Example sentences of "he [vb past] [det] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Ryan decided that he 'd have his head shaved at the back of his head , so he got this boy to write his name on . |
| 2 | He found another porter to address himself to . |
| 3 | And he used these things to illustrate his message about the kingdom of God . |
| 4 | As a result of recent research , we can now trace possible sources for most of the individual elements in his theory , but the originality of the way in which he synthesised these elements remains his unique achievement ’ . |
| 5 | She said that he committed both offences to feed his addiction to gaming machines . |
| 6 | He noticed another branch crossing his dangerously narrowing one a few feet away . |
| 7 | Midnight briefly intercepted his look , then turned to the side table , exchanging a platter of carved meats for cheesecake , as if he rejected any attempt to penetrate his wall of reserve . |
| 8 | What would happen to his own peaceful , slummocky bachelor existence if he allowed this woman to have her way ? |
| 9 | Sometimes an extremely simple technique is sufficient — for example Coveney ( 1986 ) reports that he obtained enough data to allow him to study quantitatively different ways of expressing future time in the French verb , simply by asking speakers about their plans for the future . |
| 10 | He spent some time expressing his preference , for tactical reasons , for smaller neutron bombs before developing his argument . |
| 11 | A slow smile spread over his face and he raised both hands to frame her face . |
| 12 | It took several weeks before the new trader was able to work out roughly the quantities he needed each morning to satisfy his customers ' needs , and still longer to realise that those needs would vary from day to day |
| 13 | Lacking political support , Collor turned to the courts to question the legality of the impeachment process while claiming that he needed more time to prepare his defence against the corruption charges . |
| 14 | The sergeant nodded with approval , knowing that he needed some way to dissipate his nervous energy in the coming hours . |
| 15 | Brand had said , ‘ Mr Garland came here early on Tuesday afternoon ; he delivered some printing work I had ordered and we had a brief conversation . |
| 16 | He never reacted hostilely to any such suggestion , except to say to me that she was difficult enough in a friendly association and matters might be worse ( his own words ) if he took any action to remove her from his political scene . |
| 17 | What he saw this time surprised him . |
| 18 | He knew these people planned something terrible , although in his ignorance and confusion he had not grasped entirely what . |
| 19 | He offered that evening to buy her a little dog . |
| 20 | ‘ He chose that moment to accuse me of having someone else . ’ |
| 21 | At the rime his Jewish appearance did not strike me as peculiar because I had not yet got used to the idea of people thinking racially , but I learnt later that he was half Jewish and that he did this job to keep his Jewish wife out of trouble . |
| 22 | The original equations of General Relativity implied the expansion of the Universe , but Einstein was so disturbed by the notion that he introduced another term to eliminate it , an action he later much regretted . |
| 23 | And but that he had many things to occupy his mind , and she no less , I think something would have come of it before now . ’ |
| 24 | As chief adviser to Louis VI in the last decade of his reign , and as Louis VII 's most trusted minister until his death in 1152 , he had many opportunities to impress his theories on princes and lords who would not dare to scoff . |
| 25 | When Cardinal Spellman was presiding , he had such difficulty making himself understood that he had to have someone speak for him . |
| 26 | Even though I knew I would soon lose him , he had such power to make me happy that I was in heaven listening to him . |
| 27 | He had such pleasure reading them and was delighted when you mentioned his love of Quoits ( LINK September ‘ 90 Issue ) . |
| 28 | In biology he had much observation to support him but in ‘ physics ’ he had no experimental evidence worth mentioning . |
| 29 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 30 | The Development Corporation of Harlow New Town made a flat available , but unfortunately he had little opportunity to make his mark because of recurrent illness and eventually resigned his post in September 1958 . |