Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd always called her that . |
| 2 | And he worked hard to give them that chance . ’ |
| 3 | He was still doing it over an hour later , frantically trying to remember everything and wishing he had somewhere to write it all down , when there was a sound of feet running up the stairs . |
| 4 | He had actually hit her this time , she told herself dazedly . |
| 5 | She smiled as her father began : he would have been happy being a teacher ; he had often told her that and at one stage — in the nature of parents ' bequeathing unfulfilled ambitions to their children — he had hoped that Mr Fenton might consider her as a pupil teacher ( just for the mornings , of course , he needed her the rest of the day ) . |
| 6 | He had always told me that education was a waste of time and he could n't see the point of it . |
| 7 | He had never called her that before ; nor had he ever touched her as he touched her now , his good right hand caressing both of hers where they lay atop the bedclothes . |
| 8 | It was like the time she had thrown a cheque for one hundred and twenty pounds into the fire one Christmas , thinking the envelope was empty , though luckily it had been a present from her godfather , and he had good-naturedly written her another . |