Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even when he was surrounded he continued to lay about him with his sword , and then with an axe when his sword broke , until he went down from a blow to the head . |
| 2 | Suffice to say that the young medic concerned must have wished he 'd picked on any person in the history of Equity rather than your hyper-ventilating authoress . |
| 3 | The smile she flashed into Rune 's brooding face was so blinding that he must have wished he 'd brought sunglasses with him , Gina thought uncharitably , wondering how he would take his peremptory dismissal to the bar . |
| 4 | ‘ In the circumstances , although I could have wished he 'd delayed his visit another hour or so , the edge of my temper had become somewhat dulled by recent events . |
| 5 | He must have wished he had been there , protected by the Pinkerton security guards employed here , earlier in the week when a messenger arrived at the course to serve a paternity suit . |
| 6 | He must have wished he had stayed at home . |
| 7 | Wednesday must have wished he had , the way Atkinson chested down and volleyed home a 20th-minute clearance , then spun brilliantly on a Neal Cox through ball to score a second after 67 . |
| 8 | She was n't cruel enough to tell him that there had been times when she had almost wished he had . |
| 9 | I had a feeling when I read those words over 40 years ago , and written in the heat of the aftermath of a long and tiresome period of war , that Sir Arthur might have wished he had put it differently . |
| 10 | It was Charlie 's worst nightmare , he had to go through the public humiliation of denying he had a drink problem and retreated from the court saying , ‘ I 've been found guilty so there 's nothing anyone can do . |
| 11 | Colour flooded her cheeks as she realised he was accusing her of posing and denying he had had anything to do with it . |
| 12 | It is not true I married for a red corduroy jacket belonging to my wife 's father ; but there is no denying he did pass it on to me , as a sort of dowry I believe . |
| 13 | because we 'll have the cash , we 'll go and buy he said all you need is your amplifier and that did n't he ? |
| 14 | But six years after qualifying he became a partner in Price Waterhouse and somehow never quite got into the pure consultancy side . |
| 15 | When Count Philip of Flanders suspected that his wife had committed adultery with Gautier de Fontaines he had the young man killed by hanging him upside down in a cess-pit . |
| 16 | And in a vain attempt to make Williams jump he said , ‘ I rather think we may have to tighten up on one or two things round here . ’ |
| 17 | A few folk went to his place before sunrise yesterday , just to let him know he had better have no hand in the lists . |
| 18 | He was surprised to receive shortly afterwards an invoice from the first agency informing him that his Visa account had been debited for £153 for tickets he did n't know he had bought . |
| 19 | Indeed , the injured man did not even know he had been bitten until the water turned red as he swam to shore . |
| 20 | He did n't know he had cancer . |
| 21 | Although she did not know he had sex with Miss A in a bathroom above his Harley Street surgery , she claimed she did not feel threatened by another of his affairs . |
| 22 | If he happened to be out when Sien came home , the flowers in front of the window by the wicker chair would let her know he had thought of her . |
| 23 | What he did not know he had got from his sister , his ally against their parents if in nothing else . |
| 24 | But in Harding v Price [ 1948 ] 1 All ER 283 it was held that if the driver did not know he had been involved in an accident the section did not apply . |
| 25 | Chief executive Mr Richard Sutherland said the partners at the practice did not know he had worked as a locum at Bolton Royal Infirmary and the doctor had not told the infirmary he was HIV positive . |
| 26 | Joe went downstairs to have a word with the Beavis family , to let them know he had a young woman upstairs and why . |
| 27 | Michael waved to let the doctor know he had heard , then , opening the front door , he rushed out . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't know he had a half-brother . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I did n't even know he had one . |
| 30 | Skilful questioning of the child can make him tap sources of knowledge he did n't know he had . |