Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [conj] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the way Prince Charles had been reared and he wanted his boys to follow suit . |
| 2 | Everything in Jean-Claude 's life had been decided before he met me , and I was being fitted into a preordained pattern . |
| 3 | Widely regarded as a principal rival and potential successor to Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhaven , Chaovalit had given little indication of his likely response to the Cabinet invitation which had been made after he announced his intention to retire early from the Army command [ see also p. 37188 ] . |
| 4 | However , Gerry Collins , the Irish minister for foreign affairs , later made it clear that progress had been made and he reaffirmed his Government 's commitment to the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 5 | that 's where they 're going cos he said they he 's not actually for the itself |
| 6 | DeVore might have been lying when he said he had no motive in helping her , but he was right about Mach wanting her dead . |
| 7 | Where had he been going when he left her ? |
| 8 | It was not his plan , but he 'd been outmanoeuvred and he knew it . |
| 9 | It brought a smile to his face because he recognised the lie though no word had been spoken and he trailed his lips across her burning cheek before catching her mouth lightly with his own . |
| 10 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 11 | She realised at once that he could be forgiven if he reminded her that she had n't been too sugary herself during that phone call : but he did nothing of the kind , though he did allow himself a small smirk before all trace of a smile went from him . |
| 12 | Dr Steel said it was difficult to estimate when the gene would be located but he thought it would be months rather than years . |
| 13 | ‘ If we do , Sir Henry may be caught before he reaches us . ’ |
| 14 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 15 | Several times he almost stopped himself , but it felt so good to be unburdened that he let his tongue defy his better judgement . |
| 16 | Erm , but my Lord er I think the difficulty is that as far as my learned friend is concerned er he takes the view and it 's probably better for him to develop this your Lordship , that the matters can not properly be separated and he wishes your Lordship to deal with them in total so that er the whole picture can be seen at liability stage . |
| 17 | It remained to be seen if he recognised her . |
| 18 | Father hated to be disturbed when he had anybody with him and I could see he was annoyed so I made myself scarce ; I mean I did n't stay to say what I wanted . ’ |
| 19 | He denied any guns had been involved in the raid although Mr Beaton had said earlier in the trial he had been told he would be shot if he tried anything stupid . |
| 20 | It could be argued that he saw it as something of a homecoming : Neil had attended Yeovil Grammar School for a time when his father 's work took the family there . |
| 21 | She loved Piers , and it just was n't good enough to be told that he needed her or that he wanted her . |
| 22 | There 's no reason for the door to stay shut for good over that flying incident , but it will only be opened if he wants it enough . ’ |
| 23 | A hand began feeling at him in the places he might carry a gun , so Maxim said to Fraulein Winkelmann : ‘ It would be compli-cated if he shoots me . |
| 24 | And while her heart swelled — could he be saying that he thought she was lovely ? — a few seconds later he was steering the Mercedes around a bend and was then at once driving to the other side of the road where a kind of lay-by had been cut into a high mass of rock . |
| 25 | ‘ We should n't be asking whether he deserves his place . |
| 26 | And Austen Chamberlain was still telling Baldwin that the Conservative position would only be restored if he bestirred himself and put a less negative spirit in his speeches . |
| 27 | In Berlin , Bismarck let it be known that he saw nothing wrong with the proposed solution , though he backed away from too openly supporting it in the face of a general outcry from the other European courts . |
| 28 | However , it appears that the singer wishes it to be known that he did something his way . ’ |
| 29 | Taking the second case first , it is clear that under section 8(2) the driver , in order that he may decide whether or not to claim that the breath specimen be replaced , should be fully informed of the nature of the option open to him and what will be involved if he exercises it . |
| 30 | Is a defendant who fails even to consider that a woman might not be consenting still to be acquitted if he takes her consent for granted ? |