Example sentences of "[noun sg] he [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he needed a fairly high percentage of oxygen he soon had a head box too — a clear perspex box placed over his head to concentrate the oxygen . |
| 2 | After a moment he unobtrusively laid a hand on her knee and said : |
| 3 | The Thomas Harris referred to was closely associated with the composer , and his signature may be seen as witness to Handel 's will and to its first three codicils ; in the fourth and last codicil he actually becomes a beneficiary . |
| 4 | When he heard about Marie 's accident he just made a joke . |
| 5 | As there was little justification for the lengths to which these itinerant justices went , when a vigorous protest was made to the king he promptly issued a writ ordering them to refrain from hearing testamentary , matrimonial and moral causes ; these matters were confirmed to fall exclusively within the competence of the church courts . |
| 6 | According to legend he once ate a plate of raw Troll meat which is regenerating within him all the time . |
| 7 | Somehow , Reg Pybus , who is such a square he even has a mono Walkman , refused to drink with the match only hours away , and so managed to get the team into their kit and out on to the pitch . |
| 8 | Brinson had by this stage , therefore , acquired a reputation of not being committed to any one institution , and enquiries pointed to him as a neutral Chairman of the new panel , which he was asked to chair , and by virtue of his chairmanship he also became a member of the Creative and Performing Arts Panel , and then Board . |
| 9 | Mr Fraser was , as usual , dark-suited , but as a concession to the occasion he also sported a rose in his lapel . |
| 10 | On one occasion he ostentatiously refused a challenge from an infuriated opponent in a lawsuit , preferring to endure public humiliation rather than call out his tormentor ( though he did complain to the Commons of the breach of privilege ) , and earned the public thanks of the Society for setting such a ‘ noble and Christian ’ example . |
| 11 | It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone . |
| 12 | It became clear that travelling was important to Morris and so much an inspiration that if he ever felt bored at home or lacking in inspiration he just packed a suitcase and got on the nearest train to visit someone . |
| 13 | Despite everything he had drunk already that night he badly wanted a brandy — and a large one at that . |
| 14 | No we did n't have a row he just went a sleep me Aar , me and Aaron had enough , we went for a walk down the lake |
| 15 | Of course he never made a name for himself , like Gifford Tate , though Tate himself reckoned uncle was the better painter . |
| 16 | In his autobiography he dismissed Gerry Daly as a player ‘ who lacked grey matter ’ and during his days as manager of Derby County he once told a player ‘ You 're very deceptive son — you 're even slower than you look . ’ |
| 17 | At one time he also had a nanny , who came from the German-speaking part of Switzerland . |
| 18 | He 's got a little bit of a split lip cos every time he either smiles a lot or bangs it slightly it just opens up . |
| 19 | First time he ever rode a motor bike , like a two wheel , was when he was six years old . |
| 20 | The affliction was a subject for after-dinner conversation whenever he felt like talking about it , which was almost every time he ever had a conversation . |
| 21 | In his rapid rise to stardom he still retained a measure of the paternalism of the good C.O. He knew how much apparently little things mattered to the fighting soldier . |
| 22 | In fact he probably stands a round of beers with his mates every now and then on the strength of his unrequited schoolboy romance with a fluffy little classmate who grew up into a sexy , albeit pintsized superstar . |
| 23 | In fact he recently noticed a book in the library called He Hit Me First . |