Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the circumstances , although I could have wished he 'd delayed his visit another hour or so , the edge of my temper had become somewhat dulled by recent events . |
| 2 | I had a feeling when I read those words over 40 years ago , and written in the heat of the aftermath of a long and tiresome period of war , that Sir Arthur might have wished he had put it differently . |
| 3 | Colour flooded her cheeks as she realised he was accusing her of posing and denying he had had anything to do with it . |
| 4 | It is not true I married for a red corduroy jacket belonging to my wife 's father ; but there is no denying he did pass it on to me , as a sort of dowry I believe . |
| 5 | He did n't know he had to give him a little verbal back . |
| 6 | First , her solicitor had seemed unsympathetic and , secondly , her husband had written to let her know he wished to sell their house . |
| 7 | All that talk about Janus , just to let her know he 'd suspected her of lying . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't know he 'd paid her conscience money ! |
| 9 | He does n't know he 's done it , you know . |
| 10 | But then he 'll know he 's got her riled . |
| 11 | He does n't even know he 's got them ! |
| 12 | His cap 's on the floor in front of him and I think about picking it up for him , cos maybe if he 's blind he do n't know he 's dropped it . |
| 13 | Rain was holding the door for him and as he entered he stooped to kiss her forehead as he used to do . |
| 14 | ‘ You have n't yet answered my question , ’ Lubor reminded her when , for a brief while , she had forgotten he had asked it . |
| 15 | ‘ I expect he has told you of the tragedy ? ’ |
| 16 | He feasted for months , for years , on a small pair of my slippers that I gave him ; I expect he has burnt them by now . |
| 17 | " I expect he 's forgotten me , do n't you ? " |
| 18 | Or has he contrived to bring you out — |
| 19 | What has he done to deserve your wrath ? ’ |
| 20 | How many has he got do you know ? |
| 21 | Has he got to pass it ? |
| 22 | He has he 's broken his little sequence there , twenty-one . |
| 23 | She 'd thrown herself at him , and then when she 'd panicked he 'd dropped her like a hot potato … what a fool she 'd been ! |
| 24 | He had employed two extra assistants to keep the flies at bay , and he found he had to force himself not to hurry his craft , not to cut corners . |
| 25 | The perusal of it swelled his heart with joy ; he found he had to read it twice , and the pleasure of its proclamation left him flushed from top to toe . |
| 26 | My father was a Gemini , and I knew your mother was a Sagittarian as soon as I found he 'd given her half the clip . |
| 27 | I expect he found he 'd sold his working-class birthright for a mess of Bloomsbury pottage . |
| 28 | He shone the torch over the floor of the gazebo , checking he had left nothing behind . |
| 29 | Well it was her fault really for not checking he 'd got his tie on . |
| 30 | She did n't need to look up to know he 'd seen everything , and that irritated her beyond measure . |