Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [verb] he [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He helped Calamy list the ejectees of 1662 , and Strype thanked him for supplying transcripts . |
| 2 | On May 29 de Klerk postponed a scheduled visit to the USA , thereby avoiding the likelihood of controversy if Bush saw him before seeing Mandela . |
| 3 | Denis patiently instructed Joey in what to do and he and Michael kept him from talking too loudly . |
| 4 | Bishop levelled his gun , but Tiw prevented him from getting a clear view of the target . |
| 5 | Leeming tried to speak , but Duncan silenced him by putting his finger to his lips to soothe him , to help relax him . |
| 6 | It was as sharp as Tim 's had been when Oliver accused him of stealing . |
| 7 | When Curzon taxed him with setting in motion ‘ a revolution … which will probably lead by stages of increasing speed to the ultimate disruption of the empire ’ , Montagu replied , aghast : ‘ Surely you did not mean this ! ’ |
| 8 | How could Binyon have failed to remember this , when Pound complimented him by saying , ‘ He has carefully preserved all the faults of his original ’ ? |