Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [pron] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was thankful that he said nothing to express the inner rage he must be feeling . |
| 2 | Carver knew for a fact that Hauser had a collection of Roosevelt film clips , that he studied them to perfect the famous American president 's mannerisms . |
| 3 | It was held that a manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him , with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 4 | Lord Atkin laid down the narrow rule in Donoghue v Stevenson [ 1932 ] AC 562 : A manufacturer of products , which he sells in such a form as to show that he intends them to reach the ultimate consumer in the form in which they left him with no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination , and with the knowledge that the absence of reasonable care in the preparation or putting up of the products will result in an injury to the consumer 's life or property , owes a duty to the consumer to take reasonable care . |
| 5 | This means that he intends us to develop the character of Christ . |
| 6 | The next thing was that he wanted her to hold the bulge . |
| 7 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 8 | I think he was surprised by my reaction , so he asked me to lunch the next day . |
| 9 | But she coaxed him along with her unwaveringly sympathetic smile , and he ordered everyone to dismantle the tables and re-set them . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've been to see the referee and he told me to ask the linesman because it was his decision . |
| 11 | His eyes filled with water and he rubbed them to remove the dirt . |
| 12 | In went the putt and he asked me to keep the ball because he wanted to take it home and get it mounted instead of throwing it to the crowd . |
| 13 | Action for the good of England was something which the writer admired , and he demanded it to forestall the enemy . |
| 14 | Mr Fuller said : ‘ Our club only heard from him when we had discos in the club house and he phoned us to keep the noise down . ’ |
| 15 | She gave him the bundle and he opened it to examine the contents . |
| 16 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 17 | The doorman watched his visitor as if he expected him to steal the light fittings . |
| 18 | If he expected her to fawn the way the Customs officer had done he was going to be disappointed . |
| 19 | Again silence , as if he wanted me to hear the sharpness in my own voice . |
| 20 | If he wants me to reconsider the changes , I shall , of course , do so . |
| 21 | It was a farce , a terrible play , but still a real play because these two were acting out a charade of fright and face-saving and if he did anything to break the illusion that they were still taking decisions for themselves then he was going to get himself shot . |
| 22 | He should not be named , but he begged me to tell the outside world of the appalling situation where the wounded are dying unnecessarily because the UN are refusing to transport the wounded out of the city . ’ |
| 23 | Simmons entered the Test with two centuries in his two innings in the One-Day Internationals but he did nothing to erase the doubts over his credentials as a Test batsman , airily driving a low catch to mid-off . |
| 24 | The Minister will know of one trainer , Astra Training Services , because he paid it to take the skill centres away . |
| 25 | The same attitude is recognizable in the fragments of the histories of Posidonius , the pupil of Panaetius who , amidst all his philosophical work , decided to become the continuator of Polybius for the period after 146 B.C. It is uncertain whether Posidonius concluded his histories with the events of Sulla 's dictatorship or whether he extended them to include the Eastern wars of Pompey . |
| 26 | When he ordered her to open the safe , she told him truthfully that she did not carry the keys . |
| 27 | She gave a similar answer when he asked her to open the automatic cash dispenser . |
| 28 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 29 | So when he called us to do the — well , it was n't the Comeback Special , it was the Christmas Show originally — it was fine , it really was . |
| 30 | He , too , was being provocative , quite deliberately making it a clash of wills , but still smiling as he told me to get the bags into the Toyota . |