Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] what he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not , of course , that I realised what he 'd done then . |
| 2 | But years later I realised what he 'd done . |
| 3 | I remembered what he 'd told Mavis and me about the book and more than ever I thought it sounded like a good idea — the story of a man rationalizing his own lack of self-belief … |
| 4 | I said what he 's given and I 've repeated it back to him . |
| 5 | Then , belatedly , she realised what he had said : the whole of what he had said . |
| 6 | ‘ None , ’ before she realised what he had said . |
| 7 | The notion that the Jews were philosophers recurs in a book about India by Megasthenes who was an ambassador to that country on behalf of Seleucus I in about 293 and who reported what he had seen . |
| 8 | She repeated what he had heard already from the lips of Evans . |
| 9 | When she saw what he intended to do , Flavia Sherman turned her head quickly . |
| 10 | She remembered what he had said about steering clear of married women , and she decided that they probably were n't , not that the thought gave her any pleasure . |
| 11 | He admired her enormously and she did what he wanted to do — went into the really serious theatre while he stayed the same . ’ |
| 12 | As the train accelerated out of the station , she said what he wanted to hear . |
| 13 | ‘ When we understood what he meant to do , we endeavoured to dissuade him ; but he was resolute , saying he had not had a roll for a long time ; and taking out of his pockets whatever might be in them — keys , pencil , purse , or pen-knife — and laying himself parallel with the edge of the hill , he actually descended turning himself over and over till he came to the bottom . ’ |
| 14 | It was greeted in silence because no-one understood what he had said . |
| 15 | Lancaster breathed out slowly and looked down at the table when he realised what he had said . |
| 16 | McCormack was shocked when he realised what he had done . |
| 17 | One aim is to make the familiar look unfamiliar and he says it was only when he referred back to his photographs after completing many of his drawings that he realised what he had missed . |
| 18 | When he realized what he had done he panicked and she had it all out of him . |
| 19 | ‘ Where did you get the Hell 's Angels outfit ? ’ he asked , then he realized what he 'd said . |
| 20 | During the days , while the Captain worked on the ship , Frankenstein wrote down his story , and each evening he read what he had written to the Captain . |
| 21 | And the die-hard wrestling fan from Yeovil was floored when he learnt what he had won . |
| 22 | He adapted what he had to say according to those he was concerned with and their situation . |
| 23 | Gradually , he discovered what he needed to do in order to meet his responsibilities as governor . |
| 24 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 25 | He saw what he had expected to find , the single slash across the throat , apparently from left to right , cutting through the trachea to the vertebrae . |
| 26 | He opened a few drawers in the dresser until he saw what he 'd expected to find — half a dozen packets of tights . |
| 27 | Suddenly he knew what he had to do : he had to go to Monument Hill and see the broken earth for himself . |
| 28 | Now he knew what he had to do : he had to go to the Unification Church and find out what , if anything , was going on there . |
| 29 | He knew what he had to do now . |
| 30 | He stared at the T'ang , wondering if he knew what he had become ; if the doubt that he professed was as thorough , as all-inclusive as it ought to be . |