Example sentences of "he [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished he had n't spotted it as it made him think of this morning and going round the house in Hill View Road , and the idea his Mum and Dad had about moving . |
| 2 | He remembered old dad VATman up at Hoomey 's sitting by the fire and how he had wanted to go there , and that made him think of a good name : Lucky Fireside … no , Firelight , Lucky Firelight . |
| 3 | But he looked up all the same and saw the bike pass by , the rider wearing an unfamiliar black helmet and black leathers , the motorbike low-slung , bulging , making a noise that made him think of someone beating cream in a bowl with a wooden spoon . |
| 4 | This does at least make him think of the kinds of life to be found in the sea . |
| 5 | It made him think of death . ’ |
| 6 | It made him think of fire and darkness , of untapped potency . |
| 7 | The Frenchman 's dark aquiline features and unsmiling silences made him think of history-book pictures he 'd seen of the warrior heroes of ancient Greece and Rome , and the dismay he had felt at first when their car had struck the Annamese villager had increased his sense of awe . |
| 8 | Harry 's accent makes him think of Vienna , and Vienna of E. H. Gombrich . |
| 9 | Gombrich makes him think of the readiness with which the eye recognizes the features of the human face . |
| 10 | 1 When did it happen ? 2 What did he actually see ? 3 What did it make him think of ? 4 What made him think like that ? |
| 11 | He was suddenly tired and the beer was going to his head , making him think of Madra lying in the house they had left , and of the long journey ahead of them through the mountains . |
| 12 | She and Shildon had never had occasion to work together so what made him think of her ? |
| 13 | ‘ Knowing him , I expect he wanted to get rid of anything that made him think of the separation from his family , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 14 | The poignant melody made him think of soft feminine sighs , warm arms and whispered words of love in the dark of night . |
| 15 | If it had been later in the season , and the roses in full bloom , he might have missed the portal altogether , but there was just the one unopened bud on the bare branches , of a delicate peach shade with hints of rose which made him think of a girl 's skin . |
| 16 | Walking with him smacked of an intimacy she wanted to avoid , apart from which the sight of them together would prompt all sorts of speculation among the villagers . |
| 17 | ‘ We ca n't have him dying of thirst before his flesh has been mortified enough to appease the Dark Ones , ’ said Wiggs . |
| 18 | Unfortunately I ca n't imagine any chairman introducing measures that would make it harder for him to flog of a few prised assets in order to raise some hard cash . |
| 19 | It comes as a surprise to find him boasting of his prowess as a rioter . |
| 20 | Claudia could have warned him to beware of Roman when that note entered his voice but Dana and Garry were smiling at each other in mutual satisfaction . |
| 21 | She would have given herself to a man for whom she was nothing but another short-term conquest , and in a year , or six months , or however long it took him to tire of her , she would have found herself alone again . |
| 22 | The composer 's liveliness and wit impressed him and , not least , his enthusiasm ( unsuspected by Nietzsche ) for Schopenhauer : " You will understand how much I enjoyed hearing him speak of Schopenhauer with indescribable warmth , what he owed to him , how he is the only philosopher who has understood the essence of music . " |
| 23 | ‘ I have never heard him speak of politics . ’ |
| 24 | Rush knows the dangers of taking things for granted , and last term 's experience makes him speak of hopes rather than expectations , refusing to make predictions . |
| 25 | The haste , perhaps , and the diffidence both , were encouraged by his wife , who did not like him to talk of Trade , considering it to be vulgar , and yet she was pleased to note that this casual reference to wealth met with a satisfactory , if silent , response . |
| 26 | Those close to him speak of his warmth and kindness . |
| 27 | Ulster Unionist councillor Jim Rodgers , who said around 130 people had contacted him complaining of nausea and headaches , has described the airport 's response as ‘ exemplary ’ . |
| 28 | Leonora sipped her tea in silence , watching him dispose of a large slice of cheese and several wholewheat biscuits . |
| 29 | She tried to give him to kiss of life and heart massage but he was already dead . |
| 30 | The landlord of the inn which Ernest visited when his mother and his wife became too much for him knew of a coffee-house in the town which needed a kitchenmaid , and because he put in a good word for her , Ruth was given the job without references . |