Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] he [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His financial transactions extended throughout the eastern counties , and although the bulk of his fortune almost certainly came from moneylending , his six houses in King 's Lynn and the quay attached to his own stone house in Norwich suggest that he also had interests in trade . |
| 2 | That is saying something and , indeed , there are those closer to him who suggest that he really believes he has got the ball ‘ on a piece of string ’ at the moment , but hardly dares to say so in case it tempts fate . |
| 3 | ‘ Do you know that he also saved my life at the very time we met ? ’ |
| 4 | However , he did know that he nearly died at the time of his peritonitis operation , and so it was easy to convince him that it would take quite a time before he was really strong again . |
| 5 | Do we even know that he ever reached Turkey ? |
| 6 | They still had more right than she did to own anything her father had left , but she desperately wanted something , something to be able to look at , something to let her know that he really had existed and that he had needed her after all . |
| 7 | He is all the better as a witness , since one can not doubt that he genuinely sought instruction . |
| 8 | Labour was utilised more efficiently , and as well as being mindful of his employer 's interests , Barratt demonstrated that he also had a care for his workmen . |
| 9 | It seemed to me that it was not only natural but positive : it demonstrated that he still had a relationship with God . |
| 10 | He wanted above all to know that he still lay safe and quiet in his nameless grave ; he was heavy and burning at heart with his longing to ask , but he would not . |
| 11 | A few minutes later he 's explaining that he recently left his agent at the powerful Creative Artists Agency so that , unlike almost everyone else in Hollywood , he would n't have to hand over ten per cent of everything he earned . |
| 12 | The burden of proof is shifted on to the defendant and although the prosecution does not need to prove that the accused intended that the impression be false and misleading , the defendant may need to establish that he reasonably believed that it would not be so . |
| 13 | It was claimed that he repeatedly called for the ‘ total westernisation of China ’ and incited people to ‘ change the true colour of the party ’ ( China Now , Winter 1986/87 : 6 ) . |
| 14 | But also added that he easily became impatient with any intellect inferior to his own . |
| 15 | They may think the experimenter wants to know himself and not realise that he just wants to know whether the child knows the answer . |
| 16 | CHATTING to former England all-rounder Trevor Bailey during the Old Trafford Test , I was intrigued to discover that he once played football against Manchester United in front of 57,000 spectators . |
| 17 | ‘ The English police report that Basil went to Paris on the midnight train on the ninth of November , but the French police say that he never arrived in Paris at all . |
| 18 | " No , " he said immediately , surprising himself to find that he actually believed it . |
| 19 | GRAHAM TAYLOR woke today to find that he still has at least one friend after the worst week of his life . |
| 20 | The boy was so far from being ill-used or closely confined that he apparently lived a normal life , at least within the walls , going and coming much as he pleased , and eating in hall like a member of the household . |
| 21 | It is reported that he never performed an operation without washing his hands . |
| 22 | ‘ That was before the shrimp dish reached the dining-room ’ , said Milsom , revealing that he already knew a great deal about the evening . |
| 23 | But Coleridge found that he rather enjoyed the rolling of the deck , and held long and facetious conversations with a talkative fellow passenger . |
| 24 | As she hesitated , Tug found that he desperately wanted to know what she would say . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | In all our dealings with the head teacher we found that he consistently refused to accept that the methods of teaching at the school were failing our son . |
| 27 | The idea of going out to the suburb with the dog track , and confronting the confusions and embarrassments of his past life with the formidable armoury of maturity and understanding that he now possesses , appears suddenly very sweet . |
| 28 | And never forget that he also means trouble , so watch your tongue when you 're in his presence . |
| 29 | He could never be Shiona 's , even if he wanted her , and there was nothing to indicate that he really did . |
| 30 | His uncertainty over what he had and where it might be seemed to indicate that he only drank when he entertained , and that he did n't entertain very often . |