Example sentences of "he [vb past] or [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Upon recovery from the overdose , Charles said he had not cared whether he lived or died at the time of taking the tablets , but wanted to show Ann how desperate he was feeling . |
| 2 | Six years ago she had been tongue-tied in his presence , and terrified by the strength of her reaction to him , her fear manifesting itself physically , stopping the breath in her throat , tensing her muscles and making her nerves leap every time he moved or spoke to anyone , and the rare occasions on which his glance had strayed idly in her direction , it had actually hurt her . |
| 3 | His evergreens include I 'll be Seeing You , Katie , Dear Hearts and Gentle People , and I Can Dream , Ca n't I. Among films he scored or wrote for are Hellzapoppin , Anchors Aweigh , Love is a Many Splendored Thing , and Myra Breckinridge . |
| 4 | More significant for domestic purposes is s10(4) ( b ) and ( c ) which give the retailer a defence provided : ( i ) that he supplied the goods , offered or agreed to supply them or , as the case may be , exposed or possessed them for supply in the course of carrying on a retail business ; and ( ii ) that , at the time he supplied the goods or offered or agreed to supply them or exposed or possessed them for supply , he neither knew nor had reasonable grounds for believing that the goods failed to comply with the general safety requirement ; or ( c ) that the terms on which he supplied the goods or agreed or offered to supply them or , in the case of goods which he exposed or possessed for supply , the terms on which he intended to supply them ( i ) indicated that the goods were not supplied or to be supplied as new goods ; and ( ii ) provided for , or contemplated , the acquisition of an interest in the goods by the persons supplied or to be supplied . |
| 5 | Ben Gunn got a thousand pounds which he spent or lost in three weeks , then he came begging and was given a job as a gatekeeper . |
| 6 | But he was also responsible for the appalling treatment of the natives he killed or turned into slaves . |
| 7 | When he waved or smiled at those he knew , they turned away , as if they did n't know him . |
| 8 | He lost or failed to be finally appointed to a position in Trinity . |
| 9 | As the decade rushed on , as he saw or read about slaughter in Abyssinia , beatings and murder in Hungary , Romania , Albania , racial violence in the Memel , Carpatho-Ukraine , Slovakia , fascist killing in Italy , Germany and Spain , communist in the east , Edward Carrington grew more and more amazed , then horrified , by the country that he supposed his own . |
| 10 | If he did n't like something , he 'd let the musicians know exactly what he wanted or expected from them . |
| 11 | The Minister may be surprised into revealing more than he intended or reduced to admitting he does not know the answer or even misleading the House . |