Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [conj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | And his brother he was in the er Spanish Civil War , he was an officer , he was a miner , but he left to join the the Spanish Brigade and er he came back and of course but after the General Strike they would n't neither set him nor his brother on the pits you know . |
| 2 | But he pulled out because of the expected Government statement on the pit closures programme this afternoon . |
| 3 | Some two years later he went home because of ill health . |
| 4 | When I asked him once whether his FI career had really mattered to him that much , he answered characteristically that of course it had , but that he enjoyed racing in any form , and of all the forms of racing he enjoyed winning best : ‘ I win more over here , ’ he said , adding with a characteristic grin , ‘ and it 's easier . ’ |
| 5 | The victim said he stood out because of his short size and deep , gruff voice . |