Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh no , why did n't you say to him look I thought I was allowed to see er like |
| 2 | So he made me pretend I was in a dead faint . |
| 3 | He found himself wishing he was at home again , at Polly 's home , and could creep stealthily into the twins ' room and sit there as he sometimes had at night , on the floor among their discarded toys and cuddly animals , with his back to the wall , listening to the sound of their breathing . |
| 4 | For a moment he let himself imagine he was some great explorer about to enter a hostile , unknown land on which his name would later be stamped for all history . |
| 5 | I 'm surprised that he let you believe he was . |
| 6 | He told me to forget what was said . |
| 7 | He heard himself saying it was surely the thought that counted , and was astonished at the banal words that hurtled from his mouth . |
| 8 | He repeated he thought it was finished as it was . |
| 9 | He thought she meant she was going straight home and drove off with a sulky smile . |
| 10 | for a while and when he saw us last he was frightened and he 's not now |
| 11 | As one student patiently explained to me when I asked him how he knew what results he was looking for : |
| 12 | He was somewhat mollified to find that Armstrong was a cab and he could ride in the back and scowl at me , but he knew I thought it was a lousy idea going down to Brixton to track down Lewis Luther . |
| 13 | Like yeah , because like about what he did you know he was staying up with and all this and like giving him money and looking after Andrew so he goes for my parents Jimmy 's really nice . |
| 14 | ‘ You mean he fell into a pit which he had himself dug which was connected with the building 's central heating system ? ’ |
| 15 | He said I thought someone was here he said cos I could smell fag smoke . |
| 16 | He said I thought someone was here . |
| 17 | He said he hoped he was and I embraced him . |
| 18 | He said he thought it was something to do with washing-machines , which for a start I found deeply puzzling . |
| 19 | But he said he thought it was an Irish fellow you know and I said well where does he live ? |
| 20 | He now pulled a face at Agg and went on , ‘ He said he thought she was new to the job . ’ |
| 21 | I mean , I can remember seeing an interview with er , John Geilgud and he 'd he 'd done Hamlet many years ago and er but he said he 'd it was in a totally different way you know , different |
| 22 | He said he believed I was the only person who could carry the country through . |
| 23 | He said he supposed it was and offered to show them into the Intensive Care room which had a hot drinks machine . |
| 24 | He said whoever did it was a right nutter . |
| 25 | As he sat he felt he was falling into a deep slumber . |
| 26 | I had the strange impression that he wanted me to believe he was death ; that at any moment the leathery old skin and the eyes would fall , and I should find myself the guest of a skeleton . |
| 27 | A clergyman in his late thirties recently said : ‘ No-one has asked me about my praying since I was ordained ! ’ — whether he wanted anyone to ask him was not clear , but the implication was that he needed it ! |
| 28 | When his first patient of the afternoon arrived before he awoke he knew it was time to abandon the diet . |