Example sentences of "he [vb past] he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Rick was re-baiting , the clip on his other rod pulled and on checking the line he found he had another take . |
| 2 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 3 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 4 | He reckoned he had enough time to see Maidstone , then get down to the pensione and change before making his way back up to the Vomero again . |
| 5 | I mean he worked hard , he worked he worked six nights a week . |
| 6 | He thought he made some kind of strangled gasp ; he knew his eyes would have expressed his emotions . |
| 7 | Asked once what he would do if he knew he had six months to live , he replied : ‘ I 'd type faster . ’ |
| 8 | Everywhere he went he smelled fresh blood , and was exhilarated . |
| 9 | He felt he needed professional help , and entered into analysis that would continue for many years to come . |
| 10 | He felt he needed more brandy , but the glass was nearly empty and the bottle was in the kitchen . |
| 11 | Well , yes , I mean I can remember having a friend in Oxford who was schizophrenic and to be quite frank he needed to be certified and we could not get him to go to the doctors , and when he did he told sufficient stories that the doctor home with eye drops because he was seeing things . |
| 12 | last year 's individual with us he had I think he had he had five A levels of which four were grade A and one was greed B grade B. |
| 13 | He said he had two sisters but that he was the only and beloved son . |
| 14 | He said he had environmental credentials as he was a life member of the British Butterfly Conservation Society and was also a member of the Kent branch of the Council for the Preservation of Rural England . |
| 15 | We reached his office where he said he had some paperwork to complete before we stopped fairly soon for ten minutes at Kenora . |
| 16 | He said he had some news , but it was only for my ears and I must keep it confidential . |
| 17 | He said he witnessed repeated instances of police brutality in August and early September , when activists held almost daily demonstrations in townships outside Cape Town . |
| 18 | He said he adored hard-bitten policemen . |
| 19 | In his famous book Eastern Approaches , Maclean includes an account of his capture of the general , in whose home he said he found many photographs of his women friend . |
| 20 | This will amuse you , he said he liked older women . ’ |
| 21 | Yeah oh Richard says he works for , he said he works all day long for a |
| 22 | This bloke 's got two Lambourginis in the garage and er the latest BMW all from , he said he works seven days a week for it he said but he , you know , he 's just an ordinary bloke who got it all just working |
| 23 | yes I 've heard it before as well he said he wants some pork and potatoes |
| 24 | on saving education , he said that I supposed to get the six teachers , he said I 'm gon na get rid of five he said and if I possible can I 'm going to make it four , that got ta remember those of you who are on protected salaries erm you again the pay and a half other members of staff and he said he wanted voluntary redundancies and early retirements where possible , you know , and also he had n't supposed to tell for a month so this will come out later in the year |
| 25 | He said he wanted some company because he was lonely and worried . |
| 26 | To Salmon he said he admired tribal sculptures because he found them ‘ raisonnables ’ . |
| 27 | As he ran he saw two dots appear on the lip of the entrance . |