Example sentences of "he [conj] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was terribly disappointed she had n't flown at him or reacted more strongly . |
| 2 | He had a charismatic quality about him that had long made him one of Europe 's most eligible bachelors . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm well aware of whom they 're for , ’ he bit out , and Ellie belatedly became rather frighteningly aware of the dangerous quality in him that had only been hinted at before . |
| 4 | " There was , " she said , a little boy in him that had never been released . |
| 5 | He said , ‘ Letchely na , letchely na , ’ and she turned her beautiful head to look at him and lowed gently . |
| 6 | Then the disciples all deserted him and ran away ( Mark 14:50 ; Matt 26:56 ) . |
| 7 | Angry with herself for being so easily led , Shelley pulled away from him and ran headlong into the water , which was colder than she expected , in spite of the hot sun . |
| 8 | Pascoe left him and ran lightly upstairs . |
| 9 | She thrust the remains of her cheese at him and rushed jerkily away , hiding her face . |
| 10 | He closed the door behind him and walked slowly down the corridor until he reached the top of the marble staircase , passing his own office and Pat Muldoon 's without wishing to take a last look . |
| 11 | She turned her back on him and walked away . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've chased him and waited far too long . |
| 13 | Christopher knew him and came straight down . |
| 14 | Rincewind looked down at him and grinned slowly . |
| 15 | Amy Winship took one look at him and disappeared quietly through the door , and Ben Bradshaw winced . |
| 16 | Woil looked around him and seemed suddenly confused and unsure of himself . |
| 17 | ‘ I really went for him and felt rather sorry for it afterwards . |
| 18 | We were all very fond of him and felt just a little protective towards him ! |
| 19 | She snatched the paper from him and strode past . |
| 20 | He grabbed the end of the case before it hit him and stepped backwards using my momentum to take me forward and off balance , then he shoved back . |
| 21 | Corbett stared at him and looked away , the tension between them broken by the Pictish leader who took Thomas by the hand , like a child with a parent , and led him into the largest house , beckoning Corbett to follow them . |
| 22 | Adam glared back at him and looked away . |
| 23 | He caught Emily 's eye on him and looked away quickly . |
| 24 | She definitely could n't , though she thanked him and looked longingly at the boat . |
| 25 | Robert had to say it again before she heard him and looked across to the table where Aunt Tossie and Andrew were drinking and Lalage was jumping up and down , opening her mouth to catch with complete dexterity the pieces of biscuit that Dada , suddenly lively , was throwing into it . |
| 26 | She ignored him and looked expectantly at her father . |
| 27 | He broke himself off a thick stick from a tree behind him and looked all round again . |
| 28 | He picked up an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival , assembled a band behind him and played loud enough to raise the roofbeams — just like he had done in his high-school days . |
| 29 | He could not know that Sophia was taking a keen interest in him and had even been considering him — provided he were not divorced or otherwise unsuitable-as a husband for her sister . |
| 30 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |