Example sentences of "he [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made all sorts of innovations during his short stay — only about a year — before moving on to King 's College , Cambridge , and starting the now famous service of nine lessons and carols at Christmas . |
| 2 | He made all sorts of wild plans . |
| 3 | And then he made all sorts of tactless remarks about the state of the body . |
| 4 | He made that noise that men who drink beer make , and wiped his mouth on the back of his wrist . |
| 5 | He made that sign of two fingers laid across two fingers . |
| 6 | Totally competent in his mind and lucid when he made that decision ? |
| 7 | He made that decision having listened to representations from hon. Members from Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | I 've gone clean off him — ever since he made that pact with Stalin and the ghastly Russians . ’ |
| 9 | trembling when he made that speech when he remember when he , remember when you , you were n't there , no you were n't there he was shaking like a leaf . |
| 10 | ‘ The Admiral was n't able to adduce anything new in evidence when he made that allegation . |
| 11 | Buy by god he made that woman come in there . |
| 12 | It can only be surmised that the Marquis was feeling pretty flush after a good win when he made that entry into his accounts , or the caddie was a highly favoured young man indeed , for four shillings at that time would have been over the top on the percentages that a caddie can expect from his round nowadays . |
| 13 | Because he made that statement when discussing the concentric spheres with which Aristotle had built the cosmos , he was evidently aware that authoritative world-pictures were not inviolable . |
| 14 | Of course after he made that statement he did n't realize that the London Region were gon na put a thousand pound in the bucket ! |
| 15 | Point of order , point of order , can Mr give any written evidence that the leader or Thamesdown Borough Council , in a meeting with him as leader of the Labour group on this council , that he made that statement ? |
| 16 | It 's gone to it 's got to a stage where he made that statement which he very very much means , he will never ever give them another album of his to market worldwide . |
| 17 | The only sounds in the room were the scratching of his pen-nib as he made each entry , and the chink of coins as he counted them out of the cash box — and the heavy breathing of Marcus Judge , who sat at the other side of the desk , his eyes fixed upon his son . |
| 18 | In the process he made many enemies . |
| 19 | He was later Head of the Unemployment Benefit Service , which he managed with great skill , and where he made many friends . |
| 20 | Mr Stan Cardwell MBE , co-founder of the North-East ramblers ' association , said : ‘ His style was one of cooperation , not confrontation , and through this he made many friends , not least among the farming community , where he was regarded highly for his expertise on rights of way matters . |
| 21 | In 1950 Hoffnung began a career as a broadcaster , during the course of which he made many appearances on the radio as both raconteur and panel member . |
| 22 | He made many journeys on a bicycle , including a honeymoon trip the length of the north island of New Zealand . |
| 23 | He made many observations of atmospheric electricity , and tried to relate them to the weather . |
| 24 | Although I have fundamental disagreements with the Minister on many issues , I acknowledge that he made many concessions to the logical arguments of hon. Members from the three Opposition parties involved . |
| 25 | He made little attempt at conversation and showed no surprise that he should be asked to drive to Boulogne in the middle of the afternoon to pick up a well-dressed but grubby Englishman . |
| 26 | But he made little effort to develop this outside his own definitions of the genealogical method , while his shift into the problematics of power seemed to lead him into a labyrinth from which it was virtually impossible to extract himself . |
| 27 | It is unlikely that he made much money , but he had an activity and his shop was a meeting-place for other young men who dropped in to discuss the events of the day and to plan entertainments and visits for the evening . |
| 28 | Gerald 's voice carried a hint of respect as he made this tribute . |
| 29 | He made this reconnaissance with Captain Roger Courtney , of the SBS , who had been in the Mediterranean for some months after training around Arran in Scotland . |
| 30 | Then he made this behaviour steadily more difficult for his birds by challenging them with blasts of air , or baths filled with water , or by making them push past weighted doors . |