Example sentences of "he [verb] she [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing could move her and when Glyn came back later for dinner , armed with further arguments , he realised she was completely adamant . |
| 2 | For a moment he was taken aback as he realised she was so sorry for him she was arranging a date . |
| 3 | Robyn knew she was staring , knew her eyes had already travelled the length of his incredible muscular body , assessed every inch of powerful physique , before he realised she was there . |
| 4 | Did he think she was somehow responsible for what had happened to Zambia ? |
| 5 | Did he think she was just a face and body , a woman so enamoured of herself and her career that she had no emotions ? |
| 6 | Did he think she was completely useless , the kind of girl who tripped over the side of boats half-dressed every other day of the week … ? |
| 7 | Looking at her more closely , he realized she was much older than he had at first thought . |
| 8 | He looked at her coldly , but at least he admitted she was there . |
| 9 | He says she 's too young for the job . |
| 10 | He says she 's obviously still a determined woman , but the facts are she did admit the crime . |
| 11 | He says she is still the MP she was ; in 1986 she told a hard left conference that ‘ if they come for Militant in the morning , they 'll come for the rest of us in the afternoon ’ . |
| 12 | He imagined she was still dwelling on the accident . |
| 13 | He imagined she was merely indulging Ana . |
| 14 | While he went in search of the water , she locked herself furiously in the bathroom to don a baggy navy and white striped T-shirt nightdress , and by the time he returned she was safely hidden underneath the printed white bedspread . |
| 15 | He decided she was as clear and pure as water , against the other girls ' coarseness . |
| 16 | He thought she was rather a strange girl ; more like a boy most of the time , but there were parts about her he really liked . |
| 17 | He thought she was too sophisticated not to know what she had there , but he was surprised all the same . |
| 18 | She stared away from them and up beyond the cage towards the grey sky , and Creggan saw in her eyes a longing and a hope that he sensed had been with her all her long life , and was with her even now when he saw she was so near death . |
| 19 | That look of sympathy deepened in his eyes , as if he knew she was just casting around desperately to try and outrun the turmoil of her own feelings . |
| 20 | But the moment passed , for there was something in her grasp of his legs that was so awkward , so inexperienced , and the pitch of her entreaties remained so anguished that he knew she was only doing what she imagined might persuade him to help her ; and a wave of self-loathing washed over him , that a woman like her could think of a man like him in such a light . |
| 21 | ‘ It is , ’ he mused evenly , and she had the uneasy feeling that he knew she was deliberately trying to change the subject . |
| 22 | In fact , she had wondered if perhaps he deliberately avoided visiting the shop when he knew she was there , to make sure the flowers he sent her retained their air of surprise . |
| 23 | When he did n't move or give any indication that he knew she was there at all — although he must have heard the car draw up and , unless he was deaf , the car door slam — she marched across to him . |
| 24 | He knew she was there long before he saw her . |
| 25 | Chris 's sister-in-law loved the baby and when he died she was so upset she told Chris that little Tommy had never had a chance . |
| 26 | But she was his child , and after her mother died he felt she was all he had . |
| 27 | He felt she was definitely too mean to spend her own money on entertaining . |
| 28 | And the little old girl he says , you got ta bear in mind , he said she 's only nine he said so she ca n't do none of that she come up and she could get her leg up , she went like this ! |
| 29 | Cos they were all taking the mick out of him and he said oh she did n't do it he said she was away for the weekend , I had somebody else there . |
| 30 | He said she was very beautiful , just the sort of woman who would defy the laws of God . |