Example sentences of "[subord] he [vb past] [noun] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leaning over , Grant pointed his torch down in the direction of the black mass of shrubbery where he knew Larsen was crouched , and flashed the pencil beam twice . |
| 2 | Charman complained if he felt gigs were not properly organised and quickly became frustrated . |
| 3 | Coleby looked as if he thought Peter were mad . |
| 4 | ‘ And if he thought fashion was one of the more potent means whereby women can achieve self-expression . ’ |
| 5 | Cos he said Dee was gon na |
| 6 | Still , the trip might buy him credit with the boss , unless he thought Cormack was a sycophantic idiot offering to take the things in the first place , which was equally likely . |
| 7 | Mm , I do n't think so but er he 's had an awful struggle with that because he said Buckley 's one of the worse places and no interest at all |
| 8 | I believed him to mean that he climbed trees not for enjoyment but because he felt danger was his natural environment . |
| 9 | A doorman at a ‘ rave ’ at Sunderland Polytechnic last year rang Lee Turner 's parents to tell them he was dying , but he refused to call an ambulance because he knew drugs were involved . |
| 10 | In repeated versions he explains laboriously that Gandalf forced Bilbo on Thorin out of some Valinorean ‘ foresight ’ ; or because he knew hobbits were stealthy ; or because he thought Bilbo had the right ‘ mix ’ of Took and Baggins ; while as for the word ‘ burglar ’ , it was all a dwarvish misunderstanding . |
| 11 | Cos it was due to sail on the same day , on the Sunday , you know what I mean and er it was these locks as I 'm telling you about and her a very , very famous firm and er my correspondence come from London because he had offices was there , you know and erm our erm I 've been at the service as I , if I might say so , but in most people it 's surprising how it get 's round and er the jobs that I 've had to do . |
| 12 | I told her we were Baptists and she said she would tell her husband because he thought Gran was an amazing woman having such a large family , but she had told him that we probably belonged to ‘ one of these odd religions ! ’ . |
| 13 | Jordan — My world caved in when he went , basically because he wanted to better himself financially and because he thought Leeds were never going to be a force under Jimmmy Armfield . |
| 14 | Sam 's mother Lillian , 29 , said : ‘ Sam was crying because he thought Scott was dead . |
| 15 | Well , he was n't too keen , because he reckoned Harley was a no-hoper . |
| 16 | What little is known about his early life before he left England is found mainly in Foxe 's Book of Martyrs and in his own writings . |
| 17 | She copied the way Meredith bent his knee as he passed in front of the altar , and when he said November was dedicated to the souls in purgatory she lit a candle for the commercial traveller with the skin grafts . |
| 18 | Bill Shankly was only joking when he said football was more important than life and death . |
| 19 | Patrick pretended to hide when he saw Rain was after him . |
| 20 | He must have taken the bucket outside but when he returned Robyn was still struggling furiously with the unfamiliar catch . |
| 21 | But when he sailed Mom was with him — no dispute about that is there ? |
| 22 | He 'd been brought up on a farm and had a way with horses , and his first job when he left school was working for a brewery breaking in the big black cobs they brought over wild from Ireland and put to use as cart-horses dragging the great heavy drays full of ale . |
| 23 | The first thing Louis did when he reached Aachen was to clear himself some political space . |
| 24 | Ketura had neglected to include the information that Amber would also be present , and he had felt strangely disappointed when he realised Jeopardy was not alone . |
| 25 | When he discovered Blur were on the same label as Jesus Jones — with whom he shares the same management — Stephen ‘ put a word through ’ expressing his admiration . |
| 26 | When he emerged Carmen was absently rearranging the chrysanthemums in the crystal vase on the table in the hallway . |
| 27 | When he awoke Lucy was still at his side and the position of the sun had hardly changed . |
| 28 | ‘ Then it got a little better and as long as he knew Andre was close by , he felt secure . |
| 29 | But even Mr Hurd was loudly heckled as he insisted Maastricht was good for Britain . |
| 30 | The Officer 's face had a puzzled expression as he recognised Lochiel 's Tartan on my green beret and on my shoulder flashes . |