Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [subord] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results were equivocal , but to his surprise he found that when he grafted the tissue to the anterior margin of the limb there was a dramatic change in the development of the limb — a whole new set of digits developed : he had discovered the polarizing region . |
| 2 | He realized that because he saw the new world in the people 's eyes ; and if the populace wanted change , then there could be no return to what had been . |
| 3 | In an address to students at the University of Santiago on Oct. 15 , President Patricio Aylwin Azócar stated that when he assumed the presidency in March 1990 there had been a total of 380 political prisoners still detained from the 1973-1990 military regime ; all but 83 had already been released , he said , and the rest would be freed by the end of the year . |
| 4 | The English embryologist , John Gurdon , in an extensive series of experiments performed during the 1960s , showed that if he transplanted the nucleus from one of the cells of the blastula of early toad embryo it could function as if it were the toad egg 's nucleus . |
| 5 | The odds are favourable enough according to Chelsea 's Mike Hazard , who said of his adversary : ‘ He could cope in Poland , not just because of his ability to close people down and use the ball well , but temperament — you saw that when he scored the goal that won Arsenal the League . ’ |
| 6 | Lucien feared that if he told the other vibrancers he was working with Jeopardy , it would excite resentment among them . |
| 7 | I insisted that Eric should take it seriously and , as he had nothing else to do , work hard at his grammar , because I knew that if he left the hospital knowing hardly any Italian he would surely be recaptured . |
| 8 | I knew that when he finished the bottle , my life would end . |
| 9 | He thought that if he shot the barracuda behind the head , it would leap clear of the water with its jaws snapping . |
| 10 | She thought that if he said the wrong thing now everything would be over for her and him . |
| 11 | The seller of specialist magazines grimaced when she smiled and as he pushed the door shut to the frisky chiming of the bell he grunted , ‘ Try the showroom , they might know . |
| 12 | He said that while he viewed the ‘ inner circle ’ story as nonsense , the allegations could not be ignored and he had asked Mr Stevens to investigate . |
| 13 | But Mr McCausland said that while he welcomed the extension of the ban , he felt it should be extended even further . |
| 14 | Deputy manager of communication services at the Hotel , Catering & Institutional Management Association , Tim Knowles , said that although he welcomed the directive , it still needed a lot of work in its present form . |
| 15 | Harvey said that if he had the thermometer that was in his baggage he could show me whether he was il or not , and that then I would n't think it was so funny . |
| 16 | The late unlamented Field Marshal Goering once said that when he heard the word " Culture " , he reached for his gun ; I feel rather the same about the phrase " continuous sedimentation " . |
| 17 | Burn said that when he praised the article in The Saturday Review and asked Donaldson who was briefing Palmerston , Donaldson abruptly left . |
| 18 | ‘ He probably hoped that when he inherited the Baskerville lands , she would love him again . |
| 19 | and he said and if he sells the car and keeps all the money and spends it on himself he says that 's gon na look , he 's gon na look really bad |
| 20 | Like many sexually naïve people , Lewis supposed that if he eliminated the consciously erotic elements of his sexuality from the surface of life , he would be able to dispel the habits and characteristics of which these particular tastes were a mere symptom . |