Example sentences of "[verb] he [vb past] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 In 1961 Treloar 's father bought neighbouring land , and believed he had also bought this waste land .
2 He says he did well last this , now he wants to win .
3 Fernando Serra would wish he 'd never started this .
4 But suppose he had deliberately pushed those in front of him .
5 He confessed he had never read this one , given to him by a Parisian admirer .
6 He looked at his watch and told me , yet as far as I knew he had never heard that language before .
7 As he tackled his cold meat loaf and salad , Hank thought he had better show some interest in his father , so he asked the back page of the newspaper if it had had a good trip .
8 And then Fael-Inis stood up , and the Lad stopped and looked around , and his eyes fell on Fael-Inis , and Taliesin thought he had never seen such fear and such undiluted hatred in any living creature 's eyes .
9 He hesitated , realising he had unwittingly released another name .
10 He said he had recently resisted several offers from people who wanted to buy Toby , who won five races in Co Antrim last year .
11 Rank 's wilful demolition of his own dream suggests he had simply had enough of trying to create a niche for British films in the American market .
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