Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not just now , ’ said Mrs Beavis , ‘ 'e 'appens to 'ave just gone out . ’ |
| 2 | I said , ‘ 'Course I can , ’ an' then 'e starts lookin' at these papers as though I was n't there . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 'E likes to know what everythin' smells like so 's he knows who to say hello to and who not . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Any'ow my Billy ai n't got much , an' what 'e 'as got 'e 's keepin' it fer 'imself . ’ |
| 7 | Says 'e 'as to change his clothes . |
| 8 | 'E 's 'ad every comfort and t' best treatment Dr Dawson could give . ’ |
| 9 | It 's all those punches ter the 'ead 'e 's 'ad in 'is time . |
| 10 | ‘ 'E 's got 'is feet under a good table , ’ his father often chuckled . |
| 11 | 'E 's got a good look on — it must be a bit o' good land . ’ |
| 12 | Still , it showed 'e 's got 'is good points , an' that I do n't 'ave to clip 'is ear every day . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , there 's just Mr Foster , 'e 's got the other two rooms on this landin' . |
| 14 | Still I 'm pleased 'e 's got that lighterman 's job . |
| 15 | 'E 's livin' somewhere orf the Tower Bridge Road an' 'e 's got 'imself anuvver 'orse-an'-cart . ’ |
| 16 | 'E 's got four lorries in there now an' I did 'ear 'e was lookin' fer anuvver place . |
| 17 | 'E 's got 'imself in a bit o' trouble , ’ she said in a whisper . |
| 18 | Mind you — - " she jerked her head in the direction of the Russell , which had recently returned from Plymouth and lay at anchor in the Pool , " 'E 's got a lot to answer for . |
| 19 | ‘ 'E 's overworked it . |
| 20 | But once 'e 's come round we talk about the good old days , an' how they 're a complete blank . |
| 21 | ‘ E's my brother , miss , and 'e 's come to pay yer a visit , ’ I answered nervously . |
| 22 | Section 320 Companies Act 1985 provides that if a director of a company or its parent or holding company , or a person connected with him , enters into a contract with the company , under which the director or person connected with him agrees to purchase the company or assets ( other than cash ) of the company exceeding a certain value , then the contract must be approved in a general meeting by ordinary resolution . |
| 23 | Last night heartbroken Sandy , who lived with Brian at Didsbury , Manchester , said : ‘ Everyone who knew him has lost a part of themselves through this tragedy . |
| 24 | And worst of all , for me , is that , instead of fizzling out , my love for him has grown . |
| 25 | ‘ Whatever chance I had of getting him has gone because of the incredible publicity . |
| 26 | " Whatever it was you said to him has caused him to cancel the work I was doing for him . |
| 27 | He was a keeper and dealer in secrets ; it 's not surprising the truth about him has emerged only slowly . |
| 28 | God 's love for and claim on man are worked out through a judgement and condemnation which disclose a profound alienation and estrangement between man and God , a contradiction in which man has attempted to break away from the tie with God , so that God 's claim on him has become a consuming fire . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , ’ continued Gloria between swallows of coffee , ‘ the lady what polishes the cars for him has got a sister what does cleaning at Stowbridge Tech . ’ |
| 30 | And presumably whatever it was the GP had give him has had tha , upset that thrombosis again . |