Example sentences of "[be] [conj] he [vb past] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was definitely Luke 's handwriting , and it could n't even be that he had sent the flowers to the wrong address . |
| 2 | Could it be that he had invented the entire tableau , he wondered ? |
| 3 | Should any one ask how Plato 's discernment of divine creation and even of the divine Triad could be so close to the now known truth , the answer is that he had read the books of Moses on his visit to Egypt . |
| 4 | All that we know for certain about his coronation oath is that he promised to preserve the laws of the realm unimpaired and to do nothing touching the dignity of the crown without first obtaining the consent of his prelates and chief magnates . |
| 5 | Even as she tried to evade him , he was drawing her closer , making the blood sing in her veins as he smiled down at her , the hypnotic blue eyes half shuttered but still as powerful , as he raised a firm hand to the back of her head , guiding her face towards his own , his mouth seeking the trembling softness of hers , hard and demanding as it reached its goal , yet instantly becoming as gentle and manipulative as it had been when he had coaxed the throbbing melody from the borrowed trumpet . |
| 6 | He found the watchman asleep under a tree , his legs curled up under him as they had been when he had pantomimed the way he had found the body , his turban neatly parked beside him . |
| 7 | As she listened to Amsterdam she became more sure by the minute that Timothy was n't quite the same as he 'd been when he had left the house that morning . |
| 8 | What he himself claimed was that he wished to enfranchise the Tibbu : he proposed to give land to Tibbu from the expropriated endowments of the Sanusi order . |
| 9 | What Peter did not realise was that he had aroused the directors ' suspicion . |
| 10 | Marcellus ' defence was that he had taught the ignorant to respect and wonder at the beautiful and marvellous works of Greece ( Marc . 21 ) . |
| 11 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 12 | And then the , the fourth thing there that Jesus wants to show to this woman as well , was that he wanted to break the power of sin in her life . |
| 13 | Leading that charge has been the right hon. Member for Henley ( Mr. Heseltine ) — that elegant nonentity whose only claim to fame was that he helped rid the nation of the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 14 | Well Romeo was although he wanted to keep the peace , he was a chicken so I had to stick up for him cos I don I do n't like people doing that to my friends . |
| 15 | But he stayed where he was and he continued to regard the Robemaker from over the restricting mask and , presently , the Robemaker said , ‘ Does it not irk you and chafe you to be so confined , Wolfprince ? ’ |
| 16 | Khrushchev explicitly stated to me that one of his reasons for suspending tests was because he had studied the effect of the CND on the British public . |
| 17 | After setting an Open championship tournament record 283 , Sarazen said it was because he had had the sense to listen to his caddie at every tricky point through the tournament , calling Daniels ' club selection ‘ brilliant ’ , and his understanding of Sarazen 's sometimes less-than-cautious temperament uncanny . |