Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet when he made to take a line of stones he had surrounded from the board , the boy placed his hand over Tuan 's , stopping him , lifting his hand so that he might study the position , his face creased into a frown , as if trying to take in what he had done wrong . |
| 2 | Then , too , Colin Watson was particularly adept in the creation of the detective he chose to investigate , or struggle with , the curious crimes he made to happen in everyday Flaxborough . |
| 3 | His mouth refused to release hers , and every movement he made sent her spiralling deeper into an apparently bottomless pit of pleasure , it washed over her , saturated her , invaded every one of her nerve-ends until she did n't think she could stand it any more . |
| 4 | The claims he made went directly against traditional thought . |
| 5 | The explosive sound he made stilled her . |
| 6 | He made telling first half stops and saw his forwards come close to securing three points . |
| 7 | He made to shine the torch into her face , but she pushed his hand down . |
| 8 | As he made to leave , the young man was confronted by another sergeant , with a night stick . |
| 9 | As he made to leave the chamber , Deems said , ‘ If you perceive that the Emperor does not trust you , why continue faithful ? ’ |
| 10 | He recalls the efforts he made to acquire a p-38 : ‘ A Lightning that I had been pondering about for some time was owned by a chap called Merril Wayne , who ran an airline called Wayne Airlines up in Anchorage , Alaska . |
| 11 | almost every he pass he made had an incorrect address — when back at the side he looked somehow better — a good thing to get £500,000 for the guy if plays like that all the time . |
| 12 | He made to close the door . |
| 13 | The sounds he made fell into the embrace of a dead echo , and he felt that he might be the last man on earth . |
| 14 | With Edie , he made drawing expeditions to Little Chart Forstal , Frittenden and Tenterden . |
| 15 | Even when Mr McQueen said that since Asia Minor had been populated by Celts , could not the same religion have come with the Celts to Skye , Johnson defied him , and the point he made remains valid to this day . |
| 16 | Her hand shot out to grasp his arm as he made to move away . |
| 17 | Does not he feel that unwise comments such as those that he made do not help an already difficult situation ? |
| 18 | He made teaching his career and taught history and mathematics in preparatory schools in Somerset . |
| 19 | He made moving reference to its founding philosophy . |
| 20 | Richard Hollins Murray patented the glass lens in 1923 and the profits he made helped him to buy Dinmore Manor four years later . |
| 21 | At the same moment he made stabbing movements , at shoulder height , with the bat . |
| 22 | Towards the end of his life he was an enthusiastic supporter of British involvement in the war of 1914–18 , for which he made recruiting speeches . |
| 23 | As he made to sneak up the corridor to the stairs , the sounds of heated debate reached his ears , issuing from the front parlour . |
| 24 | He made swishing noises indicating the beating of wings . |
| 25 | He made to have another look at the distant diner . |
| 26 | Credit to them , they came back , got a great goal , Les Phillips had a great game , made the first one I think , no the second one he made did n't he ? erm But he played tremendous , Les ; he got the passing going and I thought they did very well as a team , we kept our composure . |
| 27 | Credit to them , they came back , got a great goal , Les Phillips had a great game ; made the first one I think , no the second one he made did n't he ? erm But he played tremendous , Les , got the passing going , and I thought we did very well as a team , we kept our composure . |
| 28 | But the larger films he made showed how out-of-touch he was with audience tastes . |
| 29 | They moved to a flat in Kensington that Ken financed for them — to the point that he made Carry On Regardless solely to recoup some of his losses . |
| 30 | He made to protest again , but she shook her head . |