Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mind , I ai n't sayin' 'e do n't 'ave 'is good points , nor that 'e do n't come up with a cuddle and a present sometimes . |
| 2 | ‘ Pity 'e do n't spend a bit more on these 'ouses , ’ Florrie remarked acidly . |
| 3 | This he was stupid to assume as they refuse to put up with this strain on their own households and rather cruelly send him fleeing out to face the hard elements in the stormy night . |
| 4 | But if man is vulnerable to impulses which send him spiralling down into darkness , that very vulnerability is the means by which he can existentially know the strength whereby it can be healed and stabilised . |
| 5 | In this extract Roddy 's parents want him to take up a useful hobby : |
| 6 | ‘ I want him to live forever but I know I 'm making the right decision even if he dies . |
| 7 | The police want him locked up but say they 're powerless to detain him . |
| 8 | Often Hickey is besieged by fans who want him to turn up the vocals and they make their point forcibly . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't worry , if I want him to shut up I 'll give him a dig and he 'll soon get the message ! |
| 10 | I want him sent home and put to bed feeling good so that when he gets to me in the mornings , he 's feeling good ’ . |
| 11 | He 's in a pot bunker and it 's going to be difficult to get out , but I want him to get out beyond Jacklin 's drive so he 's second to play . |
| 12 | Above all that the electors want him to speak out and act boldly . |
| 13 | And it may also demand analysis of the constructions that a word may appear in , for instance , that a verb like want can be followed by the term for what is wanted , as in I want that block ; or by a clause , as in I want him to come here . |
| 14 | want him coming back to me |
| 15 | I want him to suffer more , back on the prison-ship . |
| 16 | I am very bitter about it and want him to know how I feel . |
| 17 | I want him to know how futile it is for him to try and escape my influence … " |
| 18 | Omar had bribed the telephone operator to leave his office , but I did not trust him to stay away . |
| 19 | Can you image him turning up , he 'd follow me round everywhere would n't he ? |
| 20 | On 9 March , Coleman received a detailed encrypted message from Control setting up Operation Shakespeare , clearing his visit to Lebanon and instructing him to carry out the mission as Thomas Leavy , of Westinghouse Group W News . |
| 21 | His telegraph then went on " This afternoon General Robertson , Chief Administrative Officer AFHQ requested us to concur in a draft telegram to CG British Eighth Army authorising him to turn over 28,000 Cossacks ( see our 797 of October 16 , 1944 Midnight ) , including women and children to Marshal Tolbukhin , and further instructing him to turn over to Yugoslav Partisans a large number of dissident Yugoslav troops with exception of Chetniks . " |
| 22 | Hindley asked him to play cards , and when he discovered Heathcliff had a lot of money , invited him to stay there . |
| 23 | She was efficiently affable , and invited him to come round straight away . |
| 24 | that 's right , that 's right and now that he 's shaken off the Scottish Office I invited him to come along to it as well so we may find |
| 25 | 4 The force of the fan strike to the attacker 's throat causes him to fall back . |
| 26 | His fixed , raised backlift affects timing and causes him to play late . |
| 27 | When you exacerbate this situation by confronting him with direct questioning or something which intimidates him and causes him to feel even more nervous , his breathing can become so rapid and so shallow that it borders on hyperventilation . |
| 28 | The skin of his throat and neck , which is stout but not fat , is milky white and often imbued with the red glow of youth ; modesty not anger causes him to blush frequently . |
| 29 | This causes him to fold down the top half of the newspaper , to see if I have set off , and to lose his place . |
| 30 | That prospective Tory candidate for Cheltenham John Taylor survived attempts to deselect him has much do with her efforts as local party chairman . |