Example sentences of "[vb -s] he [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Count Philip of Flanders suspected that his wife had committed adultery with Gautier de Fontaines he had the young man killed by hanging him upside down in a cess-pit . |
| 2 | Indeed , the day after it was announced , Mr Vierra , visiting London , says he received a fax from another Baby Bell — Nynex would be a good guess — urgently seeking a meeting to discuss collaboration . |
| 3 | He says he lived a Walter Mitty lifestyle , lot 's of travel , lots of high living . |
| 4 | He says he meant the remark only as an expression of affection . |
| 5 | He says he became an explorer ‘ in the same way as you became a journalist , by sheer chance . ’ |
| 6 | He says he experienced a tremendous thrill when he heard the tinkle of money and saw a glittering stream of silver coins clattering down the chute . |
| 7 | Mr Carter , who is business development manager at ICI Billingham , says he knew the instant it was described to him over the phone that the property was just what they were looking for . |
| 8 | Alexei Campbell says he knew the plane was in trouble : |
| 9 | As he walked across to the aircraft — which by then had taxied towards the buildings — he says he saw a dog jump down from the cockpit , before the pilot . |
| 10 | Paul says he saw a little cat swallowing a big dog . |
| 11 | He says he saw a duck diving underwater — it went Zoooom ! |
| 12 | He says he saw a fish and then looked at his blade and it had a part missing . |
| 13 | Johnson says he saw no animals . |
| 14 | Nick Moore says he robbed a building society in Derby — but another man , Mick Boler , was convicted of the robbery , and is still in prison . |
| 15 | Carter says he had a hundred quid on him , Mike . |
| 16 | He says he had a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the operation but it was better than no odds at all . |
| 17 | She says he had a hard life : |
| 18 | He says he had a split personality . |
| 19 | He says he had no idea that Surrey had received two warnings in 1990 and 1991 until the summons arrived from the TCCB citing a third instance , against Leicestershire last month , and referring to the two previous offences . |
| 20 | Israel 's foreign minister , Shimon Peres , who was asked by the Libyans several months ago to allow the trip , says he had no illusions about Colonel Qaddafi 's motives . |
| 21 | He says he had no idea Telstar would be such a massive hit : |
| 22 | Mr Clinton is apparently determined that this will have no effect on what looks like being a cordial relationship between two leaders who have much in common , especially as Mr Major says he had no knowledge of it . |
| 23 | He says he had an advantage in that Addison was comparatively small when he first joined . |
| 24 | Gloucester City Football Club have done an about turn too … they 've got Brian Godfrey the man they sacked as manager three months ago back in charge … the chairman says he made a mistake … three cheers for him … |
| 25 | A report says he made a series of errors , but goes on to praise him for rescuing his pilot and passengers when the helicopter threatened to catch fire . |
| 26 | Despite a slump in the company 's margins , Bear Stearns & Co. raised its investment rating of Apple Computer Inc to ‘ strong buy ’ from ‘ buy ’ following the company 's fiscal second-quarter earnings report — figures , page five : analyst Andy Neff says he made the change because concern about Apple 's results was overdone ; commenting on the figures , Apple says it expects to resume growth — in earnings , revenue , unit sales , and market share — in the second half of its fiscal year , saying that the fall in profit was down to pricing pressures , the costs of new product launches , and a constraint in supplies needed for manufacturing , the latter two drains being short-term ; he noted that despite supply constraints , second quarter unit growth was up over 70% in its Powerbook notebook computers , while total Macintosh unit growth was up over 385 ; the European market continues to be slow , but sales in Japan are leading the way for continued growth of the Apple Pacific business unit ; gross margin was 38.5% of net sales in the second quarter of fiscal 1993 , down from 44.0% a year ago . |
| 27 | ‘ Says he took the money off Hatton 's corpse . |
| 28 | He says he thought the passenger was then going to hit him so then he hit him first and er I think |
| 29 | Only 1 man in 4 says he enjoyed the experience a lot . |
| 30 | He says he heard a loud bang — his windscreen shattered , he spotted some children . |