Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] he [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
| 2 | What would Fen say if she gave him a truthful answer , told him that Hugh had done her a good turn , jilted her before she could make the most dreadful mistake of her life ? |
| 3 | ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries . |
| 4 | He astounded his American masters by demanding that they give him a more worthwhile job or he would be on his way home . |
| 5 | When Sir Oliver suggests asking eight or ten per cent on the loan , Mr Moses says if he asks him no more than that his impersonation will be discovered . |
| 6 | The creature is seen chasing two teenage boys — but all is saved when one tosses him a can of Pepsi . |
| 7 | Do you think if I , do you think if I gave him a fright , s see the , time he says he 's going off to his granny 's and I say away you go , and my mam says she 's not taking him . |
| 8 | But he complains that I give him the impression that I am holding back and am not fully committed . |
| 9 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 10 | * So I 've been a bad boy at times but they reckon I ca n't walk out on a job if I 'm in the Jungle and Matt 's temperamental which means he does n't normally work unless they give him a hamper full of white powder but he seems to have kicked it and there are n't too many dealers swinging through the trees like Tarzan out here . |
| 11 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 12 | Ginny wondered how he would react if she told him the simple truth . |
| 13 | Merrill protested as she handed him the file . |
| 14 | I do n't think there is any question about that , and I feel like we gave him a good shot at staying alive . |
| 15 | Lucy swallowed as she sent him a nervous glance . |
| 16 | Inside the little shop , a doleful Asian youth wearing finger mittens , walled in behind racks of cheap digital watches , ballpoint pens , sweets , and music cassettes , shakes his head and shrugs when she asks him the name of the street . |
| 17 | A deep responsive pulse seemed to begin pounding deep in her stomach , and she knew that she wanted him every bit as much as he wanted her , that every fibre of her being was throbbing with the compulsive drive of passionate need and desire . |
| 18 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
| 19 | Their hands touched as she passed him the bottle . |
| 20 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 21 | He chuckled and she gave him a light punch on the shoulder . |
| 22 | All you need is enough 10–20mm diameter pea gravel to form a layer about 2in ( 50mm ) thick over the path or drive area ; your supplier will advise you on how much to order if you tell him the size of the area . |
| 23 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 24 | He was supposed to take the advice of Archbishop Lang of Canterbury but he distrusted everything Lang said because he thought him an appeaser of Hitler . |
| 25 | ‘ E did n't 'alf spit when I told 'im no luck . |
| 26 | She tried not to imagine his sympathetic brown eyes looking into hers , and his disarming smile when she spoke to him , perhaps their hands touching as she passed him the local anaesthetic — This is no use ! she admonished herself , rubbing energetically at a stainless steel trolley . |
| 27 | Yeah , only I want him to try these on you see because I bought him a new pair yesterday |