Example sentences of "he [vb mod] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew what he was getting at , of course , and I was so hurt that he should think he had to approach me in such a roundabout fashion — as if I was a terrible , uncharitable woman who had to be coaxed into a simple act of kindness — that I suggested it myself at once , though it was really the last thing I wanted . |
| 2 | She had n't told him in the beginning because it was totally unimportant to her — her family was not religious — and then , after they had been married a while and she had discovered he was extremely intolerant about various classes of people — not Jews , in fact , but Negroes and Catholics — she had been afraid to tell him in case he should think she had deliberately concealed her origins because she had not trusted him . |
| 3 | Khrushchev asked truculently why he should care what happened to the enemies of the working class . |
| 4 | It seemed shocking that he should feel he had a right to complain about being woken up when the country was on the verge of civil war . |
| 5 | She thought then that she could take anything but that he should know she loved him . |
| 6 | If it 's done properly , and I 'm not talking about fucking balaclavas and funny accents , there 's no reason why he should know who hit him . ’ |
| 7 | He must get himself asked for He said he did n't know anyone . |
| 8 | For him to learn anything from it , he must know who wrote it . |
| 9 | Not only was he enjoying trying to blame the fire on Lisa , when surely he must know she had enough problems already , but that reference to ‘ poor , downtrodden Nigel ’ was almost shocking in its coldness . |
| 10 | He must wish he had rather more economic success to report this year , but the thought remains valid . |
| 11 | He knew he must buy what meant something to her , however ugly . |
| 12 | Furthermore , he must keep them informed about progress of the project — what they will get , when they will get it , and what it will cost . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're just jumping to conclusions , but if you go now he 'll think you did it . ’ |
| 14 | Send him back the books and the money — he 'll think I stole them ! ’ |
| 15 | Like if I sit there painting my nails he 'll say what started that ? |
| 16 | He 'll keep me informed . |
| 17 | Either that , or he 'll see you moved somewhere else out of your brother 's room . ’ |
| 18 | He could see , by looking behind your eyeballs , into the back of your eyes where the quiet incandescent space of the soul hung ; he might see it spotted with sins like trampled snow . |
| 19 | He might say he had tried to telephone her , and this time she might believe him . |
| 20 | ‘ Even if this boy , Jamie , did n't write the letter , he might know who did . |
| 21 | A sense of self-preservation cautioned her not to stick around , and before he could react she sprinted up to the house , feeling strangely exhilarated for the first time since she had left England . |
| 22 | He stretched and picked up the phone , but before he could dial he realised he had cut in on a conversation . |
| 23 | He could tell I fancied her myself , so I assumed he was just making sure I knew how the land lay . |
| 24 | He said he could tell I needed the money . |
| 25 | He could tell she had n't really got her nose in the Reverend Abraham . |
| 26 | He could tell she 'd been used to ordering people about at one time . |
| 27 | She saw his lips curve at her challenge , and before he could protest she crossed quickly to him . |
| 28 | They had been hustled off the boat separately , and her inquisitor had simply ignored her demands to have Clive brought in so that he could confirm she had had no knowledge of what was going on . |
| 29 | Each man had his everyday business in which he could feel he had his niche and even at times his indispensability . |
| 30 | Before he could speak she said : ‘ I 'm famished . |