Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] he [verb] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found that he knew what he wanted ; that he was persuasive in trying to get it ; that what he wanted was good ; and they suddenly realized that this new young professor dragged them into the twentieth century . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've got an overnight bag packed , but before we go — ’ she took a hold on herself to begin , then found that he had something he wanted to say too — and that he did n't mind cutting across what she was saying , to say it . |
| 3 | No he 's , he 's , he 's just out to impress people , I mean he looks around to see if you 're watching him and he 'll erm no , yeah he 's acting the whole time , I do n't really , I do n't know if he knows who he is you know ? |
| 4 | But skipper Dave Watson revealed : ‘ Tony was disappointed at being dropped and he said what he felt at the time . |
| 5 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
| 6 | 4 Do you think that he gets what he deserves ? 5 Have you ever been showing off and something has happened to you ? 6 Why do you think we like it when people who are being bigheaded get show up ? |
| 7 | With some reluctance , for this generation was not free of sexual solidarity , Tim had to agree that he knew what she meant . |
| 8 | She recognised that he meant what he said . |
| 9 | I just hope that he believes what he sees , that you do n't become too obvious and make him realize that he 's being set up . ’ |
| 10 | She was taking it for granted that he knew who she was ; but then anyone who had read the papers must know that . |
| 11 | And unless he speaks in a very odd way we take it for granted that he knows what he is saying . |
| 12 | I could swear that he told me he did n't know ! |
| 13 | We therefore assumed that he knew what he was doing , and got on with our work as well . |
| 14 | But his head cleared as the pain receded and he remembered what he had been going to ask Curtis . |
| 15 | If the criterion of relevance is adhered to the research worker knows why information is being collected because he knows what it will be used for . |
| 16 | I just wanted to see if he practised what he preached . |
| 17 | She smiled as she waited to be connected to Bridget 's college rooms ; Tracey would strongly disapprove if he knew whom she was calling . |
| 18 | that 's where they 're going cos he said they he 's not actually for the itself |
| 19 | He stared at the T'ang , wondering if he knew what he had become ; if the doubt that he professed was as thorough , as all-inclusive as it ought to be . |
| 20 | Openness did not demand that he tell her he had suggested it . |
| 21 | Put them in writing and be sure you know and he understands what you want to achieve . |
| 22 | He decided that he liked what he had done — and did it again . |
| 23 | Dad told her that it was settled but he warned her she must never borrow again He warned Frankie and me as well . |
| 24 | She had never questioned his facts ; he had been ten or twelve at the time and she had confidently assumed that he knew what he was talking about . |
| 25 | She insisted that he told her he felt ‘ ashamed , embarrassed and dirty ’ about the ‘ kinky ’ relationship , and had continued it only ‘ because he was n't paying her much ’ . |
| 26 | He said what he meant and he meant what he said , |
| 27 | He listened , and his heart ached because he knew if he failed her she would hold it against him for ever . |
| 28 | She , skilled in the ways of therapy , had after the first few sessions begun dissecting his own motives for him and Kevin , like an obedient dog , ended up nodding slowly as she told him clearly , fully , frankly what he meant when he said what he thought about what she or Henry felt , and how what he thought he thought about what they felt , or said they felt , probably was n't what he really felt any more than what they said they felt was really deep down what they really felt . |
| 29 | The Prophet 's gaze switched to it and his eyes widened as he saw what it was by the light of the moon . |
| 30 | In conversation Weight also attests that he knew nobody he liked sitting alone with more than John Minton . |