Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] he [vb past] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jasper wondered if the man in uniform had actually seen Chris on the roof of the car , had had a phone call from Kensington High Street that someone was on the roof of a car , or if he knew nothing except what that woman was telling him . |
| 2 | John Nutting , prosecuting , said that although he said nothing to detectives after his arrest , with a lock knife in his hand , they later found a chilling message daubed on his police cell wall . |
| 3 | And their shared taste for rich cake with coffee late at night restored her faith in their friendship a little , so that when he asked her about her family 's plans for Christmas she was able to answer in a relaxed and natural way . |
| 4 | We were sitting on rather low chairs , and he was very tall , so that when he placed himself at my corner his impedimenta were almost on a level with my nose . |
| 5 | He had developed a terrible memory for who he drove and where he drove them to . |
| 6 | Six years on , the family moved to Ugthorpe Lodge on the Whitby moors , a hotel with caravan site and smallholding where Mr Chance also had stables and where he involved himself with the Goathland Pony Club . |
| 7 | He built his dragons a garden , the most beautiful garden in the world , and although he surrounded it with an iron wall which he believed they would not cross , he made the wall beautiful for them , lavish with filigree work and sweet with hanging plants . |
| 8 | And if he involved himself in military activity , he would simply have been discharging the martial duty expected of him as royal liberator . |
| 9 | He had picked her up half-conscious , and while he carried her to the hospital she had clung to him with a pitiful force . |
| 10 | and it were gone about seven or eight weeks and when he heard nowt about it |
| 11 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 12 | I mean , it was a windy day as well and I do n't think that helped because the wind was sort of blowing into the mike but er and when he took it to college there was this noise all the time , he must have had it clipped under here somewhere ! |
| 13 | It was hanging on the wall , and when he applied it to the p'tar 's rump the beast screamed once , as if outraged , and then it trotted sedately out of the stall and allowed itself to be backed between the shafts of the cart . |
| 14 | Sharp whey-like sweat came off hum as she smelt his closeness ; he was walking her backwards into the recess of the arched double doors of a neighbour 's carriage entrance , sticking to her awkwardly , like children playing at dancing , standing on each other 's feet , and when he had her against the door , he took his hand from the underside of her breast , and fingering her nipple , made it rise , then tweaked it till it stood up higher ; twinges darted from her breast to her groin , and Rosa closed her eyes with a little gasp . |
| 15 | Close to , she discovered , Pete smelled of carbolic soap , a dreadful turn-off , and when he kissed her in the dark it was so wet and sloppy she longed only to search for her handkerchief and wipe her mouth dry . |
| 16 | Mrs Cullam did n't even look at him and when he asked her at what time her husband had come home on Friday night she said laconically , ‘ Quarter past eleven . ’ |
| 17 | Yet he had photographs of her in every jacket pocket , and they fell out of books at the wrong time and upset Eva ; and when he asked me about Mum , Dad and I had to go into another room , away from Eva , as if we were discussing something disgraceful . |
| 18 | All she knew was that Alain was there , holding her , kissing her , his caresses making her faint , and when he lifted her in his arms she curled against him , her lips trailing soft kisses against his strong neck . |
| 19 | She was aware of Mr Carson looking at her , and when he handed her into the carriage to sit beside Ruth she felt quite the lady . |
| 20 | He just leaned on me and when he caught me with a left hook I was given a standing count . |
| 21 | She floundered like a seal in the greasy mess , and when he threw himself on top of her , the battle began . |
| 22 | Chuck was the first to recover , and when he pulled himself to his knees to peer across the plain , the closeness of the leading herd bull surprised him . |
| 23 | ‘ And he tried to put his tongue in my mouth and when he pulled me in the doorway he — he unfastened the front of his trousers . ’ |
| 24 | She giggled when his second attempt ended in the same way , and when he grasped her in a great bear hug , she was able to slip away as easily as if it were a child holding her . |
| 25 | His face was beaded with perspiration and as he wiped it with his handkerchief he dislodged a few locks of his heavily greased hair . |
| 26 | She reached up to kiss him , and as he held her to him he was aware of her slender nakedness beneath the ivory silk robe . |
| 27 | But although he aimed it at Nicholas , it fired into the air , for the boy knocked it sideways and held it . |
| 28 | Gary 's great strength was an ability to get to a ball first in the penalty area , but if he received it at his feet 30 yards from goal he was looking for help , to lay it off and get into the penalty area . |
| 29 | But if he tied himself to Miranda , he would have less influence over Annabel , who would then have legitimate reasons to doubt his objectivity . |
| 30 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |