Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] he [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you know if he had any contact with his relatives ? ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know if he realises that . ’ |
| 3 | I do n't know if he knows any history . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't know whether he had two loans or not or whatever it is because |
| 5 | A child putting a straw into each of the bottles in the crate will not know whether he has enough straws for bottles until he has distributed them one-to-one . |
| 6 | Er William doyen of the broadcasting standards council and a man whose seems to er I do n't know I do n't know whether he courts bad publicity or he but anyway . |
| 7 | I told him I had planned to take him to lunch but he said he could n't wait as he had some business to attend to , but he 'd be in a pub called the Banker if I could pick him up about three . |
| 8 | His voice was pure seduction , drawing her deeper and deeper into the spell of passion , and she shook her head with a desperation born of fear — fear not of him but of what she would do if he continued this heady , drugging assault on her senses . |
| 9 | What I would say , if there 's any doubt , if a mother has any doubt about her baby 's feet she should see the doctor and he will refer if he thinks necessary so most babies ' feet can look quite odd at times and they will hold them in strange positions . |
| 10 | For three long weeks his anxious parents waited for the results of more tests which would confirm whether he had this almost unknown condition , A-T . |
| 11 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 12 | Another American film of that year , A Workingman 's Dream , has a very weary hero who fails to find a job at a factory ; he falls asleep and dreams of a Professor Wonderful who offers him instant wealth and a new set of clothes , but he is told that these new gains will disappear if he breaks certain simple instructions ; on three occasions he accidentally carries out simple actions which break the instructions and his wealth disappears ; he wakes up to see an ambulance taking a worker from the factory — there is a vacancy and this time his application is successful . |
| 13 | Multi-coloured streamers descended on their heads , making Meredith laugh until he saw fit to drape them gently over her hair , his face far too close . |
| 14 | In fact , I think I 'll just see if he needs any help unpacking … ok Wendy . |
| 15 | The day was overcast and it was becoming difficult to see what he was typing , so , about noon , when imagination began to fail him , he walked up to the house to inquire from Dorothy whether Isobel would mind if he had better lighting installed in the garage , provided he paid far it . |
| 16 | you wan na see when he gets busy it gets lower than that . |
| 17 | He would stop before he got tired . |
| 18 | Unless otherwise instructed , the proxy may vote as he thinks fit or abstain from voting . |
| 19 | Unless otherwise instructed , the proxy may vote as he thinks fit or abstain from voting . |
| 20 | The illness — the tuberculosis — slowly worsened , and soon it was apparent that the painter would die unless he received medical attention . |
| 21 | His enrolment as a burgess of Brackley in 1753 suggests that contrary to the poet 's fears his fortunes did not collapse as he grew older , rather that his position was , if anything , improved . |
| 22 | Conversely , when Woosnam was taken ill so badly during the Johnnie Walker tournament in Bangkok earlier this year that on completion of his round he had to be rushed to hospital suffering from dehydration , he did not leave until he had first dealt with the hovering group of reporters . |
| 23 | Let him rest if he becomes tired or frustrated . |
| 24 | She was n't sure she could cope if he became sentimental or tried to pry into her past . |
| 25 | Sally-Anne could not tell whether he said this critically or not . |
| 26 | ‘ I was a bit surprised Liverpool let him go after he looked one of their best players last season , but I do n't suppose Ron is too worried about that . |
| 27 | The general says the Syrians must leave before he discusses these changes . |
| 28 | Yes you did it was er the advertisement I 'd seen or very similar in the Scotsman newspaper and I must admit when he got all the information I thought damn I should have gone for that myself . |
| 29 | A what does he mean when he says that and B what 's the effect of all that on the audience ? |
| 30 | What did he mean when he said half of England will think he got it wrong ? |