Example sentences of "he [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 239 , dad , ’ I says , reverend-like. 'E smiles and I folds 'is 'ands acrorst 'is stomich . ’ |
| 2 | Anyway , ’ she added blithely , ‘ you 'll probably manage to smuggle them into the house without him seeing if you choose your time well . ’ |
| 3 | Some of the Scots around him cheered as he raised it . |
| 4 | ‘ He thought the world of the shop , I could n't have told him to retire because it meant everything to him . |
| 5 | She was so pleased to hear him laugh that she ignored his words and sat on the floor at his feet . |
| 6 | ‘ I had an uncle who was dying of emphysema , ’ said Betty , ‘ and he used to implore people not to make him laugh because it took his breath away , and I could never understand what he could find to amuse him . ’ |
| 7 | In turn , she told him of her life under Benedicta 's wing , making him laugh when she related her earlier antics and gave creditable impersonations of the good Sisters . |
| 8 | I overheard him say that he lost his desire , lost his drive and everything . |
| 9 | " And you wo n't let him know that I phoned you ? " |
| 10 | Anyway , I gave him the gist of what had happened and he asked me if I would let him know if we found her . ’ |
| 11 | Thus the judge 's exercise of the discretion entrusted to him stands unless he exercised his discretion on some erroneous principle or he misunderstood the evidence or he was plainly wrong . |
| 12 | She moved her free arm to stop him inspecting but he put his head on one side . |
| 13 | His debts to her were never-ending and yet she had never once made him feel that he owed her anything . |
| 14 | The space behind him clears and he uses it , knowing it 's there without turning to look . |
| 15 | Yeah well by then you 'd , you 'd already messed him up , she must 've got him to sleep before she put him down in the cot did she ? |
| 16 | She 'd longed to hear him whisper that he loved her — but he had n't . |
| 17 | I took him hack because I love him and ca n't do without him , so now I 'm back to square one . |
| 18 | She put out a hand and felt him wince as she found his injured eye . |
| 19 | The young man and the girl did not see him coming and he caught them both around their legs and knocked them onto the floor . |
| 20 | Central defenders have done a good job today for Leicester of course I 've put the curse on him saying that he knocks it straight out of play but er Gary Mills who 's missed half a dozen games through injury is going to come on now and he 's going to take the place of Neil Lewis . |
| 21 | And er she says er the next thing was that if er , she says she heard him saying if you let me play in your back garden , this that he 's playing with , we 'll give you a sweet . |
| 22 | Regulations provide that if local planning authorities are minded to approve a proposal , but judge that it involves a material departure from the provisions of the development plan , they are required to refer the matter to the Secretary of State for him to decide whether he thinks it fit to call in the matter for his own decision . |
| 23 | It seemed almost too heavy for him to lift but he managed it , resting it against his leg and swinging it along as she held the door open for him . |
| 24 | Riven wanted to find Madra , for she was no longer at his side , but the man in front of him fell and he found himself confronting an enemy militiaman . |
| 25 | He put his hands on her shoulders and kissed her , then held both her hands and smiled down at her as I had not seen him smile since I mentioned her name that night in the subway . |
| 26 | She had never seen him come and she regarded him worriedly . |
| 27 | ‘ Wumman , can ye no hold yerr head up ? ’ a tourist heard him shout as he pinned her cape , pricking her chin . |
| 28 | McCurbin died of asphyxiation from pressure applied to the neck , but the police who arrested him said that they thought he was faking as he struggled for life . |
| 29 | She drew away from him , shivering as she left the warm circle cast by his body , and heard him sigh as he raised himself up to stare down at her . |
| 30 | Shiona felt him sigh as he laid his hands on her shoulders . |