Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either he left when he discovered the pregnancy , or he had already gone , or the relationship had broken up in the first year or two after having the baby , when he had been unwilling or unable to settle down and take the responsibility . |
| 2 | Either the Führer 's statement , the report went on , meant that he had allowed himself to be badly deceived and was not , therefore , the genius he was always alleged to be ; or he had intentionally lied to the people about rising war production , knowing all the time that saboteurs were at work . |
| 3 | A person would only be liable as a constructive trustee of money he had received in payment of a commercial liability , and which had already passed through his hands , if it was possible to show that he knew that the money was misapplied trust money because he had actual knowledge of the breach of trust or he had wilfully shut his eyes to the obvious or had wilfully or recklessly failed to make inquiries that an honest and reasonable man would have made . |
| 4 | His written work , like both his brothers ' , was neat and controlled , consisting of short accounts of daily events which the teacher had transcribed and he had carefully illustrated and copied . |
| 5 | His parents had named him after Franklin D. Roosevelt and he had carefully built up a similar outwardly benevolent image . |
| 6 | He was expecting a visit from the young woman he had been wooing assiduously and he had carefully orchestrated the evening so that all his housemates were out and he had the house to himself . |
| 7 | There was no fluke about his comfortable victory over Wonder Man at Nottingham , and he had previously recorded a top-class performance for a novice when beating Deep Sensation and other experienced handicappers in the Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot . |
| 8 | At first sight one might think he was taking no part in the uproar , but Toby had only recently completed his own schooldays , and he had soon realized that Hilary controlled it . |
| 9 | By the time he let her catch him , Claire had forgotten what he 'd said , and he had temporarily forgotten why he said it . |
| 10 | He 'd walked up and down those shitawful streets , absorbing the sights and sounds and smells of the real Machinian Oswaldston , and he had tentatively rendered them in his mind in Brobdingnagian words . |
| 11 | To do it , he had to have more privacy than his room allowed , and he had tentatively approached Captain Dawson , who was home on leave and was painting the porch , for permission to put a table and chair in the garage , so that he could work there . |
| 12 | She 'd told him she 'd have to go back to work and he had laughingly agreed , making some quip about being escort to a star and hitting the gossip columns . |
| 13 | He speculated that perhaps it had been years , and he had simply forgotten . |
| 14 | He had been a bright student , but his work had deteriorated over the past year , and he had thoroughly deserved his poor marks . |
| 15 | He had warned her that desire was all he had to offer her , and he had probably assumed that his warning had hit home . |
| 16 | Loretta reminded herself that telling stories was part of his job , and he had probably heard much worse than this in his time . |
| 17 | And he had probably expected to see her at the shop this morning , while she had been waiting impatiently at his office . |
| 18 | This was a narrative which at times verged on hero-worship rather than a critical assessment , but his enthusiasm was obvious , and he had clearly researched well . |
| 19 | He was not a man to give way easily and he had clearly set his heart on making her recognise her father . |
| 20 | His mission was going well , and he had even managed to save some precious time by arriving before the curfew was rung and the drawbridge raised for the night . |
| 21 | And he had also seen , with a flash of insight , that being ‘ kind ’ to Sandra was the worst cruelty he could inflict on her . |
| 22 | ‘ We had informed the ACU of our plans and were told there was no objection ’ , Ernie told me , ‘ but then we received news that Mark would not be accepted for the Superteen because he did n't have a restricted licence and he had also scored points in the previous year 's British championship . |
| 23 | He kept remarking on Jeremy 's resourcefulness : shreds of silver indicated that he had used his survival blanket , and he had also stuffed leaves down his trousers for insulation . |
| 24 | Boldwood was standing near the fire , and he had just noticed that a group of villagers were whispering among themselves . |
| 25 | His name was Mason , and he had just returned from the West Indies , where Mr Rochester had once lived . |
| 26 | John was supposed to come and meet me from work to carry my heavy shopping and then changed plans and he had just walked in with JONATHAN ( proper name JIMMY ) . |
| 27 | One of the oldest tricks in the book and he had completely overlooked it . |
| 28 | It was too early yet to go to his lodgings and he had already made his visit to the hospital to see how Byford was getting on . |
| 29 | Dad 's first name was George , and he had already made it clear on several occasions that when Granpa retired he had no intention of taking over from him as he did n't want to leave his mates on the docks . |
| 30 | In 1718 he had helped to form the Society of Antiquaries in London and he had already begun his revolutionary survey work into the Stonehenge and Avebury stone circles . |