Example sentences of "he [vb past] a large " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made a large personal fortune , partly from fees , partly from shrewd investments . |
| 2 | He produced a large envelope from his desk and extracted a card . |
| 3 | In this campaign he led a large body of troops , as befitted such a powerful prince , but due to the continuing disputes between himself and Barbarossa , he abandoned the imperial cause at the siege of Allessandria . |
| 4 | By 1657 he owned a large house in rural Wandsworth ; his London house , in Botolph Lane , was burned down in the fire of 1666 , when he moved to Fenchurch Street . |
| 5 | He built a large studio at Pinewood and went into distribution with General Film Distributors ( GFD ) . |
| 6 | The architect was again Edward Simpson and he built a large stone cruciform church capable of accommodating 800 people . |
| 7 | He married her under his false name in Bolas Magna church in April 1790 and he built a large house there for them both . |
| 8 | They , he built a large organ university of or |
| 9 | Underneath the sink he found a large tin of rat poison . |
| 10 | He went over to the chest , rummaging through it until he found a large white sweatshirt . |
| 11 | I stood watching while he caught a large fish . |
| 12 | His energies were never enormous , but limited though they were , he used a large part of them outside the business . |
| 13 | He received a large cash payment from his Personal Accident Policy . |
| 14 | In the morning he ate a large breakfast — double portion of ham and fried eggs , plenty of cream in his coffee . |
| 15 | He ate a large tea and Marjorie played snap with him until it was time for bed . |
| 16 | The legend that he amassed a large fortune in gold and jewels is certainly false . |
| 17 | An Anglican and Liberal ( later Liberal Unionist ) , he amassed a large fortune and his influence in the north-east was considerable . |
| 18 | Normally he directed a large team . |
| 19 | He assembled a large secretariat , some 80 in number . |
| 20 | His work The Descent of Man contains several sections on ‘ the law of battle ’ in different animal groups ; he collected a large number of anecdotal observations , all of active fighting , blood-letting and carnage . |
| 21 | Searching for fossils on Fitzwilliam 's estates at Castor in 1821 , he discovered a large tessellated Roman pavement ; this encouraged him to conduct a series of excavations , unusually systematic for their time , which continued until 1827 . |
| 22 | The next evening he addressed a large anti-government rally in Bratislava and within 48 hours of his release , he was negotiating with the prime minister about political change . |
| 23 | You know how he 'll behave because you 'd behave the same , ’ she sneered scathingly , then yelped in alarm when he curved a large hand round her neck and urged her roughly towards him , giving Hilary little choice but to climb on to the fork . |
| 24 | He ordered a large vodka and tonic from a passing waiter . |
| 25 | Naturally , the fragrant smell of wine reminded Cranston of how long it had been since he had refreshed himself so he ordered a large jug and the deepest goblet to be found in the kitchen . |
| 26 | He indicated a large parcel and , as I nodded , said , ‘ I 'll send them straight round to the dispensary . ’ |
| 27 | Pointing upwards he indicated a large nest high in a pine tree and told us that it was the nest of a buzzard which had been taken over by a great grey owl . |
| 28 | He indicated a large Hindu carving , and the boys swarmed round it . |
| 29 | Rising to his feet , grinning , he placed a large golden hand over my mask and pushed . |
| 30 | A vein in Lafontaine 's neck was cut , and he lost a large amount of blood , but the knife just missed a main artery . |