Example sentences of "[vb past] he [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I dismissed him as quickly as I could and later found that he had gone to drink himself into a drunken stupor . |
| 2 | Francis believes he could become Alan Shearer 's partner in the England side , and rated him highly enough to agree a new , four-year contract in the summer worth £4,000 a week . |
| 3 | This is harassment , plain and simple , ’ she charged him grittily , only to see that insolent grin appear on his face . |
| 4 | I naturally charged him as little as possible but the money he earned went on other things — fresh meat from the butcher , extra milk and biscuits . |
| 5 | I charged him only half the normal price . |
| 6 | Another guard frisked him expertly then led him up the steps into the house . |
| 7 | The policeman frisked him then reached for his handcuffs . |
| 8 | His bones bore him up again . |
| 9 | A great joy possessed him as the train bore him on , on , on through the sunshine , down the line to Loughton . |
| 10 | As Armstrong was riding homewards along the river bank at the end of the session , a group of English horsemen set off in pursuit , captured him , and bore him off to imprisonment in Carlisle castle . |
| 11 | They bore him off to their favourite cafe . |
| 12 | The smooth high bars encircled him inescapably . |
| 13 | ‘ That 's true enough , ’ said Meredith and , unable to apologise directly for his outburst at rehearsal , invited him instead to dinner that evening at the Commercial Hotel . |
| 14 | Saddam Hussein on Jan. 13 rejected a message from President Hafez al-Assad of Syria , and invited him instead to change sides and " join the ranks of the believers " in the great battle with the infidels . |
| 15 | Intrigued , I invited him over and he told me that he was interested in the ‘ leg-over ’ possibilities of my back bedroom . |
| 16 | Shortly after appearing on an independent television programme to discuss his views ( no BBC programme invited him on ) , Altrincham was hit in the face by a furious official of the League of Empire Loyalists . |
| 17 | They work together , and she invited him here . |
| 18 | At the New Contemporaries Exhibition in 1961 he and his wife bought Hockney 's Doll Boy for £40 and invited him round to tea — ‘ black hair , crew-cut , frightfully shy , I arrived late . |
| 19 | Ali rang Rowthorne and invited him round , and an invitation to join the editorial board followed . |
| 20 | Sir Kenneth invited him round for tea and by the time he had left Andrews had been given the huge task of designing a fulllength ballet involving set changes and 300 costumes . |
| 21 | No , you invited him round did n't you ? |
| 22 | She invited him home for a coffee and he set about trying to find out what was wrong with her washing machine . |
| 23 | In contrast to Wyndham Lewis , who when I invited him home expressed apprehension that he might have to meet my family ( a prospect which seemed slightly to unnerve him ) , Eliot showed no such anxiety about my people . |
| 24 | Probably because it was a way of roping him in for the future , Malcolm invited him down to a few rehearsals . |
| 25 | In the mid-Eighties the Jockey Club invited him down to London to deliver a gentle reminder . |
| 26 | A boss who was expecting a quiet birthday with his family at home was taken completely by surprise when his highly desirable secretary invited him back to her home for a drink after work . |
| 27 | Some gave him their answer at the door , others invited him inside and sat him down to ask his question . |
| 28 | I invited him in . |
| 29 | She stopped singing when he knocked on the door , but he had to wait and knock a second time before she invited him in . |
| 30 | The boys were at school and the farmer cordially invited him in . |