Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he saw Robert , he made what looked like a little , stunted bow and moved back towards the boys on the lawn . |
| 2 | In his mind 's eye he relived their love-making of a few hours before and the picture of Michael lying underneath him as he penetrated him rose in his mind . |
| 3 | He realised they had been watching for some minutes before he noticed them . |
| 4 | The blind man called the police when he realised they had stolen his brown leather wallet . |
| 5 | But he realised they needed much more evidence before they could arrest him for murder . |
| 6 | The look the doctor gave Patrick showed that he realised what lay behind the question . |
| 7 | He skirted a small lake and walked straight into a patch of quicksand He was up to his shins before he realised what had happened . |
| 8 | Cheltenham taxi driver , Richard Morris says he was on cloud 9 when he realised what had happened . |
| 9 | He realised I had finally caught him … |
| 10 | He realised it had only been a bait for which he had fallen . |
| 11 | She was able to roam further afield now , for Kit Everard felt he could gamble on her honour ( he hoped she was becoming attached to him too ) , and allowed her to walk on the beach by herself , and swim out to sea , even though he realised it meant she could slip out of the compound , for the sections of the stockade that he had left till last would enclose the shore . |
| 12 | He stretched and picked up the phone , but before he could dial he realised he had cut in on a conversation . |
| 13 | He realised he had been , and clamped his lips . |
| 14 | They saw him at the same time as he realised he had n't understood what the man had said . |
| 15 | To his embarrassment he realised he had an erection and moved quickly to place a copy of the Teheran Times on his lap before the stewardess reached his row . |
| 16 | He ended up 200 miles off course and when the Salisbury beacon came in showing a 160 mile track error to the west , he realised he had been following a star ! |
| 17 | Suddenly he realised he had no fear of death . |
| 18 | Later he realised he had known even at six on that June morning that the time left would be short before the surge of pain crashed through his head . |
| 19 | When someone came into the room he realised he had gone out in a sweet unconscious . |
| 20 | And in that instant , he realised he had become a DEEP . |
| 21 | Basically he 'd over indulged for too many years , to the point here even he realised he 'd gone too far . ’ |
| 22 | He was jitterbugging with the recoil , and the gun 's momentum kept his first sweep going for a couple of yards even after he realised he 'd missed me . |
| 23 | Her expression froze at that , and his heart seemed to sink into his guts as he realised he 'd almost said the wrong thing . |
| 24 | She laughed at the thought of his face next morning when he realised he 'd been outwitted it was n't hard to do . |
| 25 | Perhaps he realised he 'd been rash . |
| 26 | But then he realised he 'd lost the manuscript for a biography he 's writing on the nineteenth century painter James Whistler . |
| 27 | Asked if he realised he 'd left Becky behind , Harper replied , ’ It did not really go through my mind . |
| 28 | When Daffy got out to the middle he realised he 'd nicked his hand , and that he needed treatment . ’ |
| 29 | When Daffy got out to the middle he realised he 'd nicked his hand , and that he needed treatment . ’ |
| 30 | Her explanation : ‘ He was going to tour but when it got closer he realised he did n't want to . |