Example sentences of "[vb past] he [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And next year 's student , or even next term 's , perhaps , depending on how quick you do it , your conversations , what you 're doing now , once they 're transcribed and put onto disk would be very interesting , because we 'll have a disk from our St Mary 's students , transcribed , because Steve promised he would get them all transcribed . |
| 2 | Tony promised he 'd give it to me on my wedding day , and I wo n't let you send it back ! ’ |
| 3 | By half emptying one of the sacks onto the floor of the van he found he could drag it with his right hand and hold onto the box with his left . |
| 4 | Not only did he see no advantage in change , he believed he could prevent it indefinitely . |
| 5 | The court heard that Jones scoured the Penrhys estate after the burglary and took his friends to Mr Penrose 's house because he believed he could lead them to the culprits . |
| 6 | For a moment it seemed he would hit him , then the violence passed from his face and his arms relaxed . |
| 7 | As darkness came he could hear her laboured breathing and knew that she was as ill as she said . |
| 8 | ‘ When my mother left him the topaz , Vitor vowed he would save it until he met his soulmate , ’ the older woman explained . |
| 9 | Parke certainly has a brain and showed he could use it under pressure . |
| 10 | ‘ Ruddock 's trouble was that he was always going on in the build-up to the fight about how he reckoned he used to knock me out in sparring when we were kids . |
| 11 | She looked wistfully up the companionway to the square of blue sky , but fought the urge to go up on deck , scared he might ask her to do something that would reveal her ignorance . |
| 12 | Isabel needed his protection as far as Winchester , and if he did n't have those answers before they arrived he would keep her under restraint until he unlocked every secret she possessed . |
| 13 | As they arrived he would take them up to her in bed . |
| 14 | Mind you I heard he could hear it in the background so he must have got a few kids |
| 15 | She clung to him , terrified he would drop her as he carried her upstairs to her bedroom . |
| 16 | Leonora clutched at him , terrified he 'd leave her . |
| 17 | With production dates looming , Potter decided he would direct it himself . |
| 18 | That 's because I did n't have time to sit and colour with him so he decided he 'd do it all blue himself did n't you ? |
| 19 | I knew 'e would like you , because you are a wonderful girl , and 'e is a wonderful man . |
| 20 | This meant he could tell us about his experience and shed some light on the strengths and weaknesses of the nursing care he received during his 15-day stay in the unit . |
| 21 | That meant he could say it in Latin , which , when you think about it , was another fundamental hypocrisy . |
| 22 | ‘ Before his father died he would help me bath and feed him . |
| 23 | I felt he would protect me from Mrs Reed . |
| 24 | Zen felt he should cover her up . |
| 25 | He was not supporting me in the way I felt he should support me . |
| 26 | The voice seemed familiar and he felt he should recognise it , but at first he felt it only as a persuasive force tugging at him , trying to draw him back from the comfort and welcome of the light . |
| 27 | In fact he had sent a message via the Chief Whip telling him that if he felt he must abstain he was at liberty to do so . |
| 28 | Trace Coley was impossibly spoilt , but Drew felt he could handle her . |
| 29 | ‘ If I felt there was a part that he could play and he felt he could play it — and if it was reasonable to ask him — I would bear that in mind . |
| 30 | If he said he would defend the pound , you knew he would do it or bust . |