Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [verb] [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie gazed anxiously up at the sky as she and Nevil emerged from the Sauchiehall Street picture house that he 'd taken her to . |
| 2 | ( 10 ) He would concoct anecdotes and then he 'd tell them to me over and over again , you know , obviously not realizing that he 'd told them to me before . |
| 3 | And Prince Charles is starting to say things about that and whether that was misquoted in the press or whether he actually said it , the point was it was leaked that he had said it to a group of MP 's . |
| 4 | Her desperation to flee seemed faintly ridiculous now , but she stiffened her failing resolve with the reminder that he had tracked her to Glenshee , giving her no say whatsoever in the matter . |
| 5 | He was sorry that he had criticized her to himself , for hiding in the kitchen , for not being attractive . |
| 6 | It is implicit from her statement that , according to her , Mr. Steed , too , had not told her that he had appointed her to be his attorney . |
| 7 | ‘ She told me her brother held his castle for the Empress , that he had sent her to Gloucester , that she was estranged from him . ’ |
| 8 | Drew had denied that the clothing had been cleaned there and insisted that he had sent it to the cleaners in Swansea and Rochdale previously on the tour . |
| 9 | It was only when the colours gave way to plain gold before subsiding into diminishing fountains of silver that she realised she had moved closer to Rune , seeking instinctive protection against the sharp noise of the exploding rockets and that he had gathered her to his strong male body , pinning her to his side by the power of his arm , his hand firmly pressed against her waist . |
| 10 | You could n't simply ignore the fact that he had sentenced you to death , but it was important to let him know that you were n't rattled . |
| 11 | But they told their grand father that they had seen the god , and that he had taken them to the mountain-top . |
| 12 | Now what happened , and it was a good procedure because what happened was that if anyone say on a Friday had found himself in a difficult situation , we would then discuss it on the Monday afternoon , er bearing in mind that he had taken it to the foreman and had got no response from the foreman , we could discuss it on a Monday afternoon , the convenor and the secretary would deal with it the following day , and in all probability , without having recourse to take it any further , reply to the man that the matter had been resolved and , and to his liking . |
| 13 | They were out on the villa forecourt and Guido was loading the car , the same racy-looking open-top red Alfa Romeo that he had brought her to the villa in on the day of her arrival . |
| 14 | A MAN told police that a block of cannabis found in his mother 's freezer was his and that he intended to supply it to others , Darlington magistrates heard yesterday . |
| 15 | He had left her in no doubt that he wanted to take her to bed . |
| 16 | She knew that he wanted to beat her to the floor . |
| 17 | It was much bigger than he had imagined it to be . |
| 18 | Charlotte Ladram was more obviously nervous than he had known her to be on any previous occasion and professed herself reluctant to remain indoors , let alone cook a meal . |
| 19 | The doctor had wanted to bring him here but was not very happy about making the same journey twice , so he had taken him to the next valley . |
| 20 | So a lawyer came , and of course I had my own office , confidential stuff , so he wanted to give it to me . |
| 21 | Penry was tactful enough to leave her to her own devices once he 'd directed her to a chemist . |
| 22 | Once he 'd introduced me to the Princess , he never said another word . ’ |
| 23 | Bultmann was primarily a New Testament scholar , and his theological position , once he had settled it to his own satisfaction , remained more or less inflexible thereafter . |
| 24 | Once he had taken me to Brighton for the day . |
| 25 | His strategy was that he spent big , to give the club momentum , once he had got us to the top , he knew we were living beyond our means , but hoped that the structure he created would maintain our position . |
| 26 | And he had done it to a woman who had done nothing to him , simply been a little rude and overbearing , not unlike The Fat Controller himself . |
| 27 | He had first of all , as if in some extraordinary dream , after struggling through the dark tunnel , seen her in bed , seen her dark bright eyes , reflecting the candlelight , gazing calmly at him ; and he had imagined her to be a child , a boy . |
| 28 | The man was a demon and he had disturbed her to the depths of her being . |
| 29 | They refused point blank and he had to take it to another garage . |
| 30 | A tramp had found her freezing and near to death on the doorstep of a gin palace near the Elephant and Castle and he had carried her to the local Catholic church . |