Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] he [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her whole body trembled as he took her in his arms . |
| 2 | Where , in competition with the liquidator of an insolvent company , a creditor of the company was successful in obtaining a renewal of the certificate ( though he had neither right to , nor possession of , the premises in respect of which the certificate was granted ) and admitted that he held it in trust for the company 's creditors , he was ordered to deliver up the certificate to the liquidator : Wm . |
| 3 | Dunlop refused and for the first time revealed that he considered himself to be the sole owner of the horse . |
| 4 | Hari gestured that he follow her through the door into the small back yard and from there into the small workshop . |
| 5 | I noted that he pronounced it in eighteenth-century fashion : ‘ m ’ verse' . |
| 6 | Until he 'd before he took me to hospital ! |
| 7 | ‘ How — er — how did you know that I lived here ? ’ she muttered as he led her inside the lift , reaching across to push the correct floor button . |
| 8 | She nodded and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her , then waved his finger in her face and said : ‘ And no drinking whisky ! ’ |
| 9 | Other women at the city council office where he worked hid when he chased them with a syringe filled with water , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 10 | He cackled as he told me of his plan . |
| 11 | Sam sighed as he slipped his onto the plate and peered round at Miss Harker who was fishing in a discreet net purse . |
| 12 | ‘ Must n't forget that , ’ he commented as he set it on the table and , with a glow of pride , Mildred walked away arm-in-arm with the two most important people at the celebrations , to have a proper old-fashioned tea by the nearest bonfire . |
| 13 | Chelmsford Crown Court heard that he blasted her with a sawn-off shotgun in the street in front of their two young children . |
| 14 | Soon her father returned and he continued it in greater detail . |
| 15 | She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle . |
| 16 | Sophie watched as he led her into the office and Joanna picked up a chair . |
| 17 | I crept around to the back of the house and watched as he carried her through the kitchen and into the garage . |
| 18 | ‘ Agent Somerville , ’ he boomed when he heard her on the line , ‘ get after him . ’ |
| 19 | His dedication to the task of reforming Japan meant that he committed himself to policies of fundamental reform and governmental intervention through the office of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers , Japan ( SCAP ) , which he would have condemned in other contexts . |
| 20 | The emphasis on pace bowling meant that he found himself in a rather curious position . |
| 21 | Finding Alec Davidson was much easier than I thought although he surprised me by what he had become . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't see why I should , ’ he replied , but , to make her heart spurt , even though she knew that he meant nothing by it , ‘ But for you , I will , ’ he added . |
| 23 | I saw that Mrs Fairfax approved of my correct behaviour , and I knew that he respected me for it . |
| 24 | He turned to look at Myeloski , peering urgently out of the window as the traffic stacked up and made movement impossible , and knew that he had nothing in common with these people , nothing that could be shared because of his blood . |
| 25 | Major insisted that he knew nothing of the BCCI fraud before June 28 , 1991 , when he was informed by the Bank of England . |
| 26 | The detective had told him that Alexander Atkins and his companion insisted that he meet them on Boxing Night as they would have definite instructions for him . |
| 27 | However , I insisted and he ushered me into the Captain 's sea cabin . |
| 28 | Where are you taking me ? ’ she demanded as he tugged her after him . |
| 29 | ‘ Let go of me , ’ she demanded as he hustled her towards his Ferrari , double parked , in true Roman fashion , just outside the door . |
| 30 | She was curious as to how he felt when he saw her at the docks the other day . |