Example sentences of "[noun] he [vb past] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In exile he established and led the Malawi Freedom Movement ( Mafremo ) until December 1981 when he and his wife Vera |
| 2 | With Robert Deane he founded and supported a Sunday school in the parish of Holy Cross , which offered religious instruction and taught reading and singing to poor children , and much of his time was devoted to this cause . |
| 3 | As he moved from his desk he slipped and spattered the page with blots . |
| 4 | Now , in the privacy of the bedroom of his personal suite , swiftly and silently he began to change into the black clothing he wore when prowling the night for victims . |
| 5 | Sara silently handed him the ingredients he wanted and found the mustard pot . |
| 6 | On the first landing he stopped and stole a glance down the Nightingale Gallery , so engrossed he jumped when Allingham suddenly touched him on the shoulder . |
| 7 | If this elevation to the highest level reflected John 's standing with his fellow magnates , in the ensuing years he gained and retained the confidence of the king . |
| 8 | Every day he went out to sea in his little boat and caught fish ; every night he cooked and ate the fish ; so he lived . |
| 9 | He agreed , but during the week he rang and left a message to say he would n't be coming after all . |
| 10 | While at the Soane he edited and wrote a commentary on two small books in the museum , The Notebook and Account Book of Nicholas Stone , Master Mason to James I and Charles I ( Walpole Society , vol. vii , 1919 ) , which he illustrated with photographs of that sculptor 's monuments taken during numerous journeys devoted to studying Stone 's work . |
| 11 | After a couple of halfhearted bucks he settled and found the whole thing rather boring . |
| 12 | On 26 August he abdicated and recognised the Democratic Republic of Vietnam . |
| 13 | At the door he paused and took a small lamp from his pocket , then examined both the locks . |
| 14 | Throughout his life he cultivated and maintained the confidence of his African colleagues , and his faithfulness and loyalty to the African cause were profound . |
| 15 | He may have felt nervous about having plundered Calcutta or he may have thought he had done enough to show who was master in Bengal , but in any case he withdrew and paid the Company some compensation for its losses . |
| 16 | It was a technique he employed when grilling a suspect he knew well . |
| 17 | With both hands he smoothed and adjusted the long sausage-roll of cloth that hugged the bottom of the door to keep out those icy draughts ever present in the rest of the house . |
| 18 | Walking over to Ashley he bent and dropped a kiss on the top of her head . |
| 19 | When Tate took his leave , Eliot stood at the door of the drawingroom leaning on two canes ; Tate waved goodbye , and although he was not able to raise himself from the canes he smiled and made a movement with one hand . |
| 20 | From a sitting position he rubbed and thumped the leg until it responded sufficiently for him to drag himself to the bathroom . |
| 21 | In each embassy he knew that had a Legal Attaché 's office there was a lady who looked like everyone 's mother , and who did the confidential typing and the greeting downstairs . |
| 22 | His education included a year at Eton ; and for a period of seven years from 1740 to 1746 he lived in Italy , where at the beginning of his stay he met and formed a close and lasting friendship with Horace Walpole [ q.v . ] . |
| 23 | Edwin always noted the time he began and finished an analysis and the procedure he adopted . |