Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] forgotten " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave her a strange look , and she wondered why he had called her Sarella Vila if he 'd already forgotten about Peter . |
| 2 | He 'd completely forgotten he was supposed to have been to the library . |
| 3 | He 'd been so busy that afternoon that he 'd completely forgotten to call her . |
| 4 | He 'd felt so pleased , victorious even , after leaving the depot , that he 'd quite forgotten about dropping the form . |
| 5 | He 's keeping himself so busy , he 'd quite forgotten that this weekend is the 6th anniversary of the accident . |
| 6 | He 'd almost forgotten that he was looking for her . |
| 7 | He 'd almost forgotten about him . |
| 8 | Two or three years later he might suddenly be appointed a full-time magistrate , even though by that time he had probably forgotten all of the law which he had learnt . |
| 9 | By the time he let her catch him , Claire had forgotten what he 'd said , and he had temporarily forgotten why he said it . |
| 10 | He had simply forgotten . |
| 11 | He speculated that perhaps it had been years , and he had simply forgotten . |
| 12 | But , she said , he had simply forgotten . |
| 13 | No doubt he had already forgotten all about it . |
| 14 | The free play of air around him defined and set the limits of his body in a way that he had completely forgotten . |
| 15 | Landmarks he had completely forgotten seemed to materialise before his mesmerised gaze — like the moat of Hugh de Lacy 's twelfth-century castle , now overgrown and weed-filled , the castle itself a ruin , and in front of it at the end of Granard 's gently curving single street the already greying walls of St Mary 's Church that his labouring father had helped to build . |
| 16 | He had completely forgotten that this was his twenty-first birthday and that he had finally come of age . |
| 17 | The Doctor grimaced ; he had completely forgotten Howard and now regretted speaking so openly . |
| 18 | He had completely forgotten about it , not having considered it as a weapon . |
| 19 | Henry could not quite work out why , since her pleasantness was not always followed by a request for money or some other favour ; perhaps she was remembering something he had quite forgotten , an incident during their courtship perhaps ( they must have had a courtship ) or a Henry , now lost to Henry himself , who could have inspired feelings such as pleasure . |
| 20 | He could always claim of course that he knew nothing of the layout of the engine-room and had always assumed that there had to be a reserve tank or that in a panic-stricken concern for the welfare of his beloved niece he had quite forgotten that there was no such tank . |
| 21 | He had quite forgotten it , or , rather , it had sunk back to the dark , subterranean level from which it had sprung and on which he really did believe his father might kill him some day . |
| 22 | He had never forgotten the day in the bide shed when Nutty had told him the horses were going back to the knacker 's , and the fearful panic that had exploded inside him , worse than any brushes with the police or his father , worse than anything he could ever remember . |
| 23 | He had never forgotten the outraged eloquence of the frustrated lady as she had hitched up her pants and departed towards the town . |
| 24 | He had seen her only once , and that briefly , no more than a few days , when she had come to Richard 's court on a state visit with her ancient husband ; but he had never forgotten her , and after the duke 's death , which by some dispensation of providence had taken place shortly after Henry 's coronation , he had taken advantage of every courier to France to send her devout greetings . |
| 25 | Sometimes they were misty and abstract , especially when one talked intimately of the past , of subjects he had long forgotten — or wanted to forget — awakening memories — nightmares ? — from deep within . |
| 26 | He had long forgotten how he had despised the old man for being mean and ignorant . |
| 27 | It suddenly flashed into Jack 's mind that this must be Ho , Mr Chan 's son — the boy he had been asked to protect and whose existence he had virtually forgotten in the confusion of events . |
| 28 | He had genuinely forgotten Dottie Banks until that moment . |
| 29 | He had almost forgotten she was coming . |
| 30 | He had almost forgotten the faces of his parents . |