Example sentences of "[verb] he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It galled him to have to sit impotently in silence ; worse still , that it had been witnessed . |
| 2 | We want him to begin to panic and then , just at the right moment , we must appear as the one rock in his own private storm . ’ |
| 3 | The child who is learning to read is in a situation that is likely to encourage him to begin to consider possibilities in relation to at least one important act of thought : the apprehension of meaning . |
| 4 | He had hoped to find him attempting to dress but he was still propped up under the shower , hands against the wall . |
| 5 | The nine-year-old tearaway was arrested when a driver caught him trying to get into his car by sliding through the sunroof . |
| 6 | If he wanted to , he could be a real show-off : ‘ My Own Private Catastrophe ’ is pure restraint , feedback and harmonics adding a peculiar tension to the track , whereas the apocalyptic ‘ Sever ’ has him seeming to invent a new ‘ Semtex ’ effects pedal . |
| 7 | But even when he was surrounded he continued to lay about him with his sword , and then with an axe when his sword broke , until he went down from a blow to the head . |
| 8 | He did n't know he had to give him a little verbal back . |
| 9 | First , her solicitor had seemed unsympathetic and , secondly , her husband had written to let her know he wished to sell their house . |
| 10 | Rain was holding the door for him and as he entered he stooped to kiss her forehead as he used to do . |
| 11 | The business of the Council was soon dealt with and merged into general feasting when the King surprised everyone by announcing he intended to join the Queen at Kinghorn . |
| 12 | Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed . |
| 13 | I expect he hoped to have as little as possible to do with her , but when she made a dead set at him , as she did at all young married men , that was no longer possible . |
| 14 | ‘ Knowing him , I expect he wanted to get rid of anything that made him think of the separation from his family , ’ she said sympathetically . |
| 15 | Or has he contrived to bring you out — |
| 16 | Since when has he wanted to talk to me ? |
| 17 | That fire man has he came to do the gas fire yet then ? |
| 18 | What has he done to deserve your wrath ? ’ |
| 19 | The responses to " What questions do you want to ask here ? " might range from " What happens next ? " through " What has he done to deserve this ? " and " What can he do about it ? " to " They 're both looking in this direction . |
| 20 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 21 | Never before has he dared to question the sensornet or insult another officer so openly . ’ |
| 22 | What action has he taken to deal with that specific waiting list ? |
| 23 | Derrida has not been concerned to formulate a new philosophy of history ; nor has he attempted to specify new methodologies in the manner of Foucault . |
| 24 | Has he got to move because of his job or |
| 25 | He laughed when I told him our solicitor was trying to sort out Brian 's will and said , ‘ What has he got to leave ? ’ |
| 26 | What has he got to say to that ? |
| 27 | Has he got to wait . |
| 28 | What the hell has he got to do with it ? ’ |
| 29 | Has he got to pass it ? |
| 30 | What right has he got to know or anything ? |