Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of him longed to tell her the true tale , though , sending up the dour moralistic headmaster and the schoolgirl 's screams at the sight of a perfectly natural part of his body . |
| 2 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 3 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 4 | He tried to remember what the weather had been like in the last week and realized he had no idea ; like many city-dwellers he had moved from flat to car to office without registering any variation . |
| 5 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 6 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 7 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 8 | Tonight he tried to imagine what the Corsican looked like in a rage . |
| 9 | He tried to imagine what the inside of the Conference Room would look like now , and found he all too easily could . |
| 10 | He tried to imagine what the woman with short hair would look like with it long . |
| 11 | It does not have to be that he has conceived what the French are calling the coup de force for Miss Jonathan . ’ |
| 12 | I am sure that he has recorded what the hon. Gentleman said . |
| 13 | The parties have to accept the expert 's decision , unless he has asked himself the wrong question of law : Nikko Hotels ( UK ) Ltd v MEPC plc [ 1991 ] 28 EG 86 . |
| 14 | God placed the enforcing of Satan 's defeat in the hands of His servants and He has given them the authority . |
| 15 | ‘ As far as Frank is concerned , he is entirely satisfied with what I am doing and he has given me the space to get on with it . |
| 16 | ‘ He has given us the feeling that we could not have been better prepared , ’ said Hockley after her opening round . |
| 17 | And in so doing he has given us the joyrider 's equivalent of Neil Young 's ‘ Tonight 's The Night ’ , The Pogues ' ‘ Hell 's Ditch ’ and the Stones ' ‘ Exile On Main Street ’ — one of those awful black records to turn to when you 're feeling at your most morbid . |
| 18 | Mr Heseltine can reasonably say that he has done what the political reality required of him . |
| 19 | Since he has offered her the role of Claudia Cohn-Casson , she has introduced him to journalists , script writers and directors . |
| 20 | Well , these days I can reach the highest shelves of the house library , and walk into Porteneil to visit the one there , so I can check up on anything my father says , and he has to tell me the truth . |
| 21 | When he has to deliver anything the man opens the door maybe half an inch . |
| 22 | Eliot told me that if he misses his tea he is no good for anything until he has had it the following day . ’ |
| 23 | He has read what the care-worn pebbles say , and he does n't like it . |
| 24 | He has set himself the task of trying to discuss the agenda Labour needs to develop over the next two decades on issues such as training , education and poverty . |
| 25 | He wants to know what the job of a Euro MP is , well he is applying for a Euro seat , I do wish him the best of luck and when he 's been there |
| 26 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |
| 27 | He reminded her of the day he 'd given her the locket and ring . ’ |
| 28 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 29 | But it was after he 'd given her the ring that the cracks had begun to appear in her façade . |
| 30 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |