Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] he [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a former winner at Dornoch ( 1985 ) , where nobody took him beyond the 16th green , Garth has the right credentials for a marathon week 's work — sound legs and wind , a good nerve , great concentration , and all the shots for a course that will test the strong and mock the timid . |
| 2 | Mildred slid him carefully into her pocket and raced up the stairs to her room , where she transferred him to a small box with holes in the lid which she had prepared specially for the journey . |
| 3 | He might have been cut out of cardboard , she thought , as she led him across the hall and into the dining -room , where she introduced him to Susan . |
| 4 | Mantack then returned to Donna 's parents house , where they told him about the message . |
| 5 | Then they were both fearful for him and they took him into the cold scullery , where they hid him from the intruders . |
| 6 | Mr Woodcock , 47 , of Holgate , York , grabbed the weapon with one hand and it went off , blasting a wall with pellets , but he hung on , dragging the raider into the car park outside the restaurant , where he pinned him to the ground until armed police arrived . |
| 7 | On learning of this , Achym pursued his steward for three miles to Bury Down , where he did him to death at a place known as Slew Gate . |
| 8 | Although I left him in no doubts about my opinion of his behaviour over the past few weeks , I was n't quite as brutal with him as I might have been . |
| 9 | I 've been lucky : Scathach has returned only four years older than I expected him to be . ’ |
| 10 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 11 | Soon after I got him I noticed a lump under his tummy , so I took him for a thorough check-up . |
| 12 | ‘ He 'd never taken a woman on any of his expeditions before , so I nagged him for about a week and used all my female charm . |
| 13 | ’ So I waltzed him across the road and put him in a doorway and left him for somebody else to find . |
| 14 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 15 | I could not find a reason for leaving him , so I accompanied him in silence . |
| 16 | That means he thought Maureen was his mother , so I gave him to her . |
| 17 | Once I met him in the West End and we went to the pictures . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Once I met him in the local pub , ’ Patrick Newell recalled . |
| 19 | Seb guided Anna to a chair and sat her down , but instead of releasing his hand immediately she pulled him to her and her hand went up to his face , her finger-tips gently assessing his injuries . |
| 20 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
| 21 | He had nowhere to go , so she took him to her room , such as it was . |
| 22 | ROBBIE So she took him from you . |
| 23 | He was being kind , she could tell , and not probing further , so she rewarded him with a rather watery smile , and said sententiously , ‘ There 's always a first time for everything . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ So you told him about Estabrook ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ So you married him in the end , did you ? ’ |
| 26 | So once you got him into your fleshy arms — ’ |
| 27 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 28 | ( Incidentally , the papers give Kerslake 's transfer fee as 450,000 — that 's 50,000 less than we bought him for . ) |
| 29 | Tony set up his tripod in a snow drift and started to contemplate a shot , so we left him to it and visited the town 's Polar Museum . |
| 30 | Rex and I had annoyed him by belittling the Levellers over lunch and there was no reasoning with him when he got into one of his self-righteous moods , so we left him to it . |