Example sentences of "he [vb past] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Gertrude Stein , too , wrote in her book on Picasso : ‘ Upon his return from Gosol he became acquainted with Matisse through whom he came to know African sculpture . ’ |
2 | He got rid of oppositionists by proposing some impossible task , and when they failed or refused would move their expulsion , anyone who voted against automatically expelling themselves . |
3 | The client would puzzle out an explanation later , if he got informed by letter of his right to exercise the warrants . |
4 | The leaflet to which he referred published by AA in the North-East was about blood sports rather than vivisection . |
5 | He 'd lived in thestreet for thirty two years … and worked as a scout or college servant at Trinity College . |
6 | There was always a hunger for newspapers and magazines ( usually preferred to books ) and he 'd heard of baptizers in Patashoqua who named children by stabbing a copy of the London Times with a pin and bequeathing the first three words they pricked upon the infant , however unmusical the combination . |
7 | Morse had immediately picked up a copy of The Times , and proceeded to hold this newspaper like a crusader flaunting his emblazoned shield as he 'd stood beside Hodges at the check-out . |
8 | ‘ I wanted him to chase me , not literally , though I would have been madly impressed if he 'd charged up Piccadilly on a white stallion , but I just wanted some firmer confirmation that he loved me . |
9 | He said Oliver was extremely embarrassed , as well he might have been , because he was buying flowers to make his peace with a girl he 'd gone to bed with the night before and been impotent with . |
10 | And erm he 'd gone to sea at a very early age and had er both steam and sail and you k I 've given you his history , er and he was quite a fellow . |
11 | When I closed the window , I was thinking specifically of Sydney Burrows , then I heard he 'd gone to Gainsborough after all . |
12 | Then he 'd gone into Belfast with the samples and had cracked the car 's exhaust on the ramps outside a police station . |
13 | During the exchange itself he 'd moved from suspicion to disbelief to disgust and finally to acceptance of Estabrook 's proposal . |
14 | One minute he was shall we say in Arford , next minute woof , he 'd shot to Johnston through somebody 's window ? |
15 | He knew that he 'd fallen for bait like a fool . |
16 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |
17 | Perhaps he 'd fallen in love with the girl . |
18 | He 'd fallen in love with the decorative arts of France of the 17th and 18th centuries and wanted to furnish his house in that style . |
19 | He was wearing the démodé pinstriped suit he 'd got from a junk-shop for a production of Arturo Ui ( ‘ grossly overplayed' — Glasgow Herald ) and the tie he 'd worn as Harry in Marching Song ( ‘ adequate if uninspiring' — Oxford Mail . |
20 | He 'd flown into Staverton in Glocestershire with his fifteen year-old daughter specially for the concert . |
21 | He 'd kept in touch with her since he left home . |
22 | He 'd stopped in front of the side door , a flimsy hardboard affair with a Yale lock , distinguished by a fist-sized hole to the side of the metal keyhole . |
23 | I would rather he 'd stayed at home with us , but it was his choice , and he 's not a child any longer . ’ |
24 | Ponchos , like the one he 'd used as protection on the roof , covered their khaki uniforms . |
25 | Seconds later he 'd leapt into car with the kids , his bare torso on someone 's lap on the front seat . |
26 | Marler , still holding the executive case he 'd refused to hand to José , noted the curtains were drawn the full length of the large room . |
27 | Rune had brought her to the home he 'd shared with Lotta for — how long ? |
28 | The can of soup that he 'd left on top of the flame was starting to bubble when he got back . |
29 | He 'd grinned from ear to ear , grey eyes dancing . |
30 | She recalled that he 'd spoken with passion about his family … |