Example sentences of "he [vb past] [subord] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that reason Doug decided that he would be the only person to watch the videos he made although he discussed the issues arising from them with Mary . |
| 2 | This reputation he cemented when he founded the ‘ University of Woodford Square ’ , a university offering free education for the masses ! |
| 3 | ‘ Going away ? ’ he asked as he noticed the bag on the floor . |
| 4 | " Emily , " he asked as he reached the door . |
| 5 | What a shock he got when he turned the corner to find the entire corridor overgrown by mountains and mountains of wild plants . |
| 6 | The use of the contract army , however , placed the king in the position of debtor to the military captains , most of whom were members of the titled nobility , and the sums owed by the crown to individual nobles might often be very substantial : in 1386 , for instance , the Earl of Northumberland reached agreement with the Exchequer whereby in return for £700 he discharged the king of all debts owing to the earl ‘ from any time past until the making of this indenture ’ , and the earl was discharged of the debts he incurred when he held the office of Admiral . |
| 7 | Instantly Shamlou recognised the cry of anguish from Matchsticks , and he winced as he opened the doors to hear the soft thud of flesh against flesh . |
| 8 | He stopped when he saw the twisted grin on Luther 's face , and it made him remember with a falling heart that this man was not his real father . |
| 9 | He stopped when he saw the car and made as if to turn back . |
| 10 | Suddenly , it all made sense , ’ he added as he brought the car to a halt in front of her flat . |
| 11 | " Why not ? " he added as he opened the door between the two staircases , " Put lots of water in it . " |
| 12 | He turned as he heard the door swish shut behind her . |
| 13 | He sighed as he rang the front doorbell . |
| 14 | ‘ Well — that should prove to be an interesting surprise for all , ’ he snorted as he left the table . |
| 15 | Eating quail 's eggs , he frowned as he reread the letter from Lloyd 's : it warned him of the amount that he would shortly be expected to produce in settlement . |
| 16 | Like a man whose children were leaving him he begged as he climbed the stairs : |
| 17 | ‘ Should 'ave bin a boy , ’ he grinned as he slammed the door . |
| 18 | ‘ Keep on your belly , ’ he ordered as he grabbed the Greener . |
| 19 | " Take him at least a hundred meters into the jungle , " he yelled as he swung the cane across their shoulders one last time to urge them in among the trees . |
| 20 | He shuddered as he pronounced the last word . |
| 21 | He grunted as he took the binoculars . |
| 22 | Perhaps there 's hope for me yet , he thought as he unrolled the fillet on the cutting board . |
| 23 | Thank goodness they 're not looking for me , he thought as he crossed the room . |
| 24 | It was a lot like hitting a room where there might be terrorists waiting in ambush , he thought as he opened the door . |
| 25 | ‘ People then had something that we have n't got now ’ , he thought as he remembered the years before the Great War , ‘ And what was it that people had in those days ? |
| 26 | ‘ A gey driech day , ’ he thought as he adjusted the grey woollen scarf tied as a muffler at his throat and pulled down his large , cloth cap against the wind . |
| 27 | It was much more , he thought as he moved the boiling pan off the stove and on to the floor , trying to ignore the unholy smell of bleach that came off it as it sloshed against the sides of the vessel , that he had simply woken up one morning and realized , to use a phrase a friend had used about someone else 's wife , ‘ what he had got hold of ’ . |
| 28 | Oh , God , he thought as he closed the kitchen door behind him . |
| 29 | He knew if he birdied the last he 'd break it . |
| 30 | He knew because he heard the distinctive , never-forgotten thump and jangle of artillery on the move . |