Example sentences of "he [verb] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.

  Previous page   Next page
No Sentence
31 he says he can never remember the names , it 's the times that er
32 He says he can only recall one instance in his eight-year association with CBS when he was discouraged from recording a piece for other than artistic reasons .
33 Had it not been for anti-depressant drugs and psychitaric help , he says he could easily have taken his own life .
34 He says it may already be too late to save the Shias and their ancient culture .
35 He says it will probably be stopped by the Serbs and would do much more good where refugees are being cared for in safer territory .
36 Edward Price says it will be a dream of a lifetime … he says it will never happen again because the competition is getting stronger … and jokes there 'll be no bumps at Lords
37 But as he says I 'll probably get in he said er I was doing something .
38 and prove our Thomas wrong , he says I 'll never have a decent car .
39 Then at the bottom of the page erm , he says I am in the history department and he says I shall probably tell you several more times and indeed he does in the play .
40 He imagined she would always picture herself as a woman too lazy ever to be guilty , with a certain black dash in the late afternoon , and a temperament born two gins below par .
41 He added he would willingly forego a trip to the United States and play in the Jersey Open with the hope of collecting more Ryder Cup points .
42 He believed they may also have exploded blast bombs .
43 I presume he believed they would never hear of the second marriage .
44 By getting out of the bargain books field now , he believed he might well be ‘ ahead of the game ’ , just as he had been when he set up the company .
45 It was a question of how he believed he could best attain his major political purposes .
46 If he carps we 'll only have a row .
47 His next film was very laid back and one , he admitted , which was the clearest-cut job of acting for the money he had ever done … and he vowed he would never do that again .
48 That he reckoned he could still do .
49 He predicted it could well be a smash-hit .
50 His tummy had grown very large and when he walked he could no longer see his thin , mis-shapen legs .
51 It was hard for the Major to see the little procession that moved away from the Administration block towards the heart of the camp , but he fancied he could still make out one dark head amongst the hazing image of the retreating column .
52 Sniffing the moist morning air , he fancied he could still detect sickly traces of the opium smoked by his guest , and his scowl deepened .
53 As he gulped the warm champagne he swore he would never wear it again .
54 Oblivious to the words he spoke , cursing Corbett and near fainting with terror , he swore he would never divulge the secret in this life or the next .
55 He swore he would never use it , but he wished it were better .
56 He decided he would rather die near human beings than in a cold field , so he turned his steps towards the house .
57 Turning down ‘ loads of really tacky telly ’ , he decided he 'd rather slog it out on the alternative circuit than settle for being the new Bobby Davro .
58 When Kress questioned the nephew about the man 's appearance , he decided it could just be our friend .
59 Early in the 1630s Calvert announced his conversion to Catholicism and , though Charles I valued his services and asked him to stay at court , he decided it could only cause trouble if he did so .
60 He thought I 'd soon be on my way back to England , you see .
  Previous page   Next page