Example sentences of "he [vb past] [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " 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 | Going and having a few meals with him did n't seem evil or furtive in any way . |
| 4 | He 'd better get that she-devil shifted . |
| 5 | Well , he 'd better have another think . ’ |
| 6 | The father of one family had no contact with their Irish Catholic grandparents because he had married a Protestant — although he did later inherit one of the grandfather 's pawnshops . |
| 7 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 8 | In evidence to the UK House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs on July 11 , 1990 , Francis Maude , then a Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with special responsibilities for Hong Kong , stated that with regard to the influx of Vietnamese " boat people " into the colony , he did not exclude mandatory repatriation in future and said that the voluntary scheme was working well . |
| 9 | He did not dispute this , but he was troubled . |
| 10 | Derek Young was exceptionally controlled in his demeanour and general behaviour , unconsciously fearing another disaster like the loss of his brother if he did not exercise sufficient control . |
| 11 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 12 | Society boss Geoffrey Lister said he did not expect any economic recovery in the immediate future . |
| 13 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
| 14 | Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh announced on Sept. 17 that his investigation into the Iran-contra scandal was nearing its end , and that " in the absence of some new development " he did not expect any further indictments in connection with the affair . |
| 15 | Prost , who claimed his 12th pole in 13 races this year , admitted he did not expect any special team orders to help him to his 52nd career victory . |
| 16 | He did not expect domestic coal supplies to be insulated from world price trends — especially as government grants to the National Coal Board will have to rise over the next few years . |
| 17 | When Qaddafi abolished the state he did not expect Libyan society to collapse into fragments . |
| 18 | Although mainly a director of low budget productions , he told me that before the war he concerned it a poor year if he did not earn six thousand pounds , quite a sum for those days . |
| 19 | He did not feel well . |
| 20 | The second night he did not feel well and suffered severely from sleepiness . |
| 21 | Why he did not feel angrier than he did he could not understand . |
| 22 | But he did not feel silly about being so careful . |
| 23 | The other boy , David , was also puzzling about his experience in the cutting and had resolved to go back and try to find out if he had been dreaming ; somehow he did not feel frightened but more determined to see the tramp and make friends with him . |
| 24 | His wife was lurking in the basement all the time Eleanor was there , so that he did not feel safe getting close . |
| 25 | In spite of the alcohol and the fatigues of the day , he did not feel sleepy when he got back to his bed-sitter . |
| 26 | He did not feel hungry , and the alcohol sent his imagination soaring into the smoky roof beams , so that he lost the thread of the story Ratagan was telling him — the one about the Dwarf and the Firewood , he thought muzzily . |
| 27 | He did not feel afraid of the ghost and tried to speak to him , but the figure was sad and morose as if struck by a remorseless tragedy . |
| 28 | He did not feel happy when they told him the result . |
| 29 | All the same he did not feel inclined to reveal that the fish was not only for Faustina — who was never called ‘ pussy ’ — but also for his and his wife 's supper . |
| 30 | Sartre is reported to have said that he did not feel free without a thousand francs in his pocket ; this is clearly a freedom which can only be enjoyed by a few . |