Example sentences of "[vb infin] he and he [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was then that the feeling of utter boredom would assail him and he would be driven to join the crowd for the buses and the queue for a seat in the pictures in Hereford to pass the Saturday afternoon away . |
| 2 | ‘ He needs all the help we can give him and he must learn to speak Italian . |
| 3 | Then , as Creggan abruptly turned and went down into the silence and gloom of his shelter , where no other eagle could see him and he could be alone with his thoughts , Kraal muttered after him , ‘ Golden eagle ! |
| 4 | It made me feel good to know that I could see him and he could n't see me , and that I was aware and fully conscious and he was n't . |
| 5 | Anyway , he always told himself that this would be the last time ; this time he would find some really good job in which he would get on really well and his talents would be appreciated and people would like him and he would surprise all his Tormentors , so there would be no reason to go through the whole fraught and sapping business of signing on again . |
| 6 | In one way he was glad to be interrupted — superstitiously afraid that if of his own volition he decided to leave the miraculous spot then the unique mood would not follow him and he would be like a man without a shadow . |
| 7 | ‘ I would ring him and he 'd answer the phone almost immediately . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I suppose one hopes the day will come when he will be so old his urges and fantasies will leave him and he will be able to conduct himself without these things having the effect they do . ’ |
| 9 | Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me . |
| 10 | So he got his history , and then a magistrate can certify him and he can be handed over to er what is now St Clements Hospital . |
| 11 | Mr Browning would ask him and he would nod , but squeeze her hand and hang his head . |
| 12 | ‘ How 's that scheme of yours coming on ? ’ you might ask him and he would reply with just a little too much nonchalance to sound natural : ‘ Oh , I had to give it up ; we had good reason for thinking that the goons were on to it . ’ |