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

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1 Yet his subjects had a right of resistance , of rebellion against him , if he failed to rule them justly and to give them due protection .
2 He bent to kiss her lightly but lingeringly on the lips .
3 In fact , however , the second point — the reality of God 's giving himself to be known in Jesus Christ — was always the real focus of his concern , and he came to stress it more and more as the years passed , and as he moved away from what he later said to have been the one-sidedness of his earlier writings .
4 I was in the bank , so he came to see me there and introduced himself .
5 He hated to throw them away when they got old .
6 He began to tickle her again and she grabbed his relentless fingers and held them fast against her breast .
7 He decided to take it personally and went straight out with the intention of buying a tree , just to spite her , until he remembered he could get one cheaper nearer the time .
8 He proceeded to remind her verbally as she followed him sheepishly out through the dining-room to a wide archway that led to the terrace , though she did n't need this painful reminder of the way they 'd given in to their wild passion every evening in Seville .
9 He managed to knock it away and it exploded without injuring him .
10 He had a lot to think about , and he preferred to do it slowly and alone .
11 I remember him saying it was a shame that he had to punish us both when only one of us was being naughty .
12 I believe he continued to treat her long after he needed to , that he misled her into believing such treatment was necessary and that he faked his file notes accordingly . ’
13 He was cruel because he wanted to drive me away ; but he wanted to drive me away because he feared that he might love me completely .
14 She had aroused him so much that he wanted to take her here and now , on the ground .
15 In went the putt and he asked me to keep the ball because he wanted to take it home and get it mounted instead of throwing it to the crowd .
16 The threat had hung like a sword over his head for years and he wanted to confront it once and for all .
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