Example sentences of "[vb past] he [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Circumstances had obliged him to sell out to three younger partners , but until they came he never had a telephone or typewriter . |
| 2 | I sent him outside to make a start on the exterior painting , and went back to tidy up the mess . |
| 3 | Three , the thief knew he never wears a hat . |
| 4 | I did n't re I thought he actually made a person , I did n't realize he made himself into a person . |
| 5 | CHRIS MORRIS admitted he nearly caused a touchline riot at the end of a high-octane thriller . |
| 6 | Or did he just leave a message to let me know he 'd called ? ’ |
| 7 | Did he just get a kick out of being in control , and saw this as a clever way of controlling her , as well as Sarah Chester Fabrics ? |
| 8 | I mean there is grotesque — Bruce Rogers was doing grotesque when I was only two feet tall Did he ever use a grotesque any time in his life ? |
| 9 | Well , did he ever find a way of doing that ? |
| 10 | Did he ever read a book or listen to music ? |
| 11 | Teacher : So did he actually become a sportsman ? |
| 12 | And anyway , did he really make a habit of such manual labour ? |
| 13 | There was one occasion when he went into a café and asked for tea and then while he waited he suddenly saw a solution to a theological argument which he had with Leslie Owen the warden , and his waving of hands was so convulsive that the café refused to serve him with the tea . |
| 14 | With Cunt — Wilko would have tried to keep him had he simply had a huff every so often . |
| 15 | But as he entered the showroom , had he too experienced a flash of memory , a stab of nostalgia ? |
| 16 | Betty Fowler said he nearly brought a pan of sugar over himself yesterday . |
| 17 | Ralemberg said he already had a buyer for the wine , a vintner living in Trinity . |
| 18 | Harvey said he still had a temperature and must have something to eat before he went to bed . |
| 19 | Morgan said he never got a reply from the English company . |
| 20 | In the words cited he then establishes a trust of one hundred in his favour . |