Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secretly she exulted that he had the car . |
| 2 | The next day 's headline — Youth denies sex attack — told how the teenager maintained that he took the schoolgirl behind a shop for a goodnight kiss , alleging that the girl consented to his advances . |
| 3 | He mentioned that he hoped the Princess of Wales would open the refurbished clinic the following year . |
| 4 | He found that he enjoyed the work . |
| 5 | Charlie found that he enjoyed the responsibility of having to organise the section for seven days and was only sorry when his week was up and the task was handed on to someone else . |
| 6 | But our first experiment found that he neglects the left side of perceptual figures at a subsequent stage of attending to them . |
| 7 | Dear Guitarist I was just reading Joe Satriani 's article in your mag and found that he suffered the same as myself regarding the tremolo unit on his Ibanez . |
| 8 | When the British columnist Godfrey Winn travelled to Northern Ireland in June 1941 to interview the crew of Smith 's Catalina and found that he had the scoop of a lifetime , he was not able to use it , and based his article instead on Smith 's co-pilot , Flight-Lieutenant Briggs of the RAF . |
| 9 | Upon reaching retirement age Len found that he missed the job so much he came back on a part-time basis . |
| 10 | Accustomed at home to Congregational worship and at school to the Book of Common Prayer , he found that he liked the Common Prayer better . |
| 11 | He found that he wanted the sort of things girls , his wife even , demanded from him — chat , company , sharing . |
| 12 | The VW , driven by Wing , overtook and he saw the defendant 's brother , a passenger in the car , gesticulating at him . |
| 13 | He almost stopped before he reached the end of the sentence , flicking his black eyes over the company to make sure no strangers were present to overhear , report , misrepresent his little blow against hierarchy . |
| 14 | Second , the only way of avoiding this presumption of responsibility is for the defendant to prove either ( a ) that the driving , accident or damage occurred before he took the car , or ( b ) that he was neither in , on or near the vehicle when that driving , accident or damage occurred . |
| 15 | ‘ Blood probably coagulated before he entered the water . ’ |
| 16 | The waiter 's eyebrows rose as he took the order , otherwise he made no comment . |
| 17 | The tape crackled for a few seconds and then hummed as he replaced the receiver . |
| 18 | She slithered away on her stomach across the slatted floor , just like her father moved when he played the serpent in the Garden of Eden . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He hummed softly ‘ There 'll always be an England ’ and joked as he shifted the weight of his rucksack ‘ as if on a walking holiday ’ . |
| 21 | I flew over copies of that photograph of Tweed you gave me , ’ Morgan reported as he drove the Daimler beyond Exeter towards Dartmoor . |
| 22 | ‘ A film , ’ they shouted as he rolled the camera . |
| 23 | ‘ No , ’ Connelly shouted as he saw the glowing rings and felt their heat . |
| 24 | Water , the original substance which God created when he made the world , represents change , and immersing oneself in a natural body of water is the only way of changing one 's spiritual identity . |
| 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 | Her gaze flickered as he replaced the receiver . |
| 27 | Bryce exclaimed when he found the box of batteries he 'd come in search of . |
| 28 | Roger exclaimed when he opened the door . |
| 29 | ‘ Why , thank you ! ’ she exclaimed as he laid the plate before her . |
| 30 | 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 . |