Example sentences of "[to-vb] he [conj] [vb past] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marius Steen must have killed Sweet : Sweet had put the pressure on about the photographs , Steen had fixed to meet him and shot him . |
| 2 | After he had been held incommunicado for a month his family were allowed to visit him and found him in good health . |
| 3 | No ! ’ at the ceiling , Beth trying grumpily to reassure him and shut him up . |
| 4 | ‘ When he first told me , I tried to understand him and agreed he could dress up once a week at home . |
| 5 | He is himself unreadable and hence ungovernable — a walking accusation levelled at the sympathetic educated sensibility which seeks simultaneously to understand him and set him on the straight and narrow . |
| 6 | On the wall , the new star mounted a photograph of Gene Kelly , who came to see him and told him how proud he was of his performance , and painted on the door were the words ‘ Ginger Crawford ’ . |
| 7 | Hayling had seemed unusually pleased to see him and offered him some champagne . |
| 8 | The man threatened to kill him and pushed him off the balcony . ’ |
| 9 | Harry Carpenter came up to interview him and asked him about the last putt . |
| 10 | Whereas a white youth may have visions of becoming a successful sportsman , his parents may have a strong enough hold over him to deflect him and set him on course for a ‘ straight ’ job ; often this is not the case with blacks . |