Example sentences of "[art] [noun] he [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Harry stood there , lost in thought , the porter he had spoken to earlier appeared from the direction of the lodge , rattling a Punch of keys in his hand . |
| 2 | None of the agencies involved in the official investigation of the Flight 103 bombing , either British or American , had even attempted to question him about the activities he had observed on Cyprus , despite all the rumours of the DEA 's involvement . |
| 3 | But by the time Fokine produced The Firebird he had developed his mimed dance much further . |
| 4 | He had n't expected her to make this sort of use of the opportunity he had given her . |
| 5 | Eleanor had given him the opportunity he had needed . |
| 6 | For several weeks , Tobias Beventini had found it impossible to speak of the apprentice he had chosen to follow , to dissect , to guide , in a medical way , towards the real , adult world . |
| 7 | Whereas , in Fulk le Réchin 's account which preserved the comital family 's own early tradition , Geoffrey was a solid but unremarkable figure , in the Gesta he has undergone transmogrification . |
| 8 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 9 | For the labourers he had produced , on a twenty-seven by twenty-four-foot ground plan , a unit containing a lobby , living room , scullery , indoor w.c. , and one large and two small bedrooms . |
| 10 | He turned the truck in the direction he had pointed , Myeloski once again walking in front of the two headlights that lit his path for him . |
| 11 | He was on the other side of the road , saw me watching him , stopped , turned and walked slowly for fifty yards in the direction he had come . |
| 12 | Almost with relief Ronni snatched her gaze away and turned in the direction he had nodded . |
| 13 | There was no clear path , she was just winding through trees and keeping as close as she could to the direction he had shown . |
| 14 | The pebbles he has thrown have shown these things . |
| 15 | She tried to convince herself he was still there — smirking at the sight of her in the ropes he 'd tied to her naked body . |
| 16 | Six months before he sat his Final Schools examination , he recorded the change he had observed in ‘ My Writing — it seems daily to become poorer though my mind is slowly growing . |
| 17 | Alec Smith told vividly of the change he has found — from the days not so long ago when he was a rebel against all organised society , and cherishing hate against certain specific people . |
| 18 | He was concerned about de Gaulle 's anti-Americanism , but was pleased by the support he had received from the French leader in 1958–61 over the Berlin crises with Russia . |
| 19 | Bold face : John Birt tells reporters outside Broadcasting House of the support he has received from colleagues |
| 20 | You have no need to worry — the support he has provided over past months will continue . |
| 21 | Coleman had gone up on the roof the previous evening for one of his periodic checks of the antennae he had rigged for the listening post . |
| 22 | He has lost count of the clubs he has helped , buying their entire ticket alloca-tion . |
| 23 | Pte Clegg earlier told the trial he felt justified in firing four rounds into the front windscreen of the stolen Astra , as he felt the life of one of his co-accused , Pte Barry Aindow , was in danger . |
| 24 | Those four little letters could cost Hardee more than the walkouts he has grown used to . |
| 25 | Simon Threadneedle , late of GenTech , switched off his pain with the circuitbreaker he had inserted into his own greymass . |
| 26 | During the admission he had shown very disturbed behaviour on the ward , attacking nurses , screaming and shouting at them , and threatening to kill them . |
| 27 | The desire for his total understanding was the bright song of a chanticleer to greet the longed-for dawn ; she had no idea that the longing had been seeded amongst the far-flung auroras of the meanings he had programmed into her magic box . |
| 28 | After wartime service in the RAF he had come back to the School , and with his friends Mr. Norris and Mr. Hardie had helped to introduce Rugby to the School . |
| 29 | All of these she had wriggled out of , and as they were leaving the cinema he had had the nerve to say , ‘ You know , I really respect you for saying no , Benny . |
| 30 | She had intended to say , ‘ What about you and Janice ? ’ , but before she could finish the sentence he had cut in to tell her , |