Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] be [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Greg Chappell came out of a bad patch when he realised he was playing innings in his head before they happened . |
| 2 | He realized he was wasting time ; the past could wait , the future was running on a short time-fuse . |
| 3 | When she began to protest , he claimed he was getting help on an out-patient basis , and that he had been going to AA . |
| 4 | The only time he opened it was to have food passed in and out . |
| 5 | When he returned he was offered tea — without which , the old gentleman said , he never travelled . |
| 6 | Claudia trembled … she wanted him as much , but this was n't right ; Roman despised her , he thought she was taking Garry from his wife , and there was no way they could take this any further . |
| 7 | He thought he was staring death in the face . |
| 8 | He knew they were burying Harry that morning , and here he was , not an inch closer after a week in London , to solving his murder . |
| 9 | Now he knew she was called Rhoda , he could make a brave start . |
| 10 | For a second Sharpe 's heart leapt , thinking that a battalion of Riflemen had arrived , then he saw the yellow crossbelts over the green coats and he knew he was seeing Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar 's force of Nassauers . |
| 11 | He felt she was paying attention . |
| 12 | It did n't stop her lashing out at him with her teeth and back legs as he unsaddled her , but he felt he was making progress and , the next day , stick and balling her he found she was a natural . |
| 13 | He said I was born sin . |
| 14 | He said you 're making appointment still to go and talk about advertising . |
| 15 | He said he was given explanations in the summer of the cause of the problem which were clearly wrong . |
| 16 | He said he was called Horn and he 'd popped across to see the Duke of Hamilton or somesuch . |
| 17 | He said he was called Prentice and he was a detective-sergeant and he 'd been well trained in the most vicious of police techniques : politeness and reasonableness . |
| 18 | Mr Bush livened the act last week when he said he was giving Congress until March 27th to decide which current defence programmes should be trimmed to raise $870m for Panama and Nicaragua ( money that is supposed to come from the 1990 Pentagon budget ) . |
| 19 | He said he was to get £30,000 to £40,000 for his role , and added : ‘ I went down the A82 via Fort William before I was stopped by police at Doune . ’ |
| 20 | I do n't know , he ju , I do n't know whether he said he was going Monday or Tuesday , so he should of been . |