Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he dismounted he looked at me over the saddle and there Was that tell-nothing expression , looking at me no different than the Way he had looked at Lamarr Dean the moment before he broke a Whisky glass against his mouth . |
| 2 | Now near the Dutch frontier , Harry felt it might be an idea to cross from Germany by climbing into a wagon in a marshalling yard , but after a tedious wait when nothing moved he returned to his cycle and was soon in sight of the red and white border posts . |
| 3 | But when it stopped he lunged at her face with a jagged edged knife . |
| 4 | You know how deeply involved he got with it ; he had on other books . |
| 5 | Indeed , the more he thought about it , the less appetite he found he had for it . |
| 6 | They really believed he cared for them . |
| 7 | When she said this she looked full at him for the first time and ill though she seemed he saw in her eyes the full pride and command of an eagle . |
| 8 | It 's not that , but , every time he came he came near us George was saying coming out with an excuse , er that 's a phone for you . |
| 9 | Before Hilda he 'd never been the kind who liked to have certainty , but after she came he settled for her way . |
| 10 | ‘ I suppose it showed he cared about you . ’ |
| 11 | The fellow loudly claimed he had in his battered , leather coffer some of the most marvellous relics of Christendom : ‘ One of Charlemagne 's teeth ! ’ he yelled . |
| 12 | See John when he we as soon as John arrived he said to me will you take me he said , I do n't wan na learn it proficiently but I want to know every job so I then took |
| 13 | When Eva Hendrix arrived he pointed at his own glass . |
| 14 | When I replied he looked at me , then at my colleague , and addressing him , said , ‘ Oh well , at any rate he was born in Canada . ’ |
| 15 | In the hushed silence that followed he scrambled to his feet , his face and neck flushing scarlet . |
| 16 | If somebody was interviewed by him and had a bad time , I can tell you I had a bad time , well to me it was a bad time , when I with him and he saw he spoke with me . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought he came to us from Hong Kong that time ? |
| 18 | And I thought he meant with him . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought he meant at his place , but , of course , he never invited anyone to his home for dinner . |
| 20 | She , skilled in the ways of therapy , had after the first few sessions begun dissecting his own motives for him and Kevin , like an obedient dog , ended up nodding slowly as she told him clearly , fully , frankly what he meant when he said what he thought about what she or Henry felt , and how what he thought he thought about what they felt , or said they felt , probably was n't what he really felt any more than what they said they felt was really deep down what they really felt . |
| 21 | I thought he looked at me sadly . |
| 22 | She thought he looked at her rather searchingly , and she held her breath , for surely there would be strange untold stories about this place and surely he would know of them ? |
| 23 | Phrase by phrase , syllable by syllable , a bewitchment seemed to be building up round Adam ; Ruth almost thought he shone with his own light now , like a flame . |
| 24 | And if I insisted he came with me , he 'd likely cause trouble , just as he said . |
| 25 | How dared he talk to her as though she was some tramp ? |
| 26 | How dared he laugh at her ! |
| 27 | How dared he speak to her so insultingly ? |
| 28 | How dared he speak to her as though she was some trollop with her eye to the main chance ! |
| 29 | How dared he speak of her dead cousin in that scathing voice ? |
| 30 | How dared he look at her like that ? |