Example sentences of "[vb past] he [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 2 | He touched her face very tenderly and believed he felt warm flesh . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Mr Lee claimed he had personal knowledge of a case in which a person had bought and sold council houses on four occasions . |
| 5 | Quelch claimed he had verbal consent from the NRA . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ROCK drummer Mitch Mitchell won substantial libel damages in the High Court yesterday after a book claimed he made racist comments to Jimi Hendrix when he played in his band , the Experience . |
| 8 | David was so upset about the prospect of going to a day centre that when the ambulance arrived he had uncharacteristic temper tantrums on the doorstep . |
| 9 | The court heard he ignored professional advice that the animal should have an operation , leaving it to suffer chronic and constant pain . |
| 10 | And now with his own hands and feet tied he has great notions of delivering me . ’ |
| 11 | But Yorath concentrated on Saunders ' form for Aston Villa , saying : ‘ I always felt he got unjust criticism at Liverpool . |
| 12 | Sales director David Nelsey added : ‘ She felt he had total disrespect for women . ’ |
| 13 | He felt he needed professional help , and entered into analysis that would continue for many years to come . |
| 14 | Everywhere he went he smelled fresh blood , and was exhilarated . |
| 15 | Well Les says er when we got out the car and you went he says bloody hell that uses some juice do n't it ? |
| 16 | He just knew he had cheap labour . |
| 17 | I knew he had previous convictions . |
| 18 | Benning knew he had sufficient evidence — a missing wife , a husband who had obviously lied , and an admission of guilt , albeit by word of mouth . |
| 19 | As we had referred to Turkey and the fact that Margaret and I had met there , and as we knew he took great interest in genuine peasant culture , we showed him some Turkish embroidery and in particular two typical Turkish saddle-bags , which we had transformed into cushions . |
| 20 | But despite his hard work I thought he lacked true happiness and peace of mind . |
| 21 | Up to then I thought he had dark hair . |
| 22 | However , the tale seems to have followed him , because I gather some of his parishioners certainly thought he had deviant tendencies in spite of his having a wife and son . |
| 23 | Sorry , he 's just someone I went out with who thought he had exclusive rights to my body . ’ |
| 24 | Christina thought he had attractive Latin looks . |
| 25 | On some of the screens , Francis thought he saw other figures moving in the high shadows . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought he showed great courage in agreeing to be in what was after all an undergraduate revue . ’ |
| 27 | Cos I thought he did advanced French last year . |
| 28 | He stood up while we watched and I realized he had magnificent horns , far longer than any I had yet seen . |
| 29 | Did he mean free people or Free People ? |
| 30 | Not only did he do stupendous work in many areas of pure mathematics but he also devoted much time to probability , theory of errors , geodesy , mechanics , electromagnetism , optics and even actuarial science ! |