Example sentences of "he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 'E 's keen on 'er , and she seemed ti be fond of 'im till 'e asked for 'er in wedlock . ’
2 Anyway , 'e spoke for about an 'our and at the end of it 'e asked for people to come forward and testify that they were saved .
3 Why , I do n't think Stan 'as a bath once a year , unless 'e goes into 'ospital . ’
4 'E finishes at twelve on Saturdays . ’
5 ‘ What did 'e get , son ? ’ 'e says with 'is dying breath .
6 Anyway , I asked 'im what 'e done in the war an' 'e told me it was no concern o' mine .
7 You can thank 'im yourselves when 'e calls on ye later ! ’
8 Says 'e feels like a young man again . ’
9 An' I looked at Mr Dysart an' 'e looked at me and we both knew what 'ad 'appened without going to see .
10 I saw 'im in the Observer wearing all that leather clobber and 'e looked like a man after me own heart , man .
11 'E looked like an Italian but 'e did n't speak like they do .
12 ‘ But 'e died in 1937 . ’
13 'E died in 'ospital a few days later .
14 'E went into the bathroom , and I went .
15 It finished 'is boxin'. 'E was goin' ter fight fer a title before 'e went in the army . ’
16 'E fell in t'river and was swept away , m'Lady . ’
17 'E walks like a man as means business , ’ Jonadab remarked .
18 ‘ Where 's 'e come from an' what 's 'is experience ? ’ he demanded , reproof in his tone .
19 Anyway , 'e spoke for about an 'our and at the end of it 'e asked for people to come forward and testify that they were saved .
20 Well , 'e become top scorer o' centuries when 'e was 42 and went on to 197 of 'em before 'e retired at 51 .
21 ‘ My ole man got upset an' 'e told me ter get rid o' the bloody fing before 'e got 'ome from work ternight. 'E works on the trams , yer see , ’ the woman explained .
22 De Niro had to fight for him to co-star in GoodFellas , but that was the picture which changed it all .
23 With a bunch of others voices inside him clamouring to be heard ( Dieter — the clipped-toned Kraftwerkian presenter of German youth show , Sprockets ; the maniacal owner of the Scottish gift shop , All Things Scottish — motto , ‘ If it 's not Scottish , it 's crap ! ! ! ’ ) , does he feel , the inevitable film sequel notwithstanding , that Wayne 's just about past his sell-by date ?
24 Thus , shortly after the Electricity Act received the royal assent , in September 1947 , Attlee appointed Gaitskell as Minister in his place , and it therefore fell to him to carry through the Government 's work of nationalisation by completing the appointments to the Boards and the working out of the new relationship of Ministry and BEA .
25 This also allowed him to carry off the Irish championship …
26 Anything that would pay enough to live and allow him to remain on the headland to carry on the campaign .
27 There was good reason for him to remain at the helm now , too : the wind was freshening and veering , so that it was coming close to dead astern .
28 The vicious personal attack on him by Ernets Bevin and his humiliating defeat made it impossible for him to remain as leader .
29 Publicly , Mr Kinnock 's closest colleagues were urging him to remain in post .
30 It may be that the curiosity of Frederick I having a red beard has caused him to remain in the popular imagination : red-headed men and women have many superstitions attached to them , particularly red-headed kings .
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