Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He realised it would not matter at all that they had no bathing costumes . |
| 2 | But as time went on he realised he could not convey how the style had evolved without understanding the techniques at first hand . |
| 3 | He was a big fit man but he realised he could not go on much longer , and his iron resolve began to melt in the face of the powers of nature surrounding him . |
| 4 | Oh yes cos there must have been , that was John doing that this is oh this is great fun he says , and he er Johnny was saying that erm if he whispered he would only speak up louder . |
| 5 | WHY would Hamman possibly do this , and what weight does he think he 'll possibly have in Uefa . |
| 6 | Did he think he should not start courting on a labourer 's wage ? |
| 7 | He goes he goes you ca n't go to sleep , and he sat on the edge of my bed for about quarter of an hour . |
| 8 | And he goes you could n't have got the odds on it like putting a pound on like , I bet you no horses finish , you know . |
| 9 | All right , there 's a fortune teller and the man goes to the fortune teller and the fortune teller goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes and he goes what ? and he goes he goes he goes he goes i he goes I ca n't tell you , this is , this is , this is awful ! |
| 10 | He goes I ca n't swim ! |
| 11 | He goes I ca n't believe |
| 12 | He rings you up and goes he goes hello it 's Jonathan and you go oh right hello Jonathan and he does n't say anything so you talk to him for about half an hour or so and then you go alright Jonathan , better go , you know and then he goes no no I 've got something to tell you and you go oh alright what is it then and he goes I ca n't remember it man , just talk to me for a bit longer and I 'll remember it then and it goes on like that for hours and hours and it 's so boring . |
| 13 | He insists we ca n't afford another baby , and that 's that . |
| 14 | ‘ Your father repealed the law making you his natural successor once he realized you 'd never follow in his footsteps . |
| 15 | He understood how she needed me when war broke out and most of the men were away , he realized I would n't feel able to go back to England and abandon her . |
| 16 | Afterwards , though , he admitted he could hardly concentrate on Celtic for thinking about Ibrox . |
| 17 | He puts forward an ethic consisting of habits of mind and of behaviour to which he thinks one will inevitably move to the extent that one has rational insight into the human situation and is under the control of that rational part of one 's nature which gives one unity as a personality . |
| 18 | ‘ He thinks I wo n't remember my lines , ’ thought Gabriel , ‘ or that I 'll rush them like I did last time . |
| 19 | He thinks you can only appreciate its full pleasure after feeling pain . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He thinks he can just impose it . |
| 21 | He wanted to yell for joy but when he tried he could n't get any sound out . |
| 22 | the time he phoned he could only get Friday of the first week |
| 23 | Of course , when he got home he found they would n't fit into his console ! |
| 24 | At fourteen he found he could also copy perfectly any handwriting placed in front of him . |
| 25 | It was then he found he could not get out of the finance deal . |
| 26 | He could control his left arm on the handlebar when riding a push-bike , but he found he could not use an exercise bicycle because the effort involved automatically increased his spasticity beyond his control . |
| 27 | And he found he could n't handle it . |
| 28 | Even so , he found he could n't walk away . |
| 29 | He found he could n't pursue the thought to its proper conclusion . |
| 30 | The wind caught at him , blew at him , a gusty enemy he found he could hardly overcome . |