Example sentences of "he [vb past] [det] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes an extremely simple technique is sufficient — for example Coveney ( 1986 ) reports that he obtained enough data to allow him to study quantitatively different ways of expressing future time in the French verb , simply by asking speakers about their plans for the future . |
| 2 | Brand had said , ‘ Mr Garland came here early on Tuesday afternoon ; he delivered some printing work I had ordered and we had a brief conversation . |
| 3 | He never reacted hostilely to any such suggestion , except to say to me that she was difficult enough in a friendly association and matters might be worse ( his own words ) if he took any action to remove her from his political scene . |
| 4 | What he saw this time surprised him . |
| 5 | He offered that evening to buy her a little dog . |
| 6 | ‘ He chose that moment to accuse me of having someone else . ’ |
| 7 | The original equations of General Relativity implied the expansion of the Universe , but Einstein was so disturbed by the notion that he introduced another term to eliminate it , an action he later much regretted . |
| 8 | Even though I knew I would soon lose him , he had such power to make me happy that I was in heaven listening to him . |
| 9 | He had such pleasure reading them and was delighted when you mentioned his love of Quoits ( LINK September ‘ 90 Issue ) . |
| 10 | In biology he had much observation to support him but in ‘ physics ’ he had no experimental evidence worth mentioning . |
| 11 | With her thoughts going dreamily round and round , it was about seven-thirty that , as she was again thinking of how he had that morning cradled her so gently when he 'd seen her hurt , Leith suddenly became horror-struck . |
| 12 | He had little time to see them , to know them ; like others ' children , they were left to a nurse and Mrs Gracie . |
| 13 | But it was his duty to suffer , if only vicariously , with his people , and as long as he had any strength left he would fulfil his duty as he saw it . |
| 14 | It had identified itself as Churchill 's private secretary , Jock Colville , and said they realized he had some news to tell them . |
| 15 | As he left another spasm seized him . |
| 16 | So I drove to Arnisdale and discovered that Mr McTavish would indeed ferry me over for a bottle of malt : but he wanted another bottle to bring me back . |
| 17 | He refused all attempts to force him to order an invasion of Naggaroth . |