Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If 'e 'ad called the doctor then I say that no-one dies ! ’ |
| 2 | Unless you 're like my Uncle Joe — a fox got his best foot , 'e 'ad to have a wooden leg , 'e was livid . ’ |
| 3 | If your father 'e 'ad listened to the nurse and called for the doctor and not for the priest — puh ! ’ |
| 4 | Then I saw 'e 'd gone , so I comes back to finish orf . |
| 5 | ‘ This copper said 'e used ter be on the Tunnel beat an' 'e 'd seen a bloke who looked like me knockin' around wiv 'em . |
| 6 | ‘ Aah did n't know 'e 'd asked thi , ’ Annie answered in surprise . |
| 7 | That 'e 'd nicked them off a woman 's washing-line in Brixton . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , we fought we 'd better see if 'e 'd pinched anyfing , ’ said Linda . |
| 9 | That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of . |
| 10 | ‘ 'E went to 'elp Miss Araminta with the coffee , ’ said Sid brightly . |
| 11 | He 's as awd as me , but by gaw 'e did go . |
| 12 | Our Nancy might be only seventeen , but she 's already a full-growed woman to look at , and I know she 'd be pleased to be 'is wife , 'e 'd only 'ave to ask 'er , except 'e did say once that 'e 's waitin' a while before 'e gets married . |
| 13 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 14 | ‘ Who 'd get the blame , I ask you , if some young big-head like him got larking about in that lot , and the whole thing caved in and buried him alive ? |
| 15 | Whoever killed him got rid of his own clothes and put them on the body afterwards . ’ |
| 16 | Manoeuvres to block him failed to stop the Assembly endorsing his claim to form a government , and he went ahead on 23 June 1960 . |
| 17 | Indeed , an upbringing which gave Alexander II many qualifications for the tasks which confronted him failed to conceal the fact that he was not very gifted at all . |
| 18 | Did n't it hurt his arm to hold her like this ? she wondered distractedly , but then another tremulous whimper escaped her as the hand holding her against him moved to cover her breast . |
| 19 | The warmth from him seemed to envelop her , like the comforting heat of the sun . |
| 20 | All animosity towards her husband dissolved and a spark of affection for him seemed to light up inside her , as it had in the old days . |
| 21 | The clothes he wore , the cut of his hair , even the subtly elegant watch on his wrist , everything about him seemed to indicate a man who had been brought up to take wealth for granted . |
| 22 | Something within him seemed to collapse but he did n't outwardly fall to pieces or rant or rave or even again try to pull out the arrow or finish me in any other way . |
| 23 | The way she felt about him seemed to sweep round her like the clouds up above . |
| 24 | Everything around him seemed to have grown bigger ( just like Alice in Wonderland , in n it ? ) . |
| 25 | Part of him yearned to start again . |
| 26 | This for him came to symbolize the futility of the war , which seemed to be fought for no discernible purpose , between opponents whose essential common humanity was denied by the mass slaughter . |
| 27 | A little boy wearing a balaclava cap too large for him came trotting out of the house . |
| 28 | And at the last him happened to come to a fair green way . |
| 29 | The Leicester family who employed him vowed to continue fighting to change the rules . |
| 30 | She and Hopper were convinced they were in love , but between engagement and marriage her passion for him began to cool . |