Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he slowly revolved he observed all points of the compass with eyes wide in wonder . |
| 2 | He deftly turned her to face him , and took her in his arms , drawing her close because of the crowds . |
| 3 | As a young man he had been pursued by many women ; that he secretly despised them did not lessen his attractiveness but in later years his large family and increasing years had hung about him with a weight as great as any deformity : but he would never risk exposing himself as Rose had . |
| 4 | When , after five or six miles [ 8–10 km ] , his men reached another defile , between Loch Lochy and a steeply sloping mountain to the east , they found the Highlanders had arrived before them , and after a brisk action , in which he eventually found himself hemmed in on three sides , Scott , himself wounded , and with two men dead , accepted terms of surrender . |
| 5 | Their horses were fresher , and gradually closed on Sharpe who , to spare the mare 's strength , tried to avoid the worst hills , but he eventually found himself trapped in a long valley and was forced to put the mare at a steep grass slope which led to a bare skyline . |
| 6 | He eventually found it sitting on a wall outside a house . |
| 7 | Dustin refused , not only because he had not seen the very different Warner , which the director had , but he justifiably felt he had to find his own direction , even if he had to make a number of detours on the way . |
| 8 | 20–3–1877 Duncan McLugash , Elder , confessed " that having been led to use a little whisky for relieving asthmatic tightening of the chest , he regrets that he incautiously allowed himself to go to excess , whereby he was overcome by it . " |
| 9 | And er he apparently told her to sit in the car while he finished his |
| 10 | We were taken aback to learn that the late king 's additional name of Lasso Rinding means " Granite Penis " — a title he apparently did nothing to dishonour . |
| 11 | She had stopped so suddenly that he obviously thought he 'd distressed her . |
| 12 | He does n't get off any lighter just because he only told you to kill Hatton . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps he only meant them to meet when he could fit her in with his other engagements . |
| 14 | ‘ Did it ever occur to you that he did n't murder that other apprentice — that he only said he did , to frighten you ? ’ |
| 15 | As he only had one experienced officer left , Stirling had no option but to tell Paddy Mayne , newly promoted to captain , that he would have to stay behind to supervise the training of the new recruits . |
| 16 | He only wished he knew why . |
| 17 | After being passed from one civil servant to another , an embarrassed underling finally admitted ‘ he only wished he knew ’ confessing ‘ the trouble is , we have no control over it up here ; it 's all being done down in London . ’ |
| 18 | He only wished he 'd managed to discover more . |
| 19 | He was glad to hear that their priests were telling the people that the potato murrain was a visitation of the Almighty ; he only hoped they went on to draw the full lesson . |
| 20 | ‘ He only made me cry once , ’ she mumbled against his sweater . |
| 21 | The suspicion was always there ; he only pursued her to quench an aching need . |
| 22 | Sometimes Nick understood what Mister Johnny said and sometimes he only pretended he did , to annoy Carrie , but they were always happy together . |
| 23 | And it was as he turned from her , that jewel box in his hand , that he suddenly knew who had taken those jewels , and his anger carried him away from Charity 's pain and her need . |
| 24 | The sun warmed his face , and he suddenly knew he felt different . |
| 25 | Then he suddenly told me to fetch the chopper from the cellar . |
| 26 | He suddenly realised he had newer thought of the possible need to tell lies about why he was there . |
| 27 | He was still trying to identify it when he suddenly felt himself scooped from the ground and hoisted into the air in a wide arc . |
| 28 | ‘ Like everything else Bernard does , he suddenly decided he needed a large Welsh farmhouse TODAY and so they bought Rhydoldog , ’ a friend recalls . |
| 29 | He alone chose who came to see him . |
| 30 | It was on his recommendation that the guard-rail was rebuilt , and he constantly reminded everyone visiting the belvedere of the hazard . ’ |