Example sentences of "[adj] [that] [pron] [vb past] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother summoned him ; she made it clear that she wished to see him alone . |
| 2 | It seemed improper somehow that someone like Tulagai , his motives suspect , should mock Siban , who had served the Khanate so well , and Alexei thought that he was sorry that he had goaded him into leaving . |
| 3 | Unaware that she had called him by name for the first time , she halted , still some feet away , gazing at him uncertainly . |
| 4 | She was so relieved that she had saved him . |
| 5 | In fact , the response was so uniform and repetitious that it started to irritate him before long . |
| 6 | First he 'd been crazy enough to subdue her with a kiss which , though it had begun in anger , had aroused a need for her so hot and instant that it had stunned him more than her slap , and now this . |
| 7 | All the same , if it happened that David made her with child , she would bear the child proudly , and be glad that she had brought him a degree of happiness . |
| 8 | Also , MacQuillan 's face was well known and it was inevitable that someone had noticed him that lunchtime . |
| 9 | He shot a glance at Ellen , making sure that she had understood him as well as Thessy , then he looked at his watch and shouted for Bellybutton to start up one of the workboats . |
| 10 | It was only the second time since they had been married that she had rebuffed him . |
| 11 | The realisation left him with a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him . |
| 12 | Angry that she had defied him and yet delighted at her little-girl behaviour , he reluctantly followed , then , holding her very close , walked her back up the stairs as they counted each step in unison . |
| 13 | She felt ashamed that she had left him and made her own escape . |
| 14 | He pushed through the swing doors and was gone , leaving her close to tears and frantically worried that she had upset him for ever . |
| 15 | And then he was very er well now I 'm sorry after he 'd put all the hard work with me , he was very very annoyed and disappointed that I had let him down so . |
| 16 | He was almost certain that he had found him , that he could say , ‘ Our McCloy was here , ’ and yet what had he achieved but dredge up a tiny segment of McCloy 's life ? |
| 17 | He was aware that I had disliked him the day before and seemed anxious to make me change my opinion . |
| 18 | It was probably true that he 'd asked him down to London . |
| 19 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |