Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] he [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He only thinks he can beat you . ’
2 It would only mean he might let her down again , and that would be asking for it .
3 ‘ He only said he 'd buy me a Pepsi .
4 Maybe he just thinks he can beat me . ’
5 And then I asked my father on Tuesday to remind him and he said , he 'd already said he 'd fetch them in on Tuesday .
6 Though she had said she was too young for them she had been enraptured by them in a tiny jeweller 's in Pollensa but Fernando had hurried her away saying he would buy her the real thing one day .
7 ‘ Maybe you 're right ; I just wish he 'd show it a bit more .
8 Racing is in the blood , and while a driver still thinks he can do it , at or near the top , he is always going to be tempted .
9 But if he ever thought he 'd upset you he was quick to apologize .
10 ‘ Whatever scrapes he 'd get you into , ’ one of them had once said , ‘ you always knew he 'd get you out . ’
11 The expedition organisers are still hoping he 'll make it to camp for and radio in at first light tomorrow .
12 ‘ Hardaker was a good friend but he always said he 'd get me one day and eventually he did . ’
13 Even worse off is the pilot who still believes he will make it and takes no action until he arrives on the ground or in a hedge .
14 He comforted himself with the fleeting thought that at least he had met Sir James Selkirk , who had found Alexander III 's corpse , and wryly concluded he would question him if the opportunity presented itself .
15 It was most inconvenient and she often wished he would leave her alone .
16 He rather thought he 'd let him stew for a while ; with the murder investigation on , he could n't get far — or he 'd be a fool to try , and Peckham was no fool .
17 GORDON Brand Jnr has a stranglehold on the GA European Open at East Sussex National but Seve Ballesteros set out today believing he can break it .
18 She knew him too well to imagine he 'd let her get away easily , even when he learned there was money .
19 And — even assuming he could persuade her to drink it — was n't it , well , out of the ordinary to find half a litre of bleach in someone 's stomach ?
20 She 'd goaded him into doing what he 'd done , perhaps even hoping he would take her against her will , she realised in despair .
21 Grainne felt her heart thudding with such a fierceness that she could almost imagine he would hear it .
22 Yeah , Adam 's actually said he can join him now .
23 It was true that he had never said he would marry me , but he had said that when the war was over he would write to me and try to come back .
24 ‘ I 'm not sayin' he 'as n't been a good Samaritan , but I never thought he 'd beat me black and blue just for arguin' with him . ’
25 It 's a look I never thought he 'd give me .
26 Well I never thought he 'd take it out and put it in in the drawer .
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