Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] he [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked Fleischmann what was known about this and he laughed as he said ‘ Not enough ! ’ |
| 2 | One thing led to another and he says if we 're so inclined , and we do n't mind a bit of inconvenience , he 'll take us all on the barge to Liverpool — and nothing to pay ! |
| 3 | They smiled uncertainly at one another and he wondered whether he could kiss her , just on the cheek in a Christmas sort of way . |
| 4 | It still appeared deserted Their excitement was such that he doubted if they could stop now even if the gamekeeper did appear . |
| 5 | What he wanted , of course , was for me to write as much like he did as I possibly could . |
| 6 | Er I 'm not too sure where he lives cos he just , I think he 's just new to the town but if you give him a ring erm on the 's phone number and use the |
| 7 | The portrait , he thought , must have been even more powerful than he realized if it could so dominate his physical reaction to the living woman . |
| 8 | they 've got a girl that works there right and her name her name is Linda and they run this big machine and it 's really long and he said if she 's at the top machine he ca n't see down the other end of the machine cos her boobs are in the way and he 's got I said you do n't ask her can sh he said yeah well he said I 've got ta ask her can she move out the way , he said if she sits on the table her boobs are resting on the table , I said oh I 'd crack up . |
| 9 | It was a pity Wallace got injured when he did as I thought they were begining to hit it off together . |
| 10 | On the other hand , none of them ever doubted his ability to give as good as he got when the street-fighting began . |
| 11 | He got more than he bargained for |
| 12 | Best man John Penticost from Falkirk showed more than he expected when groom Alan hoisted his kilt to reveal all . |
| 13 | I was pleased we were talking about girls because I felt this was a subject where Andy 's two extra years did n't really count ; I was effectively the same age as him , and maybe I even knew more than he did because I mixed with girls every day and he only really knew his sister Clare . |
| 14 | Travis , when she met him , looked as dreadful as he had when he 'd called to pick up his car yesterday . |
| 15 | They would have to wait only very slightly more than a second between the astronaut 's 10:59:58 signal and the one that he sent when his watch read 10:59:59 , but they would have to wait forever for the 11:00 signal . |
| 16 | But then why , as he lay there pink and rested in his striped Viyella pyjamas feeling no older and certainly very little wiser than he had when he used to open his eyes in his prep school dormitory over sixty-five years ago , should he not be alive and kicking ? |
| 17 | ‘ He 's looking worse than he did when it all happened , ’ said Jenny . |
| 18 | Rachel walked behind him , dishevelled , weary and full of resentment that Damian Flint should look as cool and immaculate as he had when he 'd first arrived . |
| 19 | He looked just like he did when we played real gigs . |
| 20 | Wycliffe left the house feeling disorientated as he did when emerging from the darkness and isolation of a cinema into reality and the light of day . |
| 21 | He was new and he joined after the project submission had gone in , but at a stage where it needed to be implemented and he sewed on to the thing straight away . |
| 22 | It was so unpalatable that he doubted if Celia 's digestion was capable of handling it . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought he was dead but he moaned when I touched him . |
| 24 | They were all silent as he finished until Julia said softly , ‘ And God bless that good man . |