Example sentences of "[noun] he [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 P'raps 'e knew 'e was in the wrong by provokin' me in the first place .
2 For those whose scholarship he respected he was prepared to go to endless trouble , but to those whom he suspected of pretensions exceeding their knowledge or understanding he gave short shrift .
3 The isolation he keeps me in .
4 She did n't care one way or the other , but the moody glance he sent her provided a small measure of compensation for all the insults she had endured from him .
5 From the quick glance he gave her she saw that had surprised him .
6 but he keeps going up to the gnomes and saying hello is that no he come home the other night and the , we , no the other day Sam he tipped all the bloody soil out of the earth and done something else , he said he 's a naughty boy and she 's said to Sam he wants a smacking he said I 'm not smacking him
7 Peering through the eye-slit he saw his wife , Mai , approaching , carrying the dishes from the supper table .
8 Thus , he acquainted himself with the meanings of the songs he heard them singing , songs of love and emigration ; with inheritances and alliances between these western chieftains ; with the size and topography of Raasay and its suitability for animal husbandry .
9 So he has me do that and on other songs he has me play bass .
10 In one of his songs he called himself a master of the art of love , good enough to be able to earn his living at it .
11 Any room into which Harvey put his typewriter he called his office .
12 I told ‘ im he spoiled her and no good would come of it … ’
13 An American horse magazine recently published a letter in which the writer complained that every time she visited her stabled horse he greeted her with his ears pointing backwards .
14 Slater said , and Graham felt his eyes widening , that pulling back of the skin towards the ears he thought he had seen frozen on her face , Left ?
15 He stares at the streets near him and hopes the grief he sees there is something that happens to other people .
16 In Leiden he met his lifelong friend and correspondent , the Dutch poet and diplomat , Constantine Huygens .
17 He rummaged under the counter and produced a colour chart , and , shoving the display-case of cakes to one side he flattened it out so that everyone could see and comment as they saw fit .
18 Using all his cunning arts he forged himself a blade and wove it round with deadly enchantments .
19 West wins this third Diamond trick with the Queen and all he has left in his hand are 3 Hearts , and whatever card he plays he must give you the last three tricks in that suit .
20 As I approached the jeep he recognised me .
21 Mummy he had mine , I want mine , I want to read my own , I wan na , I wan na have mine
22 The cold plunge was in the adjoining massage room , and on surprisingly weak legs he made his way there and gratefully dived into the plunge .
23 pulling a different way , I used to pull it with my legs he pulls it with his back .
24 In the dress rehearsal when she held out her finger for the ring he took her pulse .
25 He said : ‘ Inside the ring he impresses you with his style and his marvellous technique .
26 He said : ‘ Inside the ring he impresses you with his style and his marvellous technique .
27 In the spring he took him to the house in Normandy .
28 In spring he dons his curious plumage : long ear tufts , and dramatic barred , streaked , blobbed or plain ruff-collar .
29 Each Tuesday he meets his unelected Cabinet , the Executive Council , and they approve — ‘ rubber stamp ’ is how critics describe it — legislation passed on by the Civil Service .
30 On Tuesday he promised they would all come out after a rambling religious message was broadcast .
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