Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was glad 'e did n't get that site where our Carrie 's got 'er cafe , ’ she remarked . |
| 2 | Inevitably a feeling of despair enveloped him and he began to feel quite helpless ; his heart was in his studies and he knew that if he could manage financially he could achieve his academic rewards , but the insufficient amounts of money his father allowed him did n't permit any freedom to relax after his studies had ended . |
| 3 | I had not intended to contribute to the debate but the hon. Member for Keighley ( Mr. Waller ) , who introduced the motion , was asked several questions during his introductory speech and he failed stoically to produce any answers . |
| 4 | Yet he failed either to get that first touch , or , if he did , failed to get it cleanly to Dewi Morris . |
| 5 | He tried hard to do this , but he was fighting a losing battle here against the rising tide of papal authority . |
| 6 | Erm was it only you that he phoned not to bring any scripts . |
| 7 | He bent over to scrape some of the substance off the floor . |
| 8 | The paper 's usual film reporter would write the story from Miranda 's notes ; he 'd already attended several days ' shooting of the new , as yet untitled film , the first Meursault to be made in Britain , which was a supreme sign that the decade was making all the difference to the world 's view of the country , and its relation to the avant-garde . |
| 9 | He 'd already lost any respect or hope he 'd once had for Changez . |
| 10 | He 'd already he 'd seen the bags going up and he 'd already got that in his head . |
| 11 | He 'd even questioned some of the older members of the Lucy Ghosts in private to help trace the fugitive . |
| 12 | Now whether he 'd just said that , or whether he actually had . |
| 13 | Er he he 'd just taken some photographs out of last year 's er annual report and put a heading up and stuck some text on it . |
| 14 | Cos he 'd just got that before Christmas . |
| 15 | ‘ I thought you might like it , ’ he commented , and Fabia had to give her special attention to catkins , and to where lilac was about to break out of bud , because as her heart began to race she could n't help but think that Ven had intended to bring her with him to Petřín , even as he 'd casually tossed that invitation at her . |
| 16 | ( He 'd also had each one stencilled TORA across the back door so that in formation on the three-lane motorway they read : Tora ! |
| 17 | Let me give another very recent example while these rather alarming , in some ways , events were going on in Arkensaw , the London Times — not the Sunday Times now — had as a centre page article by a distinguished cosmologist , Fred Hoyle , announcing to a startled world that he 'd suddenly acquired some doubts about evolution . |
| 18 | It was difficult to explain , but he 'd been uneasy for the last few minutes : not an emotion he 'd ever had much experience of before . |
| 19 | He 'd always had such courtesy , could make a frump feel like a star , so Gillian used to say , a little ruefully . |
| 20 | He 'd better get that she-devil shifted . |
| 21 | Well , he 'd better have another think . ’ |
| 22 | If you made it and laid down them the the man that was doing it , he 'd only to lift that and give it a twine and on to the next . |
| 23 | He 'd never done that to anybody . |
| 24 | He 'd never done that before , and it felt good . |
| 25 | Girl , he called her , but this last time he 'd called her Vi and written that he loved her , and he 'd never done that before . |
| 26 | And he 'd never said that to her before . |
| 27 | God , he 'd never felt such savagely conflicting sensations . |
| 28 | He 'd never had such a peaceful sleep |
| 29 | As I said , part of Barny 's problem was that he 'd never had any contact with people at all , and by the time I got him it was too late . |
| 30 | He 'd never had any particular fear of darkness , but over the past few weeks he seemed to have grown more and more nervous at night . |