Example sentences of "sense he be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still had enough of his wits to take great care not to let his hands touch her or anything else , but she sensed he was on the edge of collapse . |
| 2 | He sensed he was being watched , one of the balconies above , but he did n't look up . |
| 3 | I sensed he was sinister ’ |
| 4 | Dillon gave no sign of being frightened , but Tweed sensed he was like a coiled spring . |
| 5 | But then she sensed he was n't going to put his emotions into words just then . |
| 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 | He knew he could survive without ill effect for a week or more without food but he sensed he was weakening . |
| 8 | She sensed he was pretending to be asleep when she got in to bed . |
| 9 | He met the island 's emissaries under the huge saman tree where the old woman had lived in her treehouse , for Kit had established his command from this forest clearing ; he sensed he was usurping the mana of the great tree , and it invigorated him . |
| 10 | He always sensed he was exposed in the countryside at night . |
| 11 | ‘ Caroline — ’ he spoke without rancour , but she sensed he was guarding his temper , exercising considerable patience ‘ — your mother is a mature adult . |
| 12 | Though his expression was enigmatic , Polly sensed he was laughing at her . |
| 13 | Despite his deadpan expression , Polly sensed he was not referring solely to the wine . |
| 14 | She sensed he was about to say something . |
| 15 | There he halted , staring down into the flames , but his stillness had a taut , barely restrained quality that kept her heart beating much too fast , and though he seemed totally absorbed in the glowing fire Isabel sensed he was aware of her every movement . |
| 16 | The complicated narrative of the emancipation can not be reduced to the proposition that Alexander sensed he was facing a crisis and believed that attack was the best form of defence . |
| 17 | He took no special notice of her , but she felt welcome , and when he was explaining some method of or reason for the cultivation of certain trees , she sensed he was talking to her as much as to the boys and girls around them . |
| 18 | She sensed he was standing behind her . |
| 19 | Leith asked quickly as she sensed he was getting a bit down . |
| 20 | Paige sensed he was looking at her , but her mind was centred totally on the pleasure his fingers were creating . |
| 21 | Lowell sensed he was being diverted . |
| 22 | ‘ Maybe he does n't know a squeeze play from a loud foul , but once he senses he 's being got at he can be a vicious SOB . ’ |
| 23 | It is not unlike the feeling a good scientist gets when he senses he is within range of something interesting . |
| 24 | He is trying to joke , she senses he is at a loss for the first time that afternoon . |
| 25 | She senses he is waiting for some sign from her . |
| 26 | Some railwayman must have opened the doors , perhaps sensing he was in trouble . |
| 27 | Sensing he was going too far , the old man was more cautious . |