Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Othe possibilities include Brian Robson ( experienced international ) Ray Wilkins ( experienced & I think he 'd be pretty good ) . |
| 2 | Bozo stares up and down the road and wonders what to do before he finally fixes his bleary gaze where I hoped he would , and trudges away towards the phonebox . |
| 3 | Without waiting for my assent , he pulled writing materials from his cloak , where I saw he had several notebooks . |
| 4 | ‘ Where I hope he will reflect on the unwisdom of employing his charm and duplicity on a woman as sharp as I. ’ |
| 5 | I decided to rent a room for him in a house near ours , where I thought he would be safe for the moment . |
| 6 | He likes these contacts with the more substantial world and happily hurries off in the direction of his stationery shop and fax bureau , where I know he will encounter many difficulties . |
| 7 | Jim was elected to Portsmouth city council in nineteen seventy six as a member for where I understand he tried to play football occasionally until nineteen eighty six . |
| 8 | ‘ He was still nice , or I thought he was . |
| 9 | The sort of stuff that you get in in y'know sort of everyday gossip between friends about y'know when people talk about each- other , oh I think he 's a bit er I think he 's a bit camp , or I think he probably is but erm yeah yeah all that kind of thing yeah erm is is like the the informal repertoire , the informal repertoire that you do between friends erm , between people to whom it sort of y'know it 's not very important if you give them the wrong impression sort of thing . |
| 10 | I like the way that Rob McCaffrey 's commentary allows you time to enjoy the action , although I thought he could pay a little more attention to his scripting in places . |
| 11 | If he 's never been particularly affectionate and you 've never complained before , he may find your sudden demands puzzling and irritating , although I hope he realises that you 're anxious to improve things for the sake of the marriage and not just for yourself . |
| 12 | I did not struggle , and spoke politely to him , although I knew he did not understand any of my languages . |
| 13 | Mr Bill Dixon Smith ( Tory ) used to be a near neighbour until recently , but although I understand he is still in the area I have no idea if he still takes an active part in the council elections . |
| 14 | I was not dilating and my husband said , ‘ Perhaps you 're not very tolerant of pain ’ which made me feel awful although I realise he meant it kindly . |
| 15 | I have every faith in him although I realise he does n't know everything . |
| 16 | ‘ No , it is n't Matthew , although I pray he made the right decision . ’ |
| 17 | We were up on the top floor and Ralph Horton came up to listen to us and was impressed , although I think he was more impressed with David than us . |
| 18 | The originator of the tapes has clearly decided to make his tape deck pay for itself ( although I think he could take a few hints on how to eliminate unwanted hum and noise ) and the result can only be described as a rip off . |
| 19 | I laughed sometimes when he chased intruders from the garden , but I wished he had n't been aware of the little cat , although I think he only wanted to frighten it away , not kill it . |
| 20 | I 'm a little bit surprised Stone has n't tried to get a bit closer to him although I think he 's been given the job of tracking Agnew who 's more of an attacking midfield player . |
| 21 | I took this seriously , although I suspect he said it just to make the others laugh . |
| 22 | ‘ Yes , I can actually , although I suspect he 's only after one thing . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Although I suppose he might suspect her of fancying me ! |
| 24 | ‘ But , without a faction behind him , he is n't much danger , although I suppose he could combine in time with a cousin or two . |
| 25 | And although I believe he was referring to a certain kind of abstract thinking — the kind that reduced the English Hegelian tradition to a lyrical hymn to the Absolute , and of which his own thesis on Bradley of 1916 came very near to imitating ( which is why he declared , on its publication in 1963 , that he did not pretend to understand it ) , he possessed an outstanding capacity for reasoned argument . |
| 26 | He has only been a reserve for Wales all season , although I believe he has been playing very well for his club . |
| 27 | It was n't until he asked if he could take some off that I realised he had got himself well wrapped up — with 24 articles of clothing , ’ said Taylor . |
| 28 | I delivered what was to be my longest speech of the evening , saying that I gathered he was keen to talk about his role , to talk about Gary . |
| 29 | As I entered the committee room from the standard uncarpeted passage , I was given a friendly and businesslike handshake by the chairman , Lord Franks , who had courteously got out of his chair to greet his witness — an unfailing politeness that I gather he extended to every other witness . |
| 30 | I would have to bite back my angry words — that better men than he had driven the jeep but that I knew he would share their fate . |