Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's very peculiar — he made me feel a fool . |
| 2 | Luckily the others still were n't back so he made me write a note saying we 'd been called to London on some family matter and we took the next train from Cheltenham station . ’ |
| 3 | We know that he made her write a letter to bring Sir Charles to the moor gate on that sad night . |
| 4 | " He made us think a murder had been committed . |
| 5 | Ratagan was like a great bear , and he rode something approaching a cart horse . |
| 6 | He asked me to take a message to the Blackpool Conference conveying to the delegates that he felt that he could not lead the Party at the General Election , and inviting those whose business it was to do so , to take soundings about the future leadership . |
| 7 | He asked me to take a seat and listen to some music he would put on . |
| 8 | He asked me to compile a list of suspects , however improbable . |
| 9 | Politely he asked him to leave a quote so he could discuss it with his wife . |
| 10 | He asked us to call a group together , black and white , to meet with him for two days to seek God 's guidance together . |
| 11 | I see from Simon 's letter of 14 June that he asked you to supply a sample episode . |
| 12 | He got her to sign a proposal form of a particular finance company . |
| 13 | The first time I went he got us to do a drink diary and I know I did n't tell the truth . |
| 14 | To my surprise , he invited me to give a poetry reading in Madrid . |
| 15 | And for some reason he found himself drawing a Spitfire . |
| 16 | And when he tried transparent tricks to pull up vital business buried at the end of the list , he found himself making a number of enemies in the group . |
| 17 | When the father turned 65 he gave up work , and ‘ at last he found he had a son , as later on in his old age I helped him and Mother all I could . |
| 18 | In summer he let her cut a bunch of flowers at the end of the morning , to take home for the table . |
| 19 | ‘ He let me become a blacksmith , which was his job too , only he never worked at it . |
| 20 | He let me take a box of groceries ( Sainsbury 's of course ) while he unloaded a couple of suitcases from the boot . |
| 21 | As he approached I felt a pang of commiseration . |
| 22 | He received us wearing a sarong and bouncing a six-month-old grandson in his lap . |
| 23 | He told her to fetch a pencil and paper and when she brought them scribbled down several sentences in capital letters . |
| 24 | ‘ He told them to wait a minute and shoot us down , ’ Anna May whispered into my ear , ‘ like dogs . ’ |
| 25 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 26 | Yes , and he told me to take a spoonful |
| 27 | He told me to use a call box . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Today he told me to deliver a packet and I was not to tell you . |
| 29 | He told you to bring a pen John . |
| 30 | Ooh , he still looked nice even though he 'd he had a birth mark round his nose like , you know . |