Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the main her mother had continued to live in her own world and her father in his , and she herself had been waging an inward war of words against the narrowness of her existence and with no hope of seeing a way out : she had given the final ‘ no ’ to Henry Stalwort and convinced Peter Chambers that it was useless him thinking she would change her mind . |
| 2 | The man was a fool … did he think it would do his reputation any good to appear in weak productions ? |
| 3 | Did he think she would put his affair with Rebecca in jeopardy ? |
| 4 | And in any case , if he recovered he 'd spend his life looking for Vecchi , if that party had muscled in on the black . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's Garry 's boss and he thinks he can dictate his every move . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ He thinks he can change our minds ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I have found him , ’ said Cadfael , reporting the result of his quest in private to Abbot Radulfus , ‘ and he says he will know his man again . ’ |
| 8 | He says he can find his way up the Orinoco and discover the Seven Cities of Gold where the streets are paved with precious metals , and dusky , full-bosomed maidens scatter gems and pennies . |
| 9 | ‘ He says it would ruin my case . |
| 10 | He says it would turn his outdoor classroom into a museum . |
| 11 | ‘ Dad used to threaten that if he misbehaved he would put our heads in the sink and turn the tap on , but he never did , ’ she says . |
| 12 | No doubt M. Chaillot agreed to my demand only because he imagined I would regard his acceptance of it as an incentive to call again . |
| 13 | BD , BD , If he scores I 'll win my bet |
| 14 | If you disagree with the contents of the report or consider it misleading you may ask the doctor to amend it ; if he disagrees you may add your own written comments . |
| 15 | McIllvanney laughed , then stepped quickly back as he sensed I might bring my knee up into his balls . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's a fine afternoon — and early-closing day , so he decided he should take his camera along to the Tower of London . |
| 17 | Partly in the hope of keeping himself on the straight and narrow — you 'd be surprised how many gay men do that — and partly because he thought it would do his career a bit of good . |
| 18 | Earlier in the story Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw ahead of him the place where he thought he would kill his son . |
| 19 | He thought he would ask his mother . |
| 20 | He thought he could talk his way out of this easily enough surrounded by educated people of a less prejudiced kind than Dr Kingsley . |
| 21 | RELAXING AFTER The Searchers but still masterly , this is Howard Hawks ' critique of High Noon , arguing a true professional like Wayne would n't waste his time begging amateurs for help and would only go up against superior odds if he thought he could cheat his way to victory . |
| 22 | When he was a child and his mother was ill , he thought he could make her better by writing a play . |
| 23 | In 1971 he thought he could help his brother in his illness by writing about their childhood . |
| 24 | The message read that she had been in the hotel that night ; that she had met David ; that a tape had been taken of the conversation ; that if he thought he could arrest her brother and charge him with murder , he should now try ; that , if he thought he could intern her whilst completely innocent , he should now try ; that several persons had listened to the conversation in the hotel that night and that one was an Ulster MP . |
| 25 | Mark took these pictures down because he knew they would terrify his patients . |
| 26 | Peter just could n't resist young blondes , and being the boss he knew he could take his pick — until he met Vanessa … |
| 27 | The young soldier felt reassured when he knew he could take his American Coonan 357 Magnum pistol . |
| 28 | He knew he must treat her affection for him seriously . |
| 29 | He knew he must obey his friend 's and client 's last wish . |
| 30 | He knew he 'd get his own way , although he was careful to use only his right hand . |