Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could have got one from the kitchen , but I expect he 'd locked up after he 'd brought the supper up . ’ |
| 2 | Shildon closed in on them and mentioned he had arrived late because Wickham had wanted to question him . |
| 3 | But , in Briggs words , ‘ there is no reason in principle why one can not have the best of both worlds ’ , he believed he had found just that in Sanskrit — a bridge between natural and artificial languages . |
| 4 | A secretary in the business section confirmed he had left long before Rain did . |
| 5 | I did n't realize he 'd gone up and got it himself . |
| 6 | Suppose he had come out and seen us . |
| 7 | It was feared he 'd gone overboard and air and sea search was launched . |
| 8 | And as time goes on you find he 's gone further and further away . |
| 9 | ‘ Those visitors of hers always make such a lot of noise ! ’ could mean that the old gentleman wants to take his nap ; but it could also mean he feels left out and would welcome something to do . |
| 10 | That night , in Stephanie 's house , Marcus dreamed he had gone home and Bill was carving a meal to welcome him . |
| 11 | And even as he gave up , as he let himself lean back against the wall , he was holding on , knowing he had backed down and it was over , but doing it gradually so we would n't see the change come over him . |
| 12 | When he felt he had said enough and made us laugh enough , he went back to his dressing room . |
| 13 | He knew he had performed well and he was able to present himself in the best possible aura , that of self-satisfaction , because Hopper gave him carte blanche to edit his own part on film . |
| 14 | Endill thought he had given up when suddenly the rope became taught . |
| 15 | It was that he had had printed a leaflet , which he was taking to hotels , restaurants , shops , advertising his firm : Philip Fowler , Builder and Decorator ; that he had to get real work , soon ; that he thought he had contributed more than his share to this house , which was now in working order . |
| 16 | In fact , she thought he had listened more than once , she had been repeating herself . |
| 17 | With that , just as if he thought he had wasted more than enough time with her , he went , and Leith was left staring mutinously after him . |
| 18 | He might have thought he had said too much on Friday , buying the umbrella specially and walking arm in arm with her , and be afraid she would think he had meant more than he had . |
| 19 | In the week since she had left he had slept poorly and spent much of the night pacing around the house . |
| 20 | Does he get paid even if he does n't find them ? ’ |
| 21 | After paying off the driver Nathan steered her into a busy , softly lit restaurant , and she had to admit he had guessed correctly that a meal did indeed top her list of priorities . |