Example sentences of "he [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] to [be] " in BNC.

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1	He was one of those ‘ look after number one ’ types , not averse to trampling on other people if it got him where he wanted to be .
2	She told him that he had to be successful and then she made it impossible for him .
3	She was so aware of him that he seemed to be touching her from a long way off .
4	At first she told him that she wanted to be near her cousin Freddy , in the Engineers .
5	The crowds loved him and he wanted to be rewarded accordingly .
6	‘ Because Stapleton thought that she would be very much more useful to him if she appeared to be a free woman . ’
7	Well it was a town then but since then it 's been made a city , you see , and I got to know all kinds of people and one gentleman came in there , used to come every evening and write a book and er , I used to look after him if I happened to be that end and er , you see , and then he 'd say , oh just an exchange you know about the weather and just in general thing and then I 'd leave him and he 'd get on with his writing and one day he said to me .
8	‘ I told him if he wanted to be a great athlete he would have to stop chasing them . ’
9	However , if the patient required an X-ray he or she had to be seen by one of the consultants or registrars .
10	Apart from an explanation of the reason for the survey , how he or she came to be selected , a guarantee of anonymity , etc. , each question must maintain the respondent 's cooperation by treating him or her with courtesy and gratitude — a few ‘ pleases ’ and a ‘ thank you ’ are essential .
11	The spokesman also stressed that anyone receiving what he or she considered to be a suspect package should exercise extreme caution and contact the police immediately .
12	Moreover , Hahnemann discovered that if a patient needed a particular remedy he or she tended to be very sensitive to it — much more so than someone for whom it was not indicated .

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