Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [conj] he [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not a boy stirred while he read it . |
| 2 | Never assume that the defendant had a particular state of mind unless the question states that he had it . |
| 3 | The telephone rang and he answered it . |
| 4 | ( 6 ) It is for the person who owed any duty under subsection ( 3 ) above — ( a ) if he gave consent and the question arises whether he gave it within a reasonable time , to show that he did , ( b ) if he gave consent subject to any condition and the question arises whether the condition was a reasonable condition , to show that it was , ( c ) if he did not give consent and the question arises whether it was reasonable for him not to do so , to show that it was reasonable , and , if the question arises whether he served notice under that subsection within a reasonable time , to show that he did . |
| 5 | In this writer 's view , Franco 's response showed that he understood it well enough , but behaved as though he did not in order to avoid direct confrontation with the Germans and , at the same time , to slow the war down . |
| 6 | He even had the cheek to smile as he said it . |
| 7 | He inhaled and stared at the ceiling ; smoking in bed was something his wife did n't like , it was only on business trips that he managed it , depending on the company . |
| 8 | Eventually when the letter came in its blue envelope with the pious SAG printed across the seal , the hands so firm holding a gun or tool shook as he took it . |
| 9 | ‘ The phone rang and he hopped it . ’ |
| 10 | His phone rang and he picked it up , reluctantly . |
| 11 | The phone rang and he picked it up , frowning . |
| 12 | Mr Frizzell , before the unfortunate episode with Betty , had been prevailed upon to donate four old , though still serviceable , tyres ; and finally the great day arrived when he backed it slowly out of the garage and drove it round to his own home in the vague hope that his mother might like to see it . |
| 13 | Soon her father returned and he continued it in greater detail . |
| 14 | Silvio 's chair scraped as he shoved it back . |
| 15 | Her flesh burned where he touched it . |
| 16 | as if to prove that the National Hunt supermen that brought off this latest feat are in fact human , Pipe admitted that he got it badly wrong over his assessment of In-Keeping . |
| 17 | Within Dotty 's hearing a home pirate remarked that he thought it had all been a storm in a teacup . |
| 18 | Susan exclaimed in horror , but the old man laughed as he slipped it into his pocket . |
| 19 | His speech goes back into a relaxed drawl , eyebrows half-cocked this time , and a mischievous glint makes the instigator of this flash of temper wonder whether he meant it in the first place . |
| 20 | On the dashboard in front of him the radio crackled and he picked it up . |
| 21 | There , he was given a plate of magic fairy dust to eat and he ate it all up , feeling strong and happy . |
| 22 | And the plate screamed as he wrenched it upwards . |
| 23 | The member of staff when I spoke to him about it afterwards — I did not call him in to speak to him about it immediately because I did not think it was either my place or my duty — I told him that she was very concerned about that being said to her son and quite frankly so was I , and really was that the sort of thing to say and he agreed it was n't the thing to say but he said ‘ I was so angry at the time . |
| 24 | Well , they always said it was the only way to go and he believed it . |