Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I 'm not interested where he takes it ! |
| 2 | But he 's wrong if he thinks he can push me around now . |
| 3 | Joe was saying how how he was really embarrassed cos he showed your mum or something ! |
| 4 | He raised the status and majesty of the royal household beyond even the limit set by Diocletian , which included an acceptance of Christianity in a purely formal sense , since it is very doubtful if he understood its true meaning . |
| 5 | ‘ Because he was afraid if he stayed he would be arrested ? ’ |
| 6 | Looking at Damian Flint , she knew he was not different because he had power : he was different because he wanted it , fought for it , and knew how to use it . |
| 7 | He appeared to find something interesting because he shortened his stride till he was marching opposite me . |
| 8 | His lectures were above all popular because he packed them with information . |
| 9 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 10 | Euripides would probably have said that what Aeschylus did was wrong because he did it unconsciously . |
| 11 | Harold Wilson convinced me I was wrong because he trained himself very , very well to be a pretty good television performer , and I think it is necessary for the Prime Minister . |
| 12 | Similarly , a dictator may feel secure and God-like because he believes he has the love of the people . |
| 13 | The man managed to pull them free after he heard their shouts for help at Towyn in Clwyd . |
| 14 | Gently , under the comforting warmth of the duvet , he removed her jersey and bra , but his hands , not satisfied , sank lower , their movements purposeful as he removed her skirt to reveal the black woolly tights . |
| 15 | The ground beneath her feet seemed to become unstable as he kissed her . |
| 16 | His arms closed around her instantly , fiercely possessive as he pulled her against him . |
| 17 | But he was wrong when he said it had no effect on him . |
| 18 | So he , Mr Major , is wrong when he says he believes that that dialogue , that process that you began with Gerry Adams has run its course do you |
| 19 | Why should that guy be wrong when he fingers you ? |
| 20 | But they were afraid when he faced them . |
| 21 | His tone was light as he turned his attention back to the road again . |
| 22 | It was still light when he picked her up , and his appreciative gaze told her that missing her lunch had not been wasted . |
| 23 | He had to keep his arms free as he needed them to keep the snake from suffocating him . |
| 24 | Lucifer 's face was so devil-like as he said it that he frightened even Izzie , a thing he had never done on stage . |
| 25 | He thinks of that great opening shot in Le Métro and he realizes that her lips are moving in exactly the same way , her face pained as he does his practised best . |
| 26 | The Chronicle A represents Penda as 50 years old when he began his thirty-year reign , and grave suspicion attaches to both round numbers . |
| 27 | The exotically-named , Birmingham-born Exeter schoolboy Orlando Le Fleming was only 15 years 338 days old when he bowled his seamers with some effect . |
| 28 | A vet who checked family records discovered he was 17 to 18 years old when he examined him at the Halewood RSPCA shelter yesterday evening . |
| 29 | ‘ Who would have thought it ? ’ asked Fireman Robb , puffing as he lit his pipe . |
| 30 | The glitter in his eyes was white-hot as he met her wide-open , startled gaze . |