Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sally-Anne closed her eyes , opened them to see him lift his hands to cover his face , his head bent , shoulders bowed , his world in ruins about him . |
| 2 | He 's drunk enough to float the Mauretania , and left me to drive him home that 's had so little over me lips you would think it was Lent . ’ |
| 3 | Let them think him high-handed ; he was damned if he was going to let this greasy television pundit push him about . |
| 4 | To illustrate the way many of them operated he cited the case of a widow who in 1894 borrowed £50 from a London loan bank on the security of her furniture which was valued at £250 . |
| 5 | It was much too late for me to acknowledge him . |
| 6 | Some of them fear he 's now deliberately avoiding them . |
| 7 | My Pop came to me with an old Army pistol in his hand , knelt beside me and said , ‘ If you want me to kill him , I will . |
| 8 | Well it 's no use me phoning him up is it ? |
| 9 | Some story about a raid , that was it , them finding ST with a stainless steel jig screwed to his pate , them sticking him in a sack , jig and all . |
| 10 | One of them asked him a question . |
| 11 | They rode in five westbound trains and four eastbound trains , observing how the crowds began to thin , especially in those heading for inner London , encountering no trouble beyond some pushing and shoving by teenage boys and a smoker in the third car who put out his cigarette without protest when one of them asked him . |
| 12 | ‘ Are you trying to stop me seeing him ? |
| 13 | I think Harvey wanted me to hit him . |
| 14 | Whether he wanted to be hurt and suffer , or an excuse to hit me back , I do n't know , but I 'm sure he wanted me to hit him . |
| 15 | But he came back three days later crying his eyes out and begging me to forgive him , he looked like a helpless puppy . |
| 16 | And you know with huskies , if one of them drops dead , the rest of them eat him . |
| 17 | And though he was never to make such almost innocent remarks again , and though Eva and Dad continued to want to make love all the time , and I caught her giggling while she did idiotic things with him , like snipping the hair in his ears and nostrils with a huge pair of scissors , there were looks that escaped all possible policing , looks that made me think he was capable only of a corrupted happiness . |
| 18 | That makes me think he must have connections with the Jordanian Government — he probably works for the Jordanian Secret Service , either full time or in some ad hoc capacity . |
| 19 | His tone made me think he was phoning because he sympathized and wanted to help . |
| 20 | He thinks it makes me think he 's artistic . |
| 21 | In fact I do n't know what made me think he was that way in the first place — unless it was you , of course , leading me off the trail ! |
| 22 | Hugo looked at his contemporaries , less clever than himself , and saw them outstrip him . |
| 23 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If the king my brother-in-law is ill , then it behoves me to see him , judge what may be done to assist him and inform the queen-dowager . ’ |
| 25 | For all that , it disturbs me to see him portrayed as Hüsker Dü 's creative force when Grant Hart had at least an equal hand in writing their material . |
| 26 | I was anxious to settle the terms of the contract with M. Chaillot and , because I wanted to avoid being cornered by him in Passy , I suggested to Jean-Claude that he make an appointment for me to see him at the radio , mid-morning , on a date when I had a luncheon appointment . |
| 27 | To picture a man in words , one 's much like another , ’ said Aldhelm , ‘ but bring me to see him , I 'll pick him out from a thousand . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Could you come with me to see him ? |
| 29 | " Well then , do you think it 's necessary for me to see him ? " |
| 30 | So the Commissioner asked me to see him . |