Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] what he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His flesh is the modern flesh of the world-weary modern , the benumbed , faithless man who comprehends what he has lost , and prefers the sensations of torture to no sensation at all . |
| 2 | Who knows what he 's got ? |
| 3 | And in order for this to be possible , he must be able also to show that he understands what he has learned . |
| 4 | Until , that is , he realises what he has done , and feels cross with himself for walking into an emotional trap of his own unconscious devising . |
| 5 | If he gets what he has asked for , then the promise is given for consideration unless there is some vitiating factor . |
| 6 | He does what he wants to do . ’ |
| 7 | He does what he has to do in situations of moral dilemma , though he knows it to be wrong , because to act differently would have been wrong also though not in the same way . |
| 8 | You may also need to supervise the patient , in case he forgets what he has to do and leaves the gas on without lighting it , for example , or without putting the pan of food on the cooker . |
| 9 | Ross explains the process precisely in pointing out that most guidebook history is written from the editor 's perspective , and he believes what he wants to believe . |
| 10 | Well , you know , practically , the governor or the head you see , he knows what he 's got ta work , but erm , I , I know because the lads do n't , but he generally tells them well I wan na work so and so and he gives me a bit of paper with the horses names on wants galloping . |
| 11 | Their assumption that ‘ he knows what he has done wrong ’ is based on the fact that Rover is slinking along the floor with its head and tail down looking for all the world like a naughty school boy who 's just broken the headmaster 's window . |