Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [conj] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And usually the man telling me he understood if eventually when he starts the job , he has n't understood at all , he 's just saying so , but I wanted to prove to the man himself that he could do it and prove to myself that he could do it . |
| 2 | A chubby young man called Laird Cregar appealed to me as a suspect , if only because he had the habit of being seen loitering around places where beautiful women had just been strangled . |
| 3 | So he had worn that hard hat , since even before he left the home . |
| 4 | The driver was from the Colonel 's staff , and he had travelled ahead a full month before so that he knew the city , the back-doubles they might need and the side streets . |
| 5 | He said he 'd call again as soon as he heard the result of the new X-ray , but not to worry about it , it 's just the extra fuss they make when there 's a doctor involved . |
| 6 | If it were Oliver he would have called out to her , come to meet her as soon as he heard the key in the lock . |
| 7 | As soon as he heard the story , John Coffin had himself taken back to the police centre dealing with the case . |
| 8 | Gary 's father , Frank Hutchinson , of Frederick Street , Meadowfield , told an inquest in Darlington yesterday that as soon as he heard the news on the radio he was certain his son had been hurt and immediately contacted police . |
| 9 | As soon as he thumbed the button the door slid open . |
| 10 | ‘ As soon as he realised the serious nature of what he was doing he stopped and apologised . ’ |
| 11 | Now he strode out not apprehensive that he might have lost contact with that gift of powerful calm which had so effectively stilled the thresh of his emotions , but confident that as soon as he reached the Point and stood as and where he had first stopped — the experience would be renewed and reinforced , the key would fit the lock . |
| 12 | Part of the answer came as soon as he reached the Post . |
| 13 | As soon as he saw the tongues , he knew . |
| 14 | As soon as he saw the horizon , Jack centralised the joystick and rudder , getting back to level flight . |
| 15 | He moved as soon as he saw the first bead of sweat break on her pallid face , and then he was almost too late . |
| 16 | But they did not have to search far for the Bishop 's secretary : as soon as he saw the pageant wagon , he bore down on it . |
| 17 | During Ellis 's tenure at Kurunagala cattle stealing went into a sharp decline , but as soon as he left the district it revived . |
| 18 | I suspected that as soon as he left the boatyard the chart would be similarly destroyed . |
| 19 | Anna beamed : ‘ As soon as he left the starting blocks it was clear to me he was going to win . ’ |
| 20 | There were a few areas of welcome grassland like the one that rose ahead of him almost as soon as he left the Park behind . |
| 21 | She was there every morning as soon as he left the room , on the stairs or in the hall . |
| 22 | Kenneth impressed them where I had failed , and our room was upgraded to a suite as soon as he laid the lardy accent on them . |
| 23 | He held him down one-handed , smiling at his heavings and pantings as he struggled to break free ; but as soon as he tossed the straining wrists away from him and sat back on his heel to rise , Harry made a furious lunge for the hilt of the dagger Isambard himself had disdained to draw . |
| 24 | I am sure that its Honorary Treasurer , will be in touch with you as soon as he receives the cheque . |
| 25 | As soon as he had the paper in his hand the door slammed again . |
| 26 | He might not love Didi , but he intended to marry her as soon as he had the ring , and he 'd only persuaded her to return to New York to facilitate matters and save a possible clash … |
| 27 | JB , who lives with his publican owners , always makes a bee-line for the regulars as soon as he hears the last orders bell . |
| 28 | It is a picture indelibly imprinted , Ward 's voice painting it in quiet words , neither excited nor repelled by the horror of it , but simply repeating information he had obtained from one of the books he had borrowed from his Glasgow library as soon as he knew the route he would be taking to Punta Arenas and the Antarctic . |
| 29 | But as soon as he posed the question , Owen knew the answer . |
| 30 | As soon as he turned the tap on it started . |