Example sentences of "[Wh det] he ran " in BNC.

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1 He is still barred from many corporate towers from which he ran his empire .
2 His forehand was erratic , to say the least , and the frequency with which he ran round the once almost impenetrable backhand was another sign of the times .
3 From its lofty position one can see the parish of his birth , the route by which his mother took him to Ayr , the town of Ayr in which he ran errands as a boy , the harbour from which he went off to sea , and all of the land that was his estate of Orangefield .
4 A former bus driver , illness forced him to give up the DIAL office at Kingsley which he ran successfully for two years .
5 His company , National Airways which he ran in the early 1980s provided great adventure too .
6 Bard had been president of the $185m-a-year Integrated Systems Division of Computer Science Corporation which he ran since 1984 .
7 His coach Ron Roddan says that , at 32 , he has never been fitter , that the disappointment of the World Championships last year , in which he ran his guts out and finished fourth , provided the final necessary impetus to give everything for this final race .
8 He had invited her to join the ladies ' sewing circle , and even suggested that she might like to attend the Tuesday evening Bible readings which he ran — he was sure that ‘ dear Miss Mates ’ would release her for the hour and a half the readings usually took .
9 He 's was a fireman and a soldier before starting up a contract cleaning business which he ran from home .
10 Mr Williams eventually set up his own painting and decorating business which he ran until failing sight brought retirement more than ten years ago .
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