Example sentences of "he [vb past] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even so , while being ahead of his time and younger than his age , the form of theatre he produced remains rooted in the past , owing infinitely more to Victorian and Edwardian styles than to the mainstream of 20th-century modernism . |
| 2 | These included the treeless spaces north and south of Brocklebeck ; he recommended places sheltered from the northern blast and with ‘ commanding prospects of that noble lake , ’ ‘ the hollow between Derwent Park and Castlehead , and the fields extending from Castlehead to Keswick . ’ |
| 3 | But he got things done , he was a weighty man to have in the village , no doubt of that . |
| 4 | He tried tar made from the distillation of coal and in the distillation process became interested in the gas given off . |
| 5 | In Hilbert 's dictionary he found coypu defined as a South American aquatic rodent , myopotamus coypus , somewhat smaller than a beaver . |
| 6 | ‘ Somersetshire born ’ , but he bore arms associated with the Whitakers of Lancashire . |
| 7 | John Aiken , who wrote in 1797 , was also a doctor and he described apprentices brought in batches from distant workhouses to toil in " injurious " air by day and night . |
| 8 | He dismissed claims published in pamphlets that the King 's powers had been usurped , and said that " some members of the Council harboured secret ambitions for unbridled personal authority and power " and had wanted to elevate the King to the position of absolute monarch . |
| 9 | Every time he went abroad with the company he came back loaded up with western goods . |
| 10 | There were other things he added herbs sent to him from friends on the Plantations , and other , special things . |
| 11 | Souness , diverting publicity away from his side 's inept display , insisted he would quit football if more clubs adopted the tactics he claimed Palace used in Tuesday 's clash at Anfield , which finished 1-1 . |
| 12 | He welcomed reforms proposed by the Financial Reporting Council and its satellites and supported moves to introduce a British version of the American-style management discussion and analysis in the annual report . |
| 13 | With a wave of his hand he ordered chairs brought for us , and tea . |
| 14 | He heard vespers sung in the deep dusk from his father 's church , and his heart stilled and quietened in him with wonder , as though at last he felt himself to be drawing near to the heart of a mystery . |
| 15 | To these two categories , Darwin added a third : sex differences ‘ related to different habits of life , and not at all , or only indirectly , to the reproductive functions ’ , among which he included structures associated with sex differences in feeding behaviour ( Darwin , 1871 ) . |
| 16 | Only four horses were entered for the five furlong race , and he saw Bellevin beaten by Winkfield Pride . |
| 17 | Whether Gielgud was persuaded by Fry or Daphne Rye or Binkie Beaumont — whose production it was — or whether he saw talent obscured by nerves , he does not remember . |
| 18 | At periods of especial affliction he wore shoes slit down the side and stuffed with newspapers . |
| 19 | He also used to take me into the insect house , where he kept mosquitoes infected with tropical diseases . |
| 20 | Now as he strode north determined on its recovery he was ashamed and astonished at his own folly . |
| 21 | He issued statements cast in tones of reason , doubtless to reassure the British . |
| 22 | Captain Brown yesterday issued a statement welcoming the report in which he refuted allegations made in the racing newspaper , Sporting Life , that he had prevented a review of the starting procedures . |
| 23 | After prosecutors presented evidence that he had money stashed away in overseas accounts , it was ruled that Mr Dixon must stay in jail until the judge sentences him in February . |
| 24 | as if he had Victoria rolled |
| 25 | And , in the face of Saudi disapproval , it is on sale in Kuwait , Bahrain and Oman , whose ruler , Sultan Qaboos , was so impressed after reading the book that he had copies distributed to his cabinet ministers . |
| 26 | He had ramps built for public appearances and used his sons as virtual crutches . |
| 27 | After the execution of Majorian , Ricimer appointed Severus as emperor ; four years later he agreed to the elevation of Anthemius , but in 472 he had Anthemius executed and replaced him with Olybrius . |
| 28 | He tried to keep himself to himself but for years and years he had windows broken , excrement and rubbish was dumped in his garden and he would be woken in the early hours by children as young as 12 and 13 throwing stones at his window . |
| 29 | He tried to keep himself to himself but for years and years he had windows broken , excrement and rubbish was dumped in his garden and he would be woken in the early hours by children as young as 12 and 13 throwing stones at his window . |
| 30 | He had thinning dyed hair plastered across the top of his head , and his clothes were loud , his hands fleshy . |