Example sentences of "he [verb] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Increasing costs and declining profits forced him to borrow and from 1819 until 1827 Curwen owed more than £120,000 . |
| 2 | I wanted him to know that in plenty of time so that he could get used to the pressure . |
| 3 | This is an important area in which you can help him a great deal if you can make him feel that with you open grieving is permissible . |
| 4 | Kraus taught him to listen and about the limitations of judging . |
| 5 | Pete Waterman 's refusal to suppress his opinions has on occasion exposed him to ridicule as in the sampling storm but on the whole he appears confident and competent , clear about what he wants . |
| 6 | Go to Him — go to Him absolved and with a contrite heart . |
| 7 | Midani would be able to afford at least that , and a general offer would be cheaper for him to fund because of his existing stake . |
| 8 | As the argument developed , I understood him to submit that as the remedy sought by the plaintiff was itself an equitable one , talk of strict estoppel was inappropriate , and he was content to put forward the alleged assurance and other matters to be considered in the exercise of my discretion . |
| 9 | But Ted Hudson and other signalmen like him know that in the early hours of a winter 's morning a visitation from Aubrey Clark 's ghost is a real and frightening possibility . |
| 10 | She looked at Conradin 's white face , and waited for him to cry or to be angry . |
| 11 | Just imagine him saying that to a reporter trying to dig up more dirt … trying to stir it up a bit . |
| 12 | I 'm glad to say it got a thorough sort of leathering in the Lords , and so I think it 's rather premature for him to say that by fixing a budget we have belighted the whole police service in Wiltshire , for the next er , eight or whatever number of years he said , I think that certainly is rather premature . |
| 13 | One often reads of jealousies , of quarrels , of friendships , of instances of patronage , of pique and of loyalty which illuminate some aspect of a man 's character , of the nature of the society in which he lived or of the system in which he worked . |
| 14 | Then he realised that for the first time he was looking into the front of a hurricane . |
| 15 | He realised that for the first time in weeks he had not thought of school , Murray , Fairbrother or the wretched affair of the letter . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , he realised that for political reasons it would be very difficult to do less than had been proposed in the Bill introduced in 1938 . |
| 17 | But he realised that for a man like Lancaster — trusting and timid — the betrayal would have been much , much worse . |
| 18 | He realised that without western investment there was little chance of turning the economy around . |
| 19 | He realised that despite the money he would miss this place , the friendly faces , even the work that blinded him . |
| 20 | He realised that in the centre of the soft fake torso was a hard real butcher 's hook . |
| 21 | He realised that in his discussions with Ranulf he had not mentioned old Martha 's death . |
| 22 | He was about to go back to the company when he realised that in the middle of the town was a house where an old man lived , exactly where the company were planning to build their new station ; and the old man was refusing to sell . " |
| 23 | One non-commissioned officer , writing home , said he presumed that by the time his letter arrived ‘ the bells throughout the whole of Germany would be announcing the victory over the mightiest enemy of civilization . |
| 24 | He beamed and in a while went on , ‘ Except for the engineers , the same crew will stay with the train to Vancouver ! ’ |
| 25 | He remarks that in America especially there has always been a strong cross-racial homosexual attraction less restrained by social barriers than its heterosexual counterpart ; ‘ the very furtiveness and outlaw status of the gayworld has led to its greater integration across colour lines ’ . |
| 26 | erm Darwin says in the origin , and I 'm sorry I ca n't read it to you , but I was desperately looking for the quotation in the origin before I can and I could n't find it but I assure you it 's there erm in which he remarks that in all probability the periods of time during which species are not changing is probably very large compared with those periods when change is taking place . |
| 27 | He agreed that without a friendly settlement of the candidate question and a unified opposition campaign , the Janata Dal could not hope to win . |
| 28 | I actually spoke to the A2 's designer and he agreed that in such a situation this would be a boon . |
| 29 | Stephen and he agreed that in view of the value to the island of Crystal Springs ' recruitment plans , the regulations would be waived this time and Michael Stein 's long-term permit would be processed as quickly as possible . |
| 30 | Furthermore , he agreed that after the trials and tribulations of the previous 29 months since taking over from Bobby Robson , he finally feels at ease with himself and the job . |