Example sentences of "he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not just now , ’ said Mrs Beavis , ‘ 'e 'appens to 'ave just gone out . ’ |
| 2 | If 'e 'ad called the doctor then I say that no-one dies ! ’ |
| 3 | Unless you 're like my Uncle Joe — a fox got his best foot , 'e 'ad to have a wooden leg , 'e was livid . ’ |
| 4 | If your father 'e 'ad listened to the nurse and called for the doctor and not for the priest — puh ! ’ |
| 5 | I said , ‘ 'Course I can , ’ an' then 'e starts lookin' at these papers as though I was n't there . |
| 6 | Then I saw 'e 'd gone , so I comes back to finish orf . |
| 7 | ‘ This copper said 'e used ter be on the Tunnel beat an' 'e 'd seen a bloke who looked like me knockin' around wiv 'em . |
| 8 | ‘ Aah did n't know 'e 'd asked thi , ’ Annie answered in surprise . |
| 9 | That 'e 'd nicked them off a woman 's washing-line in Brixton . |
| 10 | ‘ Yes , we fought we 'd better see if 'e 'd pinched anyfing , ’ said Linda . |
| 11 | Our Nancy might be only seventeen , but she 's already a full-growed woman to look at , and I know she 'd be pleased to be 'is wife , 'e 'd only 'ave to ask 'er , except 'e did say once that 'e 's waitin' a while before 'e gets married . |
| 12 | That Arthur 'ad stopped at a pub on 'is way to the church , 'e said 'e needed fortifyin' , and 'im and 'is best man both went in the pub an' stayed there a lot longer than they should of . |
| 13 | ‘ 'E went to 'elp Miss Araminta with the coffee , ’ said Sid brightly . |
| 14 | ‘ You must not be surprised if 'e choose to ignore you , choupette , ’ said Madame when Ellie next visited her . |
| 15 | He 's as awd as me , but by gaw 'e did go . |
| 16 | Our Nancy might be only seventeen , but she 's already a full-growed woman to look at , and I know she 'd be pleased to be 'is wife , 'e 'd only 'ave to ask 'er , except 'e did say once that 'e 's waitin' a while before 'e gets married . |
| 17 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 18 | Well , it 's what you might call clerkin' work , writin' letters for business firms at 'ome , which do n't come too welcome to an active man like 'im , so 'e likes to get out as much as 'e can to give 'is gammy leg a walk . |
| 19 | ‘ 'E likes to know what everythin' smells like so 's he knows who to say hello to and who not . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Any'ow my Billy ai n't got much , an' what 'e 'as got 'e 's keepin' it fer 'imself . ’ |
| 21 | Says 'e 'as to change his clothes . |
| 22 | 'E 's 'ad every comfort and t' best treatment Dr Dawson could give . ’ |
| 23 | It 's all those punches ter the 'ead 'e 's 'ad in 'is time . |
| 24 | ‘ 'E 's got 'is feet under a good table , ’ his father often chuckled . |
| 25 | 'E 's got a good look on — it must be a bit o' good land . ’ |
| 26 | Still , it showed 'e 's got 'is good points , an' that I do n't 'ave to clip 'is ear every day . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Well , there 's just Mr Foster , 'e 's got the other two rooms on this landin' . |
| 28 | Still I 'm pleased 'e 's got that lighterman 's job . |
| 29 | 'E 's livin' somewhere orf the Tower Bridge Road an' 'e 's got 'imself anuvver 'orse-an'-cart . ’ |
| 30 | 'E 's got four lorries in there now an' I did 'ear 'e was lookin' fer anuvver place . |