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

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1 Let him think they were going to get married if he wanted to .
2 ‘ Because if he really is the sort of reporter you claim he is then that would be playing right into his hands by making him think I 'm trying to hide something .
3 It 's hard enough for him to accept Angy 's shabby treatment of Rick , her lies about the ring and her deceit in letting him think she was carrying another man 's child .
4 Well , well let him think your is going to work .
5 They both rejected the practice which had grown up since the decision of Slade J. in In re Castle New Homes Ltd. [ 1979 ] 1 W.L.R. 1075 , whereby if the liquidator had sued or decided to sue he was refused that order ; if he had not done so but was seeking information to enable him to sue he was granted an order .
6 It might be worth giving him a bell to let him know what 's happening cos
7 You do as you please , but I would let him know what 's threatening .
8 This was not what he and Pilger wanted at all — he had better let him know what was happening .
9 ‘ We will make a fair noise , let him know we are coming , ’ commented Lane .
10 ‘ Let him know who 's going to be the boss .
11 I er I phoned him up to let him know I was going in and he 's not too far away you see so asked him if he 'd like to pop in so he did about half eleven .
12 ‘ I 'll phone him , and let him know you 're coming . ’
13 He swung his leg over the saddle , rocked the bike off its stand and balanced it with his legs while she put on the helmet , tugged on the huge gloves and tried not to let him know she was panicking .
14 I so wanted him to know I was hurt .
15 It consoled him to know you were going to settle down and have children .
16 Wanting to make him feel I was hurt .
17 I sigh , to let him see he is dragging this out of me .
18 ‘ Well , er , and then we ask him to let us be left alone in the quarry . ’
19 But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off .
20 But this , this bloke has sort of said , ooh he said , apparently one of the blokes that were working for him said that he had overheard him saying they were gon na burn the coach out .
21 All the time , I was shouting at him saying he was telling lies , I was trying to give him signs that I did n't mean it , and he told me he saw that . ’
22 Erm firstly because as I say it may prompt him into doing something if we write to him saying you 're making an application to court yourself .
23 A SCHOOLBOY injured after metal goal-posts fell on him knew he was going to die , one of his friends has said .
24 He claims keeping an eye on statistics , no less , helped him realise what was required of him .
25 Heaven for him meant them being given a lift in a girlfriend 's second-hand Fiat and , whereas other toddlers of fifteen months or so usually toted teddy bears or other furry animals , he never went anywhere without taking along at least one toy car .
26 ‘ Very little , I imagine , ’ said the Captain irritably , ‘ and he would n't have got it , either , but he was going to lose his grazing rights , which for him meant he was going to lose everything . ’
27 The girl beside him thought he was saying something to her and looked away .
28 ( I have to say I was n't in the room with him thought I was working at the Daily Mail at the time . )
29 She did n't want him to think she was thrusting her company upon him .
30 It was a gamble between being bumped off for lying earlier or allowing him to think he was gaining no advantage by my presence in the household .
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