Example sentences of "and i [vb past] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he was enthusiastic about a subject , and I imagined he would turn his back on anything about which he could not enthuse , he leant forward on his bar stool , his thigh beating against it . |
| 2 | His ball had gone into deep rough and I noticed he was walking toward it much faster than usual and he was talking to me faster . |
| 3 | He wore a sailor 's short sword by his side , and I noticed he had only three fingers on his left hand . |
| 4 | I started siding stuff then , an' sweeping an' doing ; and I expected he 'd begin a calling me for my idle ways . |
| 5 | It turned out the Australian 's baggage with much expensive equipment had never arrived in Quito , not even made it to the continent ( or so he 'd been told ) , and I sensed he had no sympathy left for any other 's misfortune . |
| 6 | I was Jean-Claude 's gateway to the future , and I sensed he was becoming increasingly conscious of the fact , and satisfied with our relationship . |
| 7 | Venus , Ah think , ’ Ward said , and I realised he , too , had been watching the spectacle in absolute silence . |
| 8 | It was a shock , I can tell you , when he walked into the centre and I realised he was my new medical officer . ’ |
| 9 | But when the man Harry came back without the pirate , Silver seemed angry — and I believed he was . |
| 10 | But he did eat it , and I thought he would . |
| 11 | And the man had a mouthful of champagne and I thought he was going to have a heart attack . ’ |
| 12 | He grabbed my tie and I thought he was going to nut me in the face . |
| 13 | ‘ He 'd written all these books about sex and I thought he 'd know all these exciting things and I 'd just be so ordinary . |
| 14 | When the draw was announced and I found that I was next to Carl Lewis I thought that it was just brilliant , because we run our races in a similar fashion and I thought he could drag me through . |
| 15 | ‘ I told you , Cal — he just tagged along , and I thought he 'd be good ammunition against Mum and Dad . ’ |
| 16 | He dodged behind a bus and I thought he 'd been knocked down . |
| 17 | The R/T was bad and I thought he said ‘ below you ’ so I concentrated on that section of the sky almost exclusively , leaving it to Dick to watch above us . |
| 18 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 19 | And I thought he was a nightmare or that I was going out of my mind . |
| 20 | I told her I was n't there , I 'd left , and I thought he 'd smash things up and my china cabinet would be the first . " |
| 21 | ‘ And I thought he was the one who killed her , too , ’ said William , ‘ when they finally told me . ’ |
| 22 | ( I read Matthew 's Sura 's piece last month and I thought he caught you bang to rights . ) |
| 23 | And I thought he was healthy . |
| 24 | His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling . |
| 25 | He stared at me for a moment , and I thought he was going to be angry . |
| 26 | I met this man and I thought he was wonderful — so nice to me and everything when I first met him . |
| 27 | I had recently had my little girl , her dad had walked out on me , and I thought he was just another man who had what he wanted and then left me . |
| 28 | I liked him very much , and I thought he loved me too . |
| 29 | And I thought he 'd have flogged me . |
| 30 | Then the Reverend called , with his news about the weather turning stormy , and I thought he was the last person we needed to hear from . |