Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [subord] [pron] [vb past] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | I waited , but he had stopped as if he thought he had said it all . |
| 2 | ‘ It has failed , ’ he said , then suddenly looked as if he wished he had bitten his tongue . |
| 3 | ‘ It does n't sound as if you liked him that much . ’ |
| 4 | If MacArthur had acted as if he thought he was Napoleon , John Foster Dulles , a bleak , remote and charmless human being , acted as if he was , at least , another St Paul . |
| 5 | Edouard , moved by her words , lifted his hand gently to touch her arm and , to his horror , she flinched as if she expected him to hit her . |
| 6 | ‘ He feels as if you played him for a fool . |
| 7 | Sheridan looked as if he thought he was slumming . |
| 8 | I told him about taking six months off and doing rep in the provinces just to get back in touch with live acting and live audiences and he reacted as if I told him I 'd had a mental breakdown . |
| 9 | His words opened a door through which she refused to go , and she swept past him , her head high , hearing him chuckle as if she amused him . |