Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames .
2 So before we separated he gave me a working title for a song , and told me he wanted me to finish it by the next time he saw me .
3 the chap that I sent he thought he knew what a confined space was .
4 The battles in Russia , Africa and Normandy became mere words , to be heard punctually from the loudspeaker at three or four o'clock , from the English news-reader if German security was sufficiently relaxed , or from anybody who thought he knew what the next allotment of words was going to be about .
5 He thought he knew who the tall young man might be .
6 She thought he gave her an intimate probing look as though he was thinking " does she know ? "
7 When our eyes met he gave me a frigid little smile .
8 How dared he called her an arrogant bitch ?
9 How dared he call her a silly , irresponsible … ?
10 While he waited he asked us a few basic and searching questions about our discovery .
11 Never , by look or gesture or word , had he given her the slightest justification for thinking that he might be interested in her as a person .
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