Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] [verb] he the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I reckon she told him the youngest boy was his worked on him that way . |
| 2 | If the racket came right I felt it gave him the confidence to go for the shots . |
| 3 | ‘ You mean her telling him the way she did ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Did you say you call him the boss ? ’ |
| 5 | I pointed out that his voice had certainly ceased to be soprano , but he pestered me to teach him the solo for the next eisteddfod . |
| 6 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 7 | At least he knew I told him the truth . |
| 8 | In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust … |
| 9 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
| 10 | He rose , paced about the little room , stared at the oak bureau , remembered it in his old room , in the nursery ; it had come here with Matey — he remembered her showing him the secret drawer it held , quite capacious , and unthinkingly worked the mechanism which opened it — |
| 11 | this is going back must be a few years , we were laughing and figuring sort of , you know , this bloke back of the garage in the end he said we give him the bill and said yeah you can soon run out |
| 12 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |
| 13 | He instructed me to meet him the next day at the Turkman Gate , soon after dawn . |