Example sentences of "he [verb] [subord] i [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 I was going to try the door , but I could hear him snoring before I touched the handle , so I turned and went to the bathroom .
2 ‘ You know , boy , ’ he mused as I hefted the heavy thing , ‘ these coins are excessively rare .
3 Instead of trying to sort it out , he waits until I leave the house , then packs all his belongings and leaves .
4 ‘ I 'm just trying to get some perspective here , ’ he said as I twisted the last coldness from my beer bottle .
5 ‘ And he said if I told the police — or anyone else — there would be a bomb thrown into our playground .
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