Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [det] in " in BNC.
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1 | Taking no chances , he avoided them both in one long stride . |
2 | He rejected them both in favour of joining the family firm , but he was vague about the specific role he would play . |
3 | He hated her more in his sobriety than when he was drunk . |
4 | His wife and mother beamed at him as he kissed them all in turn . |
5 | ‘ Remember , he 's just 17 , he was playing before a full house , it was Manchester United — but he took it all in his stride . ’ |
6 | But he took it all in good part . |
7 | Instead of a letter , he sent her this in manuscript form … |
8 | He produced sheaves of paper ; he rounded-off figures to make his calculations simpler ; he kept them all in francs , because Jean-Paul became hopelessly muddled by rates of exchange . |
9 | Police say there were rumours in the village that he had a large sum , but friends say he kept it all in bank and building society accounts . |
10 | He 's only recently started to take notice of Hannah like take her swimming and that on and since he found out that she 's got a heart murmur and that 's what it 's like , cos he for tea on the way back , and then he bathed the children and put them to bed , and last night no , what he put them all in the bath again , put that down again |
11 | Sarella noticed that he put it all in the past tense . |
12 | He spoke it all in a very matter-of-fact voice . |
13 | He was a brilliant raconteur , with a wicked wit and a razor tongue , and he had them all in stitches . |