Example sentences of "he [verb] [vb pp] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the week that council leaders meet for the annual conference of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities in Dunblane , he has made a further appeal for a less confrontational relationship , and one which puts people and the quality of services before politics . |
| 2 | ‘ He has proved a better confidential secretary than to give revealing answers , despite his weakness for the opposite sex — however beautiful , ’ Ven replied . |
| 3 | John Wilson , Cambridge coach , who was with the victorious Oxford camp last year , considers he has produced a fitter and more professional crew for the four-and-a-quarter-mile . |
| 4 | Will the hon. Gentleman tell the constituent of mine who is over 21 and earns £50 for a 40-hour week why he has taken a greater percentage of the young man 's earnings than he has from his right hon. and hon. Friends who go to the City and , for part-time work , earn hundreds of thousands of pounds ? |
| 5 | He has added a further submission , namely that what is sought here is an extreme exercise of judicial power , namely the right to force doctors to administer treatment against their will . |
| 6 | There are earlier Berman recordings of nearly all the pieces in this latest recital ; in no instance is the interpretation all that different ( though he has found a better edition of Funérailles ) and in most it is rather less satisfying . |
| 7 | He said he 'd hung a papier mâché tray in its place so she 'd not feel the absence of the picture . |
| 8 | The one with the fine stripes looked slightly flashier , but he 'd made a better ironing job of the plain one . |
| 9 | It was said that he 'd refused a smaller plan just because it was near his own home at Naunton in the Cotswolds |
| 10 | His successful bid was for £190,000 although he had made a higher prior offer which had been turned down . |
| 11 | He had taken a longer walk than he intended and by the time he returned to the coast road at Newlyn it was quite dark . |
| 12 | The tsar , however , believed he had found a better way to knit his territories together than any conceived by his predecessors . |
| 13 | He had held a greater ambition for some years , however , and this dominated him until the summer of 1952 — he wished to be President of the United States . |
| 14 | Jones , who started his professional career at Wimbledon before moving on to Leeds , Sheffield United and then Chelsea , said he had returned a better player . |
| 15 | Thomson he 's hit a deeper corner . |
| 16 | It 's been said he 's got a bigger investment in bricks and mortar in the Pas de Calais than Hitler had . |
| 17 | he could n't manage to think and I 've never learnt how to manage to , that erm , the engine , so we got rid of the boat and then our son he 's got a big boat , he 's got a real speedboat , a real big one and Julian he 's got a smaller speedboat , so both of the boys go there , when we go camping we always have a good time because it 's all a family affair like , you know , always get together and erm go on , on a boat , fishing , having fresh mackerels come back and clean them up and fry them straight fresh from the sea , never tasted as fresh , fresh as , fresher fish than , than |