Example sentences of "he [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead it is copied to the plaintiff together with new Form N236 which asks him to confirm whether he wishes the case to proceed or that he is withdrawing the action ( Ord 9 , r 2(7) ) . |
| 2 | I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom . |
| 3 | We could hear him laughing as we closed the garden door . |
| 4 | They waited for him to elaborate as he unbuttoned the side pocket of his tunic and took out his cigarettes . |
| 5 | In 1894 he went to Oxford University as a non-collegiate student but ill health caused him to leave and he spent the year 1895 acting as tutor to an English family in Odessa . |
| 6 | Baddeley is now 28 , four years older than his rival , and Hall kept him moving until he drew the sting from his opponent 's game . |
| 7 | She was near enough now to swing the basket viciously against the pickpocket 's hand , making him yell as he extracted the girl 's purse , which he dropped as he fled . |
| 8 | Yes , I did n't hear him saying that they waive the payments from you when , I did n't know if you were meant to ? |
| 9 | But I have tried to talk to him , to persuade him to say that he thought the askaris were going to shoot him or that it was a misunderstanding , but he refuse absolutely to excuse himself . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Probably , ’ Cardiff mouthed , naked fear making him tremble as he reached the step above the thing . |
| 11 | For that reason Doug decided that he would be the only person to watch the videos he made although he discussed the issues arising from them with Mary . |
| 12 | This reputation he cemented when he founded the ‘ University of Woodford Square ’ , a university offering free education for the masses ! |
| 13 | Shaikh Saad again met former Assembly members in early March , and on March 4 the newspaper Al-Watan published an interview with him in which he announced that he favoured the restoration of an elected parliament . |
| 14 | In fact he asked that you tell the Prince 's headquarters that he 's gone back towards Charleroi . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Did you see the man about the sailboard ? ’ he asked as they left the town limits behind . |
| 16 | ‘ Going away ? ’ he asked as he noticed the bag on the floor . |
| 17 | " Emily , " he asked as he reached the door . |
| 18 | After Hammond was killed , they got a phone call — you 'll get what he got unless you pull the deal . |
| 19 | What a shock he got when he turned the corner to find the entire corridor overgrown by mountains and mountains of wild plants . |
| 20 | He looks like he unleashes the force of nature when he swings a club . |
| 21 | When R. Hoy put these hybrid females on a Y-maze he found that they preferred the songs of hybrid males to those of either parental species . |
| 22 | He found that he enjoyed the work . |
| 23 | He found that he wanted the sort of things girls , his wife even , demanded from him — chat , company , sharing . |
| 24 | Accustomed at home to Congregational worship and at school to the Book of Common Prayer , he found that he liked the Common Prayer better . |
| 25 | The use of the contract army , however , placed the king in the position of debtor to the military captains , most of whom were members of the titled nobility , and the sums owed by the crown to individual nobles might often be very substantial : in 1386 , for instance , the Earl of Northumberland reached agreement with the Exchequer whereby in return for £700 he discharged the king of all debts owing to the earl ‘ from any time past until the making of this indenture ’ , and the earl was discharged of the debts he incurred when he held the office of Admiral . |
| 26 | And also he doubted whether she had the intelligence to be so devious . |
| 27 | Instantly Shamlou recognised the cry of anguish from Matchsticks , and he winced as he opened the doors to hear the soft thud of flesh against flesh . |
| 28 | He stopped when he saw the twisted grin on Luther 's face , and it made him remember with a falling heart that this man was not his real father . |
| 29 | He stopped when he saw the car and made as if to turn back . |
| 30 | He mentioned that he hoped the Princess of Wales would open the refurbished clinic the following year . |