Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [conj] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | Louis Gerstner received a lesson on Friday on just how tough it will be to lead IBM Corp in the midst of its economic woes , as he was showered with difficult questions about his qualifications to lead a computer company , Dow Jones & Co reports : Gerstner was also asked to explain why he left RJR to lead IBM — ‘ I thought this was an extraordinary opportunity , ’ he said , and asked if he felt he had completed his job at RJR , Gerstner responded ‘ I do n't think the job is ever finished as chief of a large company . ’ |
2 | Jack , by then very famous , called him for a chat and asked if he needed anything . |
3 | Then he caught Epitot 's eye , and realized that he knew it too . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | His lips were hard , fierce , they explored and probed as he held her head with both his hands , his fingers stroking through the curls distractedly , almost wildly . |
6 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
7 | He became devoted most of all to Mary Evans , the eldest daughter , and believed that he loved her . |
8 | He knew he had no choice in the matter but cursed and muttered as he fixed his saddle bags , harnessed Philomel and joined Cranston who sat slouched on his horse on the track outside the church . |
9 | Marcus said he would n't like it , and added that he supposed he 'd have to go sometime . |
10 | He settled himself on the sofa as he always did , looking fit and rested as he eyed her speculatively . |
11 | At the sound of footsteps the Captain looked around , and frowned when he saw it was Mum bearing down on him . |
12 | Maxim wondered why he was n't more shocked at the instinctive distrust implied by that decision , and sighed as he realised it was because he 'd been nearly six months in the atmosphere of Whitehall . |
13 | She kicked and wriggled but he held her firmly and carried her out on to the bank . |
14 | She handed him the long cane , and flinched when he swished it through the air to produce a vicious , menacing whistle . |
15 | Early in their walk she had handed him the usual tenpenny piece , and now she heard a faint tinkle and watched while he stuck his candle in the socket , and reached for the matches in their brass holder . |
16 | I crept around to the back of the house and watched as he carried her through the kitchen and into the garage . |
17 | I took him in and watched as he studied it . |
18 | She nodded , handed it to him and watched as he put her key into one of the locks and the duplicate he carried into the other , turning both simultaneously . |
19 | He eyed the cravat critically and decided that he liked it — in general , he admired and envied Mr Hellyer 's casual way of dressing — then crept silently closer and pounced . |
20 | Kate shut her eyes and screamed until he let her go . |
21 | A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman on Oct. 10 rejected a proposal made by the Dalai Lama in a speech in the USA on Oct. 9 to return to Tibet for the first time since 1959 , and demanded that he abandon his support for Tibetan independence . |
22 | He looked at the girl and held out his hand , which she took and kept while he told his story . |
23 | Derrick Greaves thought Minton was very much opposed to flaccid impressionism or complacent anti-modernism , of the Munnings variety , and saw that he wanted his students to examine brutally and fully what kind of vocabulary suited the needs of the day . |
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 | And knew that he knew it too . |
26 | She knelt on the greasy bed , feeling like something out of the Arabian Nights , and laughed when he pushed her backwards into the pool of oil . |
27 | Some of the 150 or so cast and production crew he gathered together at a local hotel broke down and wept as he confirmed their worst fears . |
28 | When Rachel arrived at the pool the attendant came out of his office and smiled when he saw her . |
29 | He was able to express his own upset at his mother 's absence and said that he thought she had gone away because he had been naughty . |
30 | NO SNOW fell during the night and at 10.00 , after Erika had run her five kilometres under a dazzling blue sky , Karl ran and said that he thought he rather did that a brief tour of Berlin would be possible and that he would be waiting in the lounge of the Palast at 11.00 ; adding that Paul should meet them at the television Tower at 1.00 |