Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] he [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British still tend to treat him with a faintly hostile embarrassment : as well they might , since for the past four years , his principal message has been condemnation of their duplicity in , as he sees it , backing away from promises to introduce democratic government by 1997 . |
| 2 | Foreigners tend to see him as a ‘ whingeing pom , brit etc. ’ and do not like the program . |
| 3 | Want to nail him to the fence you should think he 's not |
| 4 | He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’ |
| 5 | Cos I , I want to send him into the shed because I had him first |
| 6 | A man is under guard in hospital tonight while police wait to question him about the killing of one of his wife 's friends . |
| 7 | If at any time after a person has been charged with or informed he may be prosecuted for an offence a police officer wishes to bring to the notice of that person any written statement made by another person or the content of an interview with another person , he shall hand to that person a true copy of any such written statement or bring to his attention the content of the interview record , but shall say or do nothing to invite any reply or comment save to caution him in the terms of paragraph 10.4 above . |
| 8 | I never seem to see him around the pub these days . ’ |
| 9 | There was no sign of infection , nor even scar to remind him of the accident . |
| 10 | After spending a few months gauging public reaction , West Mercia Police intend to use him as a kerbside deterrent against speeding . |
| 11 | I like to compare him with a footballing genius , putting through passes others are too slow to take , and making moves that would be brilliant if only the rules were different . |
| 12 | In 1976 , Linda Ronstadt released an album called ‘ Hasten Down The Wind ’ ( Asylum Records No. 7E-1072 ) which featured not only the guitars of Andrew Gold and Waddy Watchel ( anyone remember seeing him with the Everlys way back on their 1973 UK tour ? ) but also a fine , guitar-playing steel guitarist named Dan Dugmore . |
| 13 | I know he has done some bar work , ( hardly surprising for a pisshead like Harvey ) I remember seeing him in the Three Cups at Stamford Bridge a few years back . |
| 14 | ‘ I like having him in the house , ’ he said . |
| 15 | The tunes played by the 25-year-old former London College of Music student have become a feature at the club this season and the Crewe directors intend to reward him with a free season ticket . |
| 16 | Knowing that this particular subordinate is sensitive to criticism , you decide to reprimand him in the open-plan office where many of his colleagues at neighbouring desks will hear what is going on . |
| 17 | I keep getting him on the phone , I already know . |
| 18 | His breathing is laboured in that heavy way which so often heralds the end , and as you grip his hand to let him know that he is not alone , you try to love him as the Lord himself would do . |
| 19 | He used to go to the station and watch the farmers coming in ; and if he saw a likely one or one he knew , he used to approach him and try to get him to a pub to have a drink and talk things over . |
| 20 | So try to get him to a point where he is agreeable to discussing the problem openly with you or else to go for some form of counselling . |
| 21 | Turn to face him in a balanced stance |
| 22 | I roll off my own bank , and try to follow him with the pipper . |
| 23 | However hard we try to make him into a literary archetype he remains firmly rooted in life , in nonliterary experience . |
| 24 | There are people out there who really do see him as the pioneer of a computer-generated escape from reality . |
| 25 | I mean for example if they walked in the room right now I 'm sure you 'd introduce me so I 'm really saying is look can you give me a telephone number , I 'll give them a chat and in fact , by the way , if you do see him within the next couple of days or so please give him a shout , let me know that you 've been quite excited about some of the ideas that I 've shown you this evening , I wan na do the same thing for him , you know , nothing gained nothing ventured nothing lost . |
| 26 | Lovat was used to cringing servility , and he could n't remember when anyone had last disagreed with him , never mind treating him to a scalding tirade of abuse . |
| 27 | When you 're bored bored at other times , let's put it that way if he starts doing any bio-chemistry at all start as , start asking him about the proper names of the systematic names of things and you watch him bristle ! |
| 28 | And the first step is to stop treating him like a tube of toothpaste — something you can squeeze the contents out of whenever it suits you — and start appreciating him for the easy-going patient guy he obviously is . |
| 29 | But his mind was quick , and his memories were all intact ; and the longing never really went away , that awful persistent longing that could find outlet only in frustration and anger , and a wish to do bad things ; to hurt and to insult like he did now while he waited for David to concede defeat and agree to take him to the auction after all . |
| 30 | For all his ego and vanity , even Florian has never for a moment imagined that I felt any sort of lust or love for him , although he also has no idea just how selfish and immature I do find him outside a broadcasting studio . |