Example sentences of "he [vb past] [conj] he [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only then that he realised that he simply had n't been driving it fast enough . |
| 2 | ‘ Tell you what ? ’ he asked as he hastily clamped her hand still and moved it back to his chest . |
| 3 | He revealed that he never watches TV highlights of games he has umpired . |
| 4 | He had blushed at the thought and turned quickly away , but as time passed he found that he desperately wanted to share his secret with her ; until then he 'd always confided in her unhesitatingly and it seemed strange that something should now make him hold back . |
| 5 | The lights went yellow as he approached but he just managed to squeeze through , to a chorus of horn blasts . |
| 6 | In referring once again to employee share ownership schemes , an idea that got him into trouble after the last election , he signalled that he still believed in the ‘ popular socialism ’ that he had advanced in those days as the answer to Thatcher 's ‘ popular capitalism ’ . |
| 7 | He came and he just slashed the railways you see . |
| 8 | He drove as he always drove in those days , well , but far too fast . |
| 9 | He added that he now felt more detached from his former girlfriend , and that he was already beginning to regard their relationship as belonging to the past . |
| 10 | He was reluctant , because he believed that he personally had ejected the Shah and that his standing was now so great that he could face down Khomeini alone . |
| 11 | Indeed he claimed that he sometimes drew upon his knowledge of British policies and methods — past and present — when developing his own ideas . |
| 12 | This had the desired effect of quietening them again , and he acted while he still had them under control . |
| 13 | ‘ But yes , ’ he replied as he attentively opened the passenger door of his Skoda for her . |
| 14 | Certainly the ambition was in both cases the same : in a lecture which he gave soon after finishing The Cocktail Party he declared that he only wished to write plays " of contemporary life " . |
| 15 | He indicated that he still hoped that Mozart would be offered the post of organist there and hinted at some of the intrigue surrounding the appointment . |
| 16 | as if he knew that he only had to put his arms around her for her to immediately surrender , to succumb , a willing victim , to the force of his dark enchantment . |
| 17 | He knew that he always operated at full efficiency when driven by anger ; from now on , he was suddenly sure , he was in control of this bloody conference . |
| 18 | He knew that he still whistled sometimes , but the bogeyman could not scare him any more . |
| 19 | He knew that he still had certain assets on which he could raise cash . |
| 20 | He insisted that he alone set Free French policy on all major issues . |
| 21 | ‘ Where 's Terry ? ’ he demanded as he expertly spooned instant coffee into numerous cups . |
| 22 | He stressed that he never intended to have sex with her and said he never used force or inflicted injury on the girl . |
| 23 | By snubbing Napoleon III , Bismarck made the provocative nature of his policy quite clear and it is a measure of how confident he felt that he scarcely bothered to conceal it . |
| 24 | It was just that for her , he felt that he hardly existed , that his authority . |
| 25 | He felt as he always did on the moor , and especially on this spot and on Big Allen , peaceful , without care , without self almost , at one with nature and the past , and as if nothing that happened down there could hurt or vex him any more . |
| 26 | The thing was , he looked like he really meant it . |
| 27 | He looked as he always had , with the same lopsided grin . |
| 28 | All this he did before he even knew what had happened . |
| 29 | There was no way I was ever going to ride as well as he did and he surely knew it . |
| 30 | you see , he , he he can he cancelled cos his name came up and then he cancelled and he never heard anything and went a bit er we told him about Doreen , he said , oh I better go down and see what 's happened er he went down and then about three minutes later he got this erm card yes er , this week to say that come in , but , before you come in ring to see if there 's a bed . |