Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As he walked downstairs , he read it a third time to make sure .
2 He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub
3 He received it the next morning when he took his usual letter to the stage door .
4 Mungo predicted that if he ignored her a second time , she would go away .
5 Celia 's patience snapped when he poured her the second glass of retsina .
6 Eventually , he climbed them a second time , very deliberately .
7 so that when he sees you the next time , he 'll double check that .
8 He returned them the next day , asking for a refund .
9 He misses it the first time , but I 've written it exactly like he played it , because it does n't really sound too bad !
10 He rang me the next day , was very enthusiastic , but apologised that for the following two years he was only doing German opera — but that he would remember me !
11 He sent me the first Education sentimentale ; I was not greatly impressed , but how could I not praise it ?
12 Yet when he saw her the next day and attempted to speak to her she told him to leave her alone and ran off into the prop-room .
13 When he did it a second time , I put the light out .
14 I doubt he gave her a second thought , once he 'd pulled his trousers back on and ushered her into the first available taxi .
15 On the morning of the funeral , he gave her a last farewell kiss as she lay in her coffin .
16 A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely .
17 That 's what I thought it was at first but when he said it the next time it sounded different , it was nymph , rag nymph , that 's what he called me .
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