Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly he declined , saying in a charmingly self-deprecatory way that he doubted he had any views worth hearing . |
| 2 | But from the time the engine stopped he had five or six seconds to hit the ground . |
| 3 | Looking up in surprise , she found he had one eyebrow raised as though waiting for her to make some sarcastic comment , which successfully ensured that she did n't do any such thing . |
| 4 | In the event Spooner found he had little to do in setting up most of Season Two 's stories . |
| 5 | Take Henry I , for example , the king who never smiled again , our teacher told us , after he had lost his only son and heir , in the White Ship : then they found he had twenty-four little baskets scattered all round the country . |
| 6 | As Rick was re-baiting , the clip on his other rod pulled and on checking the line he found he had another take . |
| 7 | The rescue co-ordinators include Scottish Natural Heritage and the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals abandoned plans to use whale song on Sunday , when Mr Goold found he needed stronger amplification of his recordings . |
| 8 | As luck would have it , Jean-Claude found he needed some old scores he had put to one side as they were too heavy to bring along with everything else we had had to load on the motor cycle . |
| 9 | Nick found he disliked this idea very much . |
| 10 | He believed he looked ill bodily rather than mentally in his bed things . |
| 11 | Looking into her churning heart as she stood there that night , she knew she felt an affection for the man opposite and believed he had some affection for her . |
| 12 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 13 | He touched her face very tenderly and believed he felt warm flesh . |
| 14 | Neither left nor right , he believed he occupied that ‘ extreme-centre ’ briefly claimed by Cardinal Léon-Joseph Suenens in the post-conciliar period . |
| 15 | It seemed he heard that question again , a thousand years ago and in another world . |
| 16 | It seemed he held all the cards — there were other agencies who could handle his business , and if he denied Grantham and Marsh the opportunity because of her stubbornness how could she explain it to Sebastian ? |
| 17 | She thought he imagined he looked smart , but the clothes seemed not to belong to him , as though he were dressing up . |
| 18 | But frankly , if I thought about that at all , I imagined he had some side line , painting people 's houses perhaps or cleaning windows . ’ |
| 19 | We all imagined he had some secret new money-spinning idea and soon we 'd all be amazed at what he 'd done to the place , and coming here to marvel at the crowds he 'd managed to attract … but I do n't think he was ever looking for a site for some viable business venture ; I think he was just looking for somewhere suited to his burned-out , fed-up , pissed-off mood . |
| 20 | I noticed he said some may call him naive — that is the very best that anyone could call him . |
| 21 | ‘ No , I noticed he looked angry . |
| 22 | So his got one , I noticed he has two books the other day . |
| 23 | While they ate he made polite conversation , avoiding with care any of the deeper , more important issues that needed to be talked about and resolved . |
| 24 | The hospital confirmed he spent 40 minutes having his injuries examined . |
| 25 | Miss Claire Cannon , prosecuting , said that tests showed he had 74 microgrammes of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath . |
| 26 | Bowden gave a blood sample — because the breathalyser machine was defective — which showed he had 203 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood . |
| 27 | Derek Polson , a CCG storeman at KG Ethylene Offsite stores , showed he knows all there is to know about fork lift driving when he scored a perfect 100 per cent in his driving test — the first time a driver has achieved the maximum score at Hargreaves Training in Glasgow . |
| 28 | Mr Lee claimed he had personal knowledge of a case in which a person had bought and sold council houses on four occasions . |
| 29 | Quelch claimed he had verbal consent from the NRA . |
| 30 | In his libel action seeking aggravated damages , Donovan claimed he suffered serious injury to his professional and personal reputation , considerable distress and embarrassment and that the article implied he was guilty of gross hypocrisy and deceit by denying that he was homosexual . |