Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb mod] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Lewis thought he perhaps ought to mention it before going off duty … |
| 2 | Her hands slid up his arms to grip his shoulders , her fingers digging into the soft material of his shirt as though he alone could anchor her . |
| 3 | He alone could tell she was nervous . |
| 4 | Though enlightened Spaniards might detest the brutal deceit of Napoleon 's seizure of Spain they felt that perhaps he alone could regenerate her . |
| 5 | God made us : he alone can show us how we are designed to behave . |
| 6 | I do n't think he ever recorded it , I think he just used to sing it at his , er sort of cabaret . |
| 7 | And he used to lend me dad a pound and he always used to give him it back on a Wednesday , on his pension day . |
| 8 | Remember , he always used to give us problems about cows and sheep , weights of different cuts of lamb and so on . |
| 9 | Why , I remember he always used to make me wager my pocket money — ’ She was interrupted . |
| 10 | He always used to tuck it underneath the water butt . |
| 11 | He always could pull them in , although it was hard to figure out how he did it . |
| 12 | Bob 's already indicated that he does n't , he wants to do everything he possibly can to avoid us having to affect service levels okay , and obviously the overtime is the one thing that really is , stands out as being the issue anything else cos I mean our salary costs are there , there or thereabouts erm with the temps in it , erm we know we 've got erm some temps . |
| 13 | Damian Flint does everything he possibly can to make me blow twenty-five fuses at once ! |
| 14 | Memory loss was the worst aspect , the fact that he was unable to complete a crossword puzzle in ten minutes as he once could troubled him . |
| 15 | He also used to take me into the insect house , where he kept mosquitoes infected with tropical diseases . |
| 16 | He also used to remind them that theology , even at its best and highest , was a human activity which could take no pride in itself , but only in its object ; it dare not take itself too seriously , but must rather be ‘ a modest , free , critical and happy science ’ ( Evangelical Theology , E.T . |
| 17 | ‘ I would imagine he probably would deny it . ’ |
| 18 | Maybe he really would introduce her to Bertie Alcott . |
| 19 | This involves the obvious and is a great incentive for your debtor to discover that he really can pay you after all . |
| 20 | Once when Williams was ill , Horne called at his flat and dropped through his letter box details of a holiday plan which he though might do him some good . |
| 21 | With his own wife he scarce dare attempt it . |
| 22 | I knew that he too would tell me I was wrong and that it was in another part of the country . |
| 23 | He knew of course that he never could meet them , but he wanted so badly to talk to them that he would get out their letters and pictures from his box of papers and talk quietly to them anyway . |
| 24 | I rode home along with him : he never used to charge me nothing because I used to deliver these here up to the shops for him . |