Example sentences of "[vb -s] he [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That fire man has he came to do the gas fire yet then ? |
| 2 | He says he offered to buy the house for more than it 's worth , but the Maskells were n't interested . |
| 3 | Hoddle says he had to think of his own future career . |
| 4 | Gordon enjoys running the small bar and serving in the dining room which his wife says he took to like a ‘ duck to water ’ . |
| 5 | He says he went to park his car , saw someone , reversed the car — next thing , someone 's firing shots at him . |
| 6 | He says he wanted to find out if he had the intellectual ability to complete a degree starting from nothing . |
| 7 | Bertrand says he wanted to come to this country to learn English and play Rugby . |
| 8 | He says he wanted to become a professional singer so he would n't have to do a job he did n't like . |
| 9 | But not entirely — outside on Madison Avenue is a huge lifesize model of a red fire engine , the work of Charles Ray , who says he tried to make an object that would embody a fundamental sense of ambition , in the form of a child 's toy . |
| 10 | He says he attempted to bring what was happening to the attention of university authorities such as CSRG 's faculty overseer Susan Graham and its Office of Technology Licensing but was sloughed off . |
| 11 | He joined the RAF fresh from A-levels and says he decided to go for the degree so he would have another string to his bow . |
| 12 | The worst expensive flop Peter Barnes , Allan Clarke says he needed to buy eight players and was only allowed four , one of which cost a lot , well Allan , you bought the WRONG ONE ! 30,000 |
| 13 | It seems he wanted to preserve the evidence of Elfed 's attitude to him . |
| 14 | The man they chose , John Frohnmayer , feels he managed to do at least that . |
| 15 | On Sept. 25 Mulroney promised urgent action on land claims and aboriginal rights but declined to reveal what steps he proposed to take . |
| 16 | Again , however , he spoke in general terms about greater competitiveness and supplying what the market wants but failed to suggest what steps he intended to take . |
| 17 | Obviously he had first to complete his medrese education , though neither the Kanunname nor the biographical sources give much guidance as to precisely what stages he had to pass through . |
| 18 | He believed nothing should stand in the way of the security of the United States , and was less choosy than Congress about what means he took to preserve it . |
| 19 | Accountant Ralph Sharp , who heads G W Run-Off , has told Gooda Walker names he tried to achieve a market settlement through Lloyd 's , but could not reach agreement . |
| 20 | He played very cool tennis after his tough first round encounter with twelve year old Adrian Barnes , dropping only eleven games in the three further matches he needed to reach the final . |
| 21 | He claims he had to develop such a style for his latest role , as the couch potato host of TV Hell , last month 's one-night-stand featuring some of the classically bad moments of popular television . |
| 22 | Brian Brown , 57 , claims he had to share a room with a murderer , a rapist and a child molester . |
| 23 | He claims he learnt to read only six years ago . |
| 24 | Guardian reader Peter John , who has holdings in Dumenil 's Swiss , French and Spanish funds , claims he failed to receive any dividends in June and November as he expected . |
| 25 | Mark says he was accompanied to the flat , but then realised he did n't have the right keys … he claims he offered to find Graham , but the officers broke in straight . |
| 26 | His ex-wife Margaret claims he tried to kill her at the family home in Brockhampton . |