Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] he [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt that the atmosphere between them was suddenly much easier although he said nothing for a moment but kept on looking at her as if he were turning something over in his mind . |
| 2 | I paid fi fifteen bleeding quid for that and I sai cos this year , I did n't know he 'd done this cos he sits it like that |
| 3 | His lectures were above all popular because he packed them with information . |
| 4 | His arms closed around her instantly , fiercely possessive as he pulled her against him . |
| 5 | He acknowledged this when he told me in fluent English that he wanted to do a post-graduate degree in biology in the States . |
| 6 | A vet who checked family records discovered he was 17 to 18 years old when he examined him at the Halewood RSPCA shelter yesterday evening . |
| 7 | Well it sounded so simple when he said it over the telephone about two months ago . |
| 8 | That way people could stare at him as much as they wanted to and as much as he wanted them to ; then at the crucial moment he would lift his face and turn those famous eyes on his chosen suitor for the evening . |
| 9 | His eyes were dark as he led her into the bedroom and closed the door behind them . |
| 10 | ‘ Dëkuji mnohokrát , ’ she thanked Ivo very much when he escorted her to the door of his master 's home . |
| 11 | After a hard-hitting first round in which both boxers traded body punches , the initiative ebbed away from Hopper in the second as he allowed himself to be drawn into a slugging match instead of using his jab . |
| 12 | I was experiencing something very like despair , which was not altogether relieved when he turned me towards him and said , " I 'd love you if you were as bald as a coot . |
| 13 | He has worked hard on it , and perhaps he is at his most content when he has something in his game on which to work . |
| 14 | He moved closer , delving in the pocket of his dinner jacket to lift out a carton of cigarettes and light one , his pale eyes gleaming as he studied her over the glowing tip . |
| 15 | I never went there to stay , but I was always glad when he visited us at Canonmills . |
| 16 | The Floridante Overture nearly throws him off as he takes the corners with no evidence of concern for his own safety , but the overall effect is thrilling as he leads us on an absorbing and unexpected journey with an orchestra and cast consisting , in the main , of unknown and unpronounceable Hungarians . |
| 17 | No he did n't er P C found some trousers , I 'm not sure where he got them from er and put them on for him . |
| 18 | Ron Barton , who had had a word with his editor at his regular table at the Savoy Grill , had been told he could pay five thousand for an exclusive if he thought her to be worthwhile . |
| 19 | Practice partner Jack Nicklaus also had an ignominious start , and even Norman himself had contemplated whether he might sue the Royal & Ancient if he injured himself in the dune grass . |
| 20 | She lay still as he stroked her like a cat , and the love juice began to ooze from her to dampen the whole area of her crotch . |
| 21 | As it was , others advised him against precipitating the issue , and I had a late word with him shortly before his evening meeting with the Conservative Political Centre ; but by then it was too late for he considered himself to be committed to his friends . |
| 22 | It was as if poets owed an explanation to the audience for being what they were , to bring creatures apart down to the level of ordinary folks ; as if the poet might be indulged his little failings and eccentricities as long as he allowed himself to be democratically mauled in public by thoughtless questioners or — even worse , much worse — by fellow-poets or by those who had poetic pretensions and who found in ‘ question time ’ an opportunity to assuage their jealousy or seek revenge for their own incompetence and mediocrity . |
| 23 | that 's right because he discussed it with me |
| 24 | Well it happens , and it 's made possible because he does it by his spirit . |
| 25 | To make him need her more than he needed anything in the whole of Chung Kuo . |
| 26 | The lines of experience were marked on her face and although she still had all the exuberant charm which had drawn him to her in the first place , he thought she looked older than he knew her to be . |
| 27 | Fiver seemed to grow even smaller as he flattened himself on the hard earth . |
| 28 | ‘ He telephoned to tell me about it … he was very angry when he saw you with that book and I could tell that he had said things he should not have said . ’ |
| 29 | But because it was idealistic it was the more persuasive when he preached it to his young contemporaries . |
| 30 | The Trevi Fountain was magnificent , too , although Nicolo was almost apologetic when he showed it to Caroline . |