 . |
| 11 | He came from Yorkshire , I believe , where he owned a mill and he could be quite a difficult man . |
| 12 | The beefy man climbed down from behind his counter and led Joe to the back of the shop , where he unlocked a door . |
| 13 | He had nine years at Leeds , where his children grew up and where he became a specialist in building matters and worked closely with architects on the planning of major buildings . |
| 14 | After the war , young Fred did a spell of duty in the Far East , mainly Hong Kong , where he became a member of the Marine Band . |
| 15 | He was keen to encourage the vocational aspects of art education and attracted into the various departments concerned with commercial art men and women of talent , including Macvyn Wright , Toni del Renzio , Mervyn Peake , Albert Halliwell ( later to follow Johnstone to Central School of Art where he became a catalyst for the teaching of basic design ) and Gertrude Hermes who was responsible for wood-engraving . |
| 16 | He went to the College of Physical Science ( later Armstrong College ) , Newcastle upon Tyne ( 1874–7 ) , and then to Emmanuel College , Cambridge ( 1877–81 ) , where he became a scholar in 1879 . |
| 17 | He was educated at Eton and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he became a fellow-commoner in 1800 . |
| 18 | Bradman and the umpire disagreed and Cec came to play in the Central Lancashire League where he became a legend for his fiery bowling , lusty hitting and astonishing turns of phrase . |
| 19 | John 's youngest son , Azariah , backed Monmouth in the rebellion and was banished to the West Indies , where he became a sugar planter . |
| 20 | His concern for religion was shown by service on the commission for the propagation of the gospel in Wales ( where he became a JP ) and by his part in petitions for toleration , which no doubt reinforced contacts with Oliver Cromwell . |
| 21 | He was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Trinity College , Cambridge , where he became a research student under Sir John Lennard-Jones from 1948 to 1951 , receiving his PhD for a thesis on Lone pair electrons . |
| 22 | Perhaps the classic case of this sort was William Foot Whyte 's study Street Comer Society where he became a quasi-gang member but never lost his status of researcher . |
| 23 | He studied languages , mathematics , and philosophy at Trinity College , Dublin , where he became a Fellow in 1707 . |
| 24 | He was appointed lecturer at St Bartholomew 's Hospital in 1863 , succeeded Michael Faraday [ q.v. ] as Fullerian professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution five years later , and in 1872 became Waynflete professor of chemistry at Oxford ( where he became a fellow of Worcester College ) , retiring in 1912 . |
| 25 | He asked if I was in trouble and drove me back to the car park , where he produced a tow-rope . |
| 26 | A grim-faced Mr Kinnock refused to concede defeat at his count in Islwyn , South Wales , where he secured a record majority for the constituency . |
| 27 | The 33-year-old from Berkshire made his move by collecting seven birdies and an eagle three on the 569-yard 14th , where he struck a drive and three-iron to 15 feet . |
| 28 | Educated privately , in 1868 he went briefly to University College London , and then to Gonville and Caius College , Cambridge , where he received a second in the natural sciences tripos in 1873 . |
| 29 | Born in Hartlepool , he was educated at Corby School , Sunderland , and De La Salle College , Manchester , where he received a Diploma in Education . |
| 30 | Hills v. Ellis the defendant was outside a football match where he witnessed a policeman arresting a person whom he believed to be faultless . |