Example sentences of "[noun pl] he [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | His perversity is plain and if the whole world demands he now signs a striker or a central defender to save his team from relegation , he will not . |
| 2 | In doing that every day for fifty one years he actually wore a trench in the solid concrete floor . |
| 3 | In his choice of names he occasionally showed a touch of irony such as placing the crater named Nicholas Copernicus ( and his disputed planetary system with the Sun at the centre ) in the Ocean of Storms . |
| 4 | He had his own rooms in a separate part of the quinta , where he entertained his friends until late at night ; at meals he sometimes made a show of conversation with her , but otherwise they were as strangers . |
| 5 | By the end of 1908 Picasso owned at least five tribal objects and he went on to amass a large collection , much of it of very doubtful quality , although after the war when his own work was commanding large prices he occasionally exchanged a painting for a choice piece . |
| 6 | He also built several handsome examples in masonry ; and , most important , at the Ouseburn and Willington Dene bridges ( 1836–9 , demolished ) on the Newcastle and North Shields Railway and in a number of subsequent examples he successfully employed a system of laminated timber arches , which , for a short time , was widely imitated in railway-bridge construction . |
| 7 | Chuck noticed that instead of drinking the usual cold tea like the others he surreptitiously raised a hip flask to his lips a couple of times when he thought he was unobserved . |
| 8 | In boxes which contained such papers he always left a note saying , ‘ These would burn nicely . ’ |
| 9 | Who was described thus : ‘ About 5ft 8in or 9in , blonde with a light , thin moustache , walks with a slight stoop , can not speak any Dutch , during long conversations he occasionally makes a rattling noise in his throat ’ ? |
| 10 | The clerk stopped for a moment and whispered to Mr Albert , who , realizing that instead of selling a pair of jeans he really had a customer with money to spend , hurried towards Hank . |